DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL


 DRAFTS AND DIMENSIONS OF VESSELS

 15. An average vessel based on the drafts and dimensions of the 10,341 poten-
tial transit of the canal would have the following dimensions:
Length--..-------------..--------- -----------------.feet-. 398
Breadth.---. .-------... --------------------.------- do 54
Draft. ----- --------------------------------------do.. 26
Dead-weight tonnage ---------- ---------...------ ---- 8, 716
Net registered tonnage--------------- ------------------- 3, 727
Speed---------- -------------------------------knots 10-12
 The great bulk of the traffic falls within the following dimensions:
Length-..---------------------------------------------.feet-. 400-500
Breadth.---------------------------------------------....do.- 50-60
Draft.---.-----. ---.--------.-------- ----------.------. do.- 26-27
Dead-weight tonnage------------------------------------------- 9,390
Speed --------------------- --------- --------------knots-. 10-12
 The essentials of this information are presented in tabular form on the next page.

 1929 potential traffic, Gul-Atlantic ship canal transit of American and foreign
 vessels
 BY MAXIMUM DRAFTS

 Maxmum drafts (feet) Number of Dead-weight
 voyages tonnage


 4-.--...-------------------..--------------- --------- -----------------. 20 400. 000
 2..---.....--..-------.....-- ------------------------------------...... 62 1, 224
 31..---...................................- ......................... .... 14 12, o01
 ..-----....---..--................... ---------.....------.. ..------- 143 2=2. 44
 29--.. ----..................................................--------- --. 331 4,27, 342
 2s_.......................................................................... 834 0, 74, 342
 2...........--------..............-------...... --------....-........... 92,7,
 34............................................................................. 861 6,22,2
 _.......................................................... ............... 714 3, 744,39
 2--------.-----...........................----..........-......... ----------------- 141 ,4
 21......--........--...--- ..--.......--------..-----------.........---- 135 1., 08
 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 861 e6z.m6 2
 2L---------------------------------------------------------------------- 747 3.74oS
 2L1---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1357 288%,02
 20 and undae...-.....-........ ... .........................--... -- 728
 Total--...--....---------------......---... ....... ......... .. 10,341 90,13443
 BY DIVISION OF LENGTH

 Lmth (fe) Number of Total ton-
 voyage nage


 sO to 6.........------- ......-- ..-- ..---- ....-- ----------........... 78 157,s00
 o00 to 5 ....------ ....-.. ......--------------------------- ---------..... 314 4,924,134
 450 to40.....--......---..-------------------.............-------- .-- 1,180 14,653841
 400 to 44.....-----......---.................. ....-------- .-- ..-- .... 4,756 44,97,407
 350to 3---....--...-....................-.............--------------...............---------.............-- 2,204 15.80. 38
 300 to 0 9--.............--- .....-- ..........-......-.......-- .. 806 4,342 067
 20 to 2-...---...........-------................--...-.---------- .. 936 3,708.4
 200 to 2a 9................................................................... 38 94, 5
 Under 200....-------........................-----------------------------..........--------------................----------.......... 29 16, 00
 Total--...-..--........-.....-.................. -------............ 10,341 90.134,438
 BY DIVISION OF BREADTH

 Breadt (feet) Number of Total ton-
 voyae nase


 75 and over-----------.......................-------------------------.........................................-----------------------. 1, 177,400
 70 to 74...--....-.-----...................-...------..........----- ..---- 7 1,263,780
 65eto. -.....-...-....--- ..............-.---------- .....--.-- .....---- ... 51 8.08 775
 00 to 64...........................--- ........................... ...--- -... 80 9,87, 12
 M to .....--...----............-.........-----------.........-- ----..... 3,691 3, 336,28
 0 to 64M.........--- ..-............-.............. ------3 ------------ 3,098 24,091,404
 4 to 49..... ..------------------..--.------------------------------------------ 987 24, 95
 40 to 44.............. .......--------------............----- -- -.... ... -23 3,701, S
 35 to -...................................................................-.. 91 314,220
 Under 3.....-........---- .......----.............------.--..... -----.. 32 21, 0
 Total --..------....---................................------ -- ---10,341 90,134,436