Number 6000 was an experiment in increasing passenger capacity while keeping crew costs down. It attracted a lot of interest when introduced at Bowling Green Park in 1912 and packed the passengers in but was not well liked, being referred to as the Broadway Battleship. They were expensive to build, were slow loading through the center located doors and stairways.
It can get very hot in New York. Must have been miserable up on the top deck during the summer.
ReplyDeleteEverywhere i think, By the cross section illustration. People get crammed in pretty tightly.
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