Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That’s quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible. Of essential interest for navy and merchant ships was where in the world dock (yard) facilities were available for ordinary repairs or in case of emergency. The costs of using such a facility was of course also of interest and finally these information was of great value in times of war.
P. 123: “The navy consists of 42 vessels of all kinds, manned by 3,617 men. Of these vessels, 29 are steamers, with an aggregate of 4,944 horsepower. Arsenals of marine exist at Para, Pernambuco, Rahia, and Rio Janeiro.”
P. 153: “The Marine Arsenal, which is at the end of the street, is perhaps not surpassed by any other edifice in -Rio, and the buildings enclose a square planted
P. 154: with trees, and surrounded by seats for the use of idlers. Opposite, in the Ilha das Cobras, is a splendid graving dock for the repairs of vessels, and capable of accommodating the largest vessel in the British navy. This great work, after 13 years of fruitless labour, was finally undertaken by Mr. Henry Law, who successfully completed it. It is entirely cut out of the solid rock, and is a beautiful and imperishable monument of the ingenuity and skill of its constructor,, who has also contracted for another close by it, to cost 855,000 milreis.”
Source
William Scully. Brazil: its provinces and chief cities: the manners&customs the people etc. London, 1866.
P. 123: “The navy consists of 42 vessels of all kinds, manned by 3,617 men. Of these vessels, 29 are steamers, with an aggregate of 4,944 horsepower. Arsenals of marine exist at Para, Pernambuco, Rahia, and Rio Janeiro.”
P. 153: “The Marine Arsenal, which is at the end of the street, is perhaps not surpassed by any other edifice in -Rio, and the buildings enclose a square planted
P. 154: with trees, and surrounded by seats for the use of idlers. Opposite, in the Ilha das Cobras, is a splendid graving dock for the repairs of vessels, and capable of accommodating the largest vessel in the British navy. This great work, after 13 years of fruitless labour, was finally undertaken by Mr. Henry Law, who successfully completed it. It is entirely cut out of the solid rock, and is a beautiful and imperishable monument of the ingenuity and skill of its constructor,, who has also contracted for another close by it, to cost 855,000 milreis.”
Source
William Scully. Brazil: its provinces and chief cities: the manners&customs the people etc. London, 1866.
