Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Large Testing Machines in South Wales, 1829-1906 . . .

Large Testing Machine - Tests on 35-ton Horizontal Machine.
Fig. 3 - Three Links of 3¾ in. Diameter - Cable. [198] [716]

For Cunard Company's ss. Mauritania.

No. 2 broke at 347.9 tons.
No. 5 broke at 348.6 tons.
No. 8 broke at 324.5 tons.
No. 12 stood 350 tons without any sign of defect.