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Seen a riveting crew which can drive more than twenty eight hundred rivets in nine hours; battleships that weigh thirty thousand tons; a plate yard piled with steel plates and steel bars worth two million dollars; cranes that can lift from five tons up to others of one hundred tons capacity; single buildings a thousand feet long and eighty feet high. SEEN A RIVETING CREW WHICH CAN DRIVE HOME MORE THAN TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED RIVETS IN NINE HOURS BATTLESHIPS THAT WEIGH THIRTY THOUSAND TONS A PLATE YARD PILED WITH SEAL PLATES AND STEEL BARS WORTH TWO MILLION DOLLARS CRANES THAT CAN LIFT FROM FIVE TONS UP TO OTHERS OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TONS CAPACITY SINGLE BUILDINGS A THOUSAND FEET LONG AND EIGHTY FEET HIGH
look at the river to-day. Every traveler through Quincy is familiar with the aerial network of steel scaffolding criss-crossing the sky, with the roofs of shops and offices and glimpses of vessels visible along the water-front. But few travelers realize that these are merely the superficial features of a shipyard which under the urge of the Great War delivered to the Navy, in 1918, eighteen completed destroyers, which was as many as all the other yards in the country put together delivered during this time. A shipyard which cut the time of building destroyers from anywhere between eighteen and thirty-two months to an average of six months and a half; a shipyard which made the world's record of one hundred and seventy-four days from the laying of the keel to the delivering of a destroyer. It is difficult to grasp the meaning of these figures. Difficult, even after one has obtained entrance into this city within a city, and seen with his own eyes twenty thousand men toiling like Trojans. OK AT THE RIVER TO DAY EVERY TRAVELLER THROUGH QUINCY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE AERIAL NETWORK OF STEEL SCAFFOLDING CRISSCROSSING THE SKY WITH THE ROOFS OF SHOPS AND OFFICES AND GLIMPSES OF VESSELS VISIBLE ALONG THE WATER FRONT BUT FEW TRAVELLERS REALIZE THAT THESE ARE MERELY THE SUPERFICIAL FEATURES OF A SHIP YARD WHICH UNDER THE URGE OF THE GREAT WAR DELIVERED TO THE NAVY IN NINETEEN EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN COMPLETED DESTROYERS WHICH WAS AS MANY AS ALL THE OTHER YARDS IN THE COUNTRY PUT TOGETHER DELIVERED DURING THIS TIME A SHIPYARD WHICH CUT THE TIME OF BUILDING DESTROYERS FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN EIGHTEEN AND THIRTY TWO MONTHS TO AN AVERAGE OF SIX MONTHS AND A HALF A SHIPYARD WHICH MADE THE WORLD'S RECORD OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR DAYS FROM THE LAYING OF THE KEEL TO THE DELIVERING OF A DESTROYER IT IS DIFFICULT TO GRASP THE MEANING OF THESE FIGURES DIFFICULT EVEN AFTER ONE HAS OBTAINED ENTRANCE INTO THIS CITY WITHIN A CITY AND SEEN WITH HIS OWN EYES TWENTY THOUSAND MEN TOILING LIKE TROJANS
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