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WESTERN BLOCKS One Reliable Source for Complete Outfitting CARGO / CHEEK HEEL & LEAD BLOCKS HOOKS WEIGHTED BLOCKS WIRE ROPE BLOCKS TACKLE BLOCKS Wood, Steel, Malleable Iron LIFEBOAT BLOCKS Manila & CARGO , w HOISTING 1 BLOCKS ' afir SNATCH BLOCKS Wood & Steel SHEAVES Manila & Wire Rope WESTERN BLOCK CO. one of the group FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE . . . 247 MARKET ST., LOCKPORT, NEW YORK 14094 SteelShip Delivers River Towboat To Eby Construction The twin-screw Little Rock, powered by a pair of GM Detroit Diesels, has push knees 12 feet high and a pilot eye level of 25 feet. Jim Greer III, vice president of Martin K. Eby Construction Company, recently accepted delivery of SteelShips Hull #32, which was christened the M/V Little Rock. The M/V Little Rock will be operating out of Eby's Little Rock, Ark., office managed by R.E. Fanning. With the addition of this new SteelShip vessel, Eby is now operating three diesel towboats out of the Little Rock area, serving the Arkansas River and its tributaries, building bridges, docks, and other waterfront projects. Robert L. Kappler, vice president/general manager of SteelShip Corporation, says the M/V Little Rock, SteelShip's Hull #32, is powered by twin 12V 71N General Motors De- troit Diesel workboat engines supplied by the Wilkerson Diesel Engine Company of Little Rock. The vessel is also equipped with a Koh- ler 12.5 KW diesel generator set which pro- vides power for the living accommodations. Quartz floodlight, switched direct from the pilothouse, completely floods a 500-foot radius circle around the vessel for safe night operation around locks, dams, and other construction sites. The vessel is equipped with two Iva-Lite LD-22 seal beam searchlights mounted fore and aft on the cabin top for 360-degree one- mile beam operation. Like all other SteelShip 50-foot push'boats, the M/V Little Rock has four flanking rudders, and two main rudders with Vickers steering. She isequipped with hydraulic Nashville Bridge deck winches, remote operated from the pilot- house or the fore deck. Other equipment in- cludes four-blade heavy-duty Federal propel- lers, four-inch steel propeller shafts with stain- less steel bushings and_ Johnson rubber bear- ings. Standard on all SteelShip push'boats is the remote greasing lubrication center which allows the engineer to service all lubrication without leaving the engine room. For more information concerning any of SteelShip's products or designs, write Steel- Ship Corporation, Route 4, Box 167, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601. Teleflex Completes Acquisition Of Capilano Teleflex Incorporated, North Wales, Pa., has announced the completion of its acquisition of the hydraulic steering systems operation of Capilano Engineering Co. Ltd. The Capilano operations are located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The acquired line of proprietary hydraulic steering systems are used primarily in com- mercial and large marine craft and complement Teleflex's existing lines of mechanical steering and control systems. Teleflex is a multimarket manufacturer of mechanical and electromech- anical controls for marine, automotive, indust- rial, aerospace and nuclear applications. CARRINGTON SLIPWAYS Pty. Ltd. AUSTRALIA SIZE TO ORDER European Agent: EUROPEAN MARINE & MACHINERY AGENCIES, P.O. Box 1 BALMER LAWN ROAD BROCKENHURST HANTS S04 7TT, ENGLAND Tel. 05902/3416 & 3023 Telex: 47509 Cable: CARRINGTON'S Send for details WE ALSO BUILD SHIPS OF ANY CARRINGTON SLIPWAYS Pty. Ltd. OLD PUNT ROAD TOMAGO 2322, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA AVAILABLE DELIVERY 1974 85' TUGS 33 TON BOLLARD PULL 2 x 1000 HP 105' TUGS 38 TON BOLLARD PULL 2 x 1250 HP 105' TUGS 50 TON BOLLARD PULL 2 x 1600 HP Phone: NEWCASTLE 648071 Telex: 28185 48 Maritime Reporter/Engineering Hews
