Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
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The horses are bought at the place of departure in the south ofRussia and resold at the destination, usually Nishny-Novgorod, at a fairprofit, the capstan boat carrying fodder and provender for the attendants. The capstan is accompanied by a steam launch which carries the anchor andhawser forward in advance of the capstan. The latter has a diameter of asmuch as 5 in. , and is two to three miles in length. The anchor is droppedby the tug and the hawser carried back to the capstan, where it isatt...ached to one of the rope drums, and the boat with the barges attachedto it towed along by the horse gears described above winding on thehawser. The advance continues without interruption day and night, thelaunch taking a second anchor and hawser forward and dropping the anchorin advance of the first by a hawser's length, so that when the capstan haswound up the first hawser it finds a second one ready for attachment tothe rope drum. The launch receives the first hawser, picks up the anchor, and passes the capstan to drop it again in advance of the anchorpreviously placed, and carries the hawser back to the capstan, and so on.
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The horses are bought at the place of departure in the south ofRussia and resold at the destination, usually Nishny-Novgorod, at a fairprofit, the capstan boat carrying fodder and provender for the attendants. The capstan is accompanied by a steam launch which carries the anchor andhawser forward in advance of the capstan. The latter has a diameter of asmuch as 5 in. , and is two to three miles in length. The anchor is droppedby the tug and the hawser carried back to the capstan, where it isatt...ached to one of the rope drums, and the boat with the barges attachedto it towed along by the horse gears described above winding on thehawser. The advance continues without interruption day and night, thelaunch taking a second anchor and hawser forward and dropping the anchorin advance of the first by a hawser's length, so that when the capstan haswound up the first hawser it finds a second one ready for attachment tothe rope drum. The launch receives the first hawser, picks up the anchor, and passes the capstan to drop it again in advance of the anchorpreviously placed, and carries the hawser back to the capstan, and so on.
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