Steering Gear Room
Courtesy: The Library of Congress, Detroit
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The steering gear room of the ship. This room contained
the mechanisms that control the steering equipment for the ship,
including steering cables and hydraulic rams. This room also served
as an emergency steering station. Note the triple steering helms
(the third is just outside the photograph) to the left of the
photo.
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Cutaway drawing courtesy of the American Society
of Naval Engineers
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