Steamship Construction 2

[The Old Ruminator]

Part Two. The Ships
Bridge and its Instruments.
You may recognise a few photos from previous posts. Just thought it would be nice to reuse a few in a new context

An open bridge which was quite common in pre WW2 ships. Initially a bridge was literally that. A walkway from one side to the other.It eventually evolved into a wheelhouse.The only shelter on an open bridge was canvas dodgers.



Telegraph and unhooded binnacle



The bridge wing telegraph.





Divers view of a telegraph.Bet it is gone now.