In the December 1835 edition of the The Sailors’ Magazine (p. 123) is a small account published of the Sultan’s visit to the arsenal.(1) “On the 22nd of Safer, the Sultan paid a visit to the marine arsenal. His Highness inspected the hydraulic machine, newly constructed by ingenious workmen, which performs its functions in a manger not inferior to those of foreign make, where as it costs much less. He then examined the ropes and cables, together with the other maritime objects made in the arsenal, and expressed his high admiration, and a hope that in a short time all that is necessary for the shipping would be produced in the government establishment”.
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The Sailors’ Magazine and Naval Journal, published by the American Seamen’s Friend Society, to whom the whole profits of the work belong. New York
