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Excerpt from In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: In Admiralty; Frederick H. Greime, Libelant and Appellant, Vs. Steam Vessel "Daisy," Etc., S. S. Freeman, Claimant and Appellee; Brief for Appellant
Around each drum was a wire fall, each of which ran through a block at the foot of one of the masts of the vessel, and, stepped into the foot of each mast, were two booms that led upward and outward so as to form a V Each fall ran up one of the booms, then through a block at the outer end of each boom and then were brought down and together, and hooked into a contrivance made up of a chain, a pen nant and a hook, that was called the blacksmith's shop In loading, the upper end of one boom would be set out a little over the vessel's side, and the other over the offshore rail of the vessel, theouter end of which would be a little higher than the inshore boom; the upper and outer. Ends of the booms when so set being about 50 feet or more apart.
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