MAKING PROPELLER BLADES VII THE PROW VIII READY TO START IX THE COLLIER X BUILDING SUBMARINE CHASERS XI BUILDING DESTROYERS. NO. ONE XII BUILDING DESTROYERS. NO. TWO XIII IN THE DRY DOCK XIV THE OLD AND THE NEW XV SUBMARINES IN DRY DOCK XVI THE TRANSPORTS XVII READY FOR SERVICE AGAIN XVIII THE BALLOON SHED XIX THE LARKS XX MAKING RIFLES XXI THE FORGES XXII CASTING SHELLS XXIII FORGING SHELLS: THE SLAVES OF THE WHEEL XXIV THE WHITE AND THE BLACK HAMMERS XXV SHELL FACTORY NO. TWO: FROM SHOP TO SHOP XXVI SHAPING A GUN FROM AN INGOT XXVII THE GUN PIT. NO. ONE XXVIII THE GUN PIT. NO. TWO XXIX THE GUN FACTORY XXX THE BIGGEST LATHE IN THE WORLD XXXI THE GUN TESTING GROUND XXXII THE RIVETERS XXXIII BUILDING ENGINES FOR THE ALLIES XXXIV THE FLYING LOCOMOTIVE XXXV THE CAMP: THE NEW ARCHITECTURE XXXVI I THE KEEL The shipyards are endless and their forms are endless and ever new--but I never before found one where from the water I could look down on the ship while it grew as it did here, amid its forests, its walls--which it, in turn, would soon tower over. [Illustration] II UNDER THE SHED It seemed as though this yard was built for me, and if it was not that I found it so practical, I should have thought it only pictorial. But in the shed in rows, in piles, in layers, lay every part of the ship ready to fit together--all in order. As I drew, boats and boilers came out of the shop and went to their places on board. [Illustration] III THE ARMOR PLATE PRESS The English maker rolls rapidly his armor plate in heat and smoke and flame. The American slowly presses it, but with a press so powerful it will crush the huge ingot--so sensitive that it will not crack a watch crystal placed under it. [Illustration] IV IN THE LAND OF BROBDIGNAG: THE ARMOR PLATE BENDING PRESS