The World Of The Redemptora Construction

Today most people think of ships as common every day tools that don’t take much to understand. One builds a hull and some little structuring later and bam you have a ship. But ship building is much more than taking some metal and building a floating structure. It takes years of understanding and research to build such a vessel. Mankind has been building ships for centuries but it was not until the 17th century that Archimedes, a great Greek Mathmatitions, ideas were used and studied closely. Today no one would even think of building a ship without using some type of calculations or a computer to draft out a design. The same principles used in the dynamics of ship building are used in the manufacturing of kneeboards, water skis and

Many paddleboats offered its passengers richly furnished accommodations; lavishly decorated staterooms; gambling; dining with fine entertainment and often were referred to as “floating palaces.” (Havighurst, p120) The steam engine paddleboats, canals, and water travel had limitations and could only provide travel as far as the river or tributary allowed; however, railroads did not have these limitations.

It's the 1800s and industrialization is thriving throughout America. People are moving away from an agricultural way of life, moving into cities, developing arts and trades and trying to expand their boundaries of who, where and how they can trade marketable items. In trying to reach more and more customers at further and further distances the ability to travel further in less time creates a demand. In this time period most of the trade routes revolved around rivers as this was the easiest method of transportation and the mighty Mississippi being the largest trade route.  However, the problem with traveling the Mississippi or any riverway at this time is that you are at the mercy of the wind and currents. At this time you travelled by boat with full sail and could not maneuver against tides or a poor wind.  There was a need to create something that could deal with this dilemma.  More and more inventions and machines are being created. With these inventions it becomes effortless to complete painstaking tasks. The effect of this is tade becoming more

The "Virginia 's" grandness did not keep going long. She was a frigate that was surrendered by the Union naval force, and adjusted with steel by the Confederates naval force. She was a moderate boat controlled by two old motors. It took thirty minutes just to turn her around. Three months earlier from the assault at Hampton Roads harbor the Union naval force was building an iron clad boat they could call their own, the "Screen". Composed by John Ericsson, this boat was assembled without any preparation in just three months. This boat included a spinning turret, had two eleven inch weapons and was controlled by an assistant steam motor. She was twice as quick as the "Virginia" and a great deal more flexibility.

The Old Granary Building in Boston was finally chosen because it had “the only loft in the city large enough for the task” (Legend 54). It took 257.5 yards of twenty-inch wide canvas to make one complete set of sails (Legend 51). Sail canvas and hemp were imported from England and Pennsylvania to supplement the supply in Massachusetts (Material). Other supplies imported from England include bunting, bolts, a galley stove, and some of the copper used to plate the hull of the U. S. S. Constitution to prevent water from seeping in

To get the iron to the furnaces, it was shipped 50 miles, by boat, from the mines. The cost to work the furnaces was about 120 slaves a furnace (Colonial Livings). In the beginning, “iron was produced in Bloomery forges, a hearth in which iron ore was combined with charcoal and heated.” To fuel these monstrous furnaces to make iron required many trees for fuel. One acre of trees produced about 30-40 cords of wood and about 4.5 cords were needed to make one ton of iron. ”One acre produced about 6.5-8.5 tons of iron.” Steel was also needed in the colonies. To produce small quantities of steel, used for blades and cutting implements such as saws, wrought iron was reheated, to a molten state in clay pots with measured amounts of charcoal.(Penn

George Pocock is a name recognized amongst several people with connections to Seattle, the University of Washington, and the rowing community around the United States. He is looked upon as one of the greatest boat builders of all time and has numerous accolades because of his astounding boat building skills. Despite George’s successes and accomplishments throughout his life, the journey that led him to such a successful career was one full of struggle and relentless desire to chase a lifelong dream.

Trains and ships powered by steam enabled Soldiers and supplies to move more rapidly around the battlefield. The Napoleonic style of warfare was limited logistically with the support elements being no more than a five day march away. Supporting the battle was changed drastically where comparing a six mule wagon train to a 15 car train yielded 500 tons moved versus 5250 tons moved. Along with steam powered logistical ships, iron steam powered warships made their way onto the scene. The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac on 8-9 March 1862 doomed wooden ships as fighting vessels. 1 This was the first ever battle between Iron Clad Warships. Wooden warships began to fade away when the CSS Virginia rammed the USS Cumberland and forced USS Congress to run aground fearing the same fate. These coal burning, steam driven machines changed transportation

boats and We now use gas instead of sails, the boats are also are more high tech.

This new era created not only economic advancements, and opportunities, but major advancements in general. Bigger and better ships were developed and designed, ships like a Galleon, Carrack, Caravel, and many more. These

B. By the 1840s the Americans and the British took the ideas of the vikings by building their ships using iron hulls, the

Boats, canoes, ships, kayaks, and rafts all have one thing in common- they are used as transport on seas and rivers because they float. It's easy to figure out without much thinking that if they are made out of wood they will float, because wood floats in water. But when you see a huge cargo ship or a cruise-liner that looks like a floating building, you can't help but wonder why this massive chunk of metal doesn't

The canalization of rivers, the steam engine, and railways were key components of the development of industry [2]. The extensive canal system was created around the mid 1700s to move goods and supplies inland. This system was cheaper and quicker than shipping goods over land [3]. The steam engine, however, was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution. Prior to the invention of steam power, factories were located along rivers and used water for power. The development of a practical, efficient steam engine and its application to industry and transportation was a great leap in progress for industrialization. The steam engine’s application was limitless, and it was responsible for lifting industries from infancy to adolescence. Steam engines were used to develop machines that operated factory systems, pumps for mines, faster ships, and locomotives. A steam locomotive was able to carry raw materials and products very quickly. The expansion of the uses of the steam engine created the steam locomotive and a greater need for a railroad system. As a result, Railroads multiplied rapidly in England from 1,000 miles in 1836 to more than 7,000 miles by 1852 [4]. Machinery took the place of the work of many humans and made the work easier on others.

Ever since I was little I always enjoyed standing beside my grandpa as he worked on projects in his shop. The smell of sawdust and the sound of power tools sparked my curiosity. My grandpa has a history with woodworking. He worked on building boats for his job and he was very good at it. People often come to him and asks him for help building things and he for the most part takes on the job and does it well. I’ve watched him over the years build one Chris-Craft boat and another Thompson from basically scratch. Just recently a

“One factor contributing to the development of industry in Great Britain was that nation's large supply of coal and iron ore. For many centuries, the British had converted their iron ores to iron and steel by heating the raw material with charcoal, made from trees. By the mid-eighteenth century, however, the nation's timber supply had largely been decimated. Iron and steel manufacturers were forced to look elsewhere for a fuel to use in treating iron ores. The fuel they found was coal. When coal is heated in the absence of air it turns into coke. Coke proved to be a far superior material for the conversion of iron ore to iron and then to steel. It was eventually cheaper to produce than charcoal and it could be packed more tightly into a blast furnace, allowing the heating of a larger volume of iron.” The living standard as well as health increased with the increase in trade, more food products and livestock can be transported to further cities. As the steam engine improved trade and travel, the assembly line did for manufacturing.