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the first name in steam engines... 600 kva Skinner Steam Engine installed early in 1980 at Lord

Corporation in Erie. PA, will shave power peaks, supply low pres- sure steam and pay for itself in three years. emerging leader in steam turbines

Skinner single or multi-stage mechanical drive turbines can provide efficient use of excess steam and reduce the need for expensive outside power.

Yesterday's graduate or today's veteran consultant recog- nize the Skinner Engine name and rank it number one among steam engines. Skinner has been around longer, has the most extensive service network and the largest spare parts inventory in the business. As energy costs mount, more people talk to

Skinner about using steam engines to meet power needs efficiently and dependably while applying "free" waste steam to heating, air conditioning and process requirements.

They also talk to Skinner about energy-efficient, single wheel re-entry and multi-stage mechanical drive turbines. The

Skinner family of turbines covers every drive application to 4500

HP (3357 KW).

If you are looking for econom- ical answers to mounting energy costs, call the steam engine and steam turbine specialists at

Skinner today. m POWER DIVISION

SKINNER ENGINE COMPANY

W A SUBSIDIARY OF BANNER INDUSTRIES, INC. 337 West 12th Street. Erie. Pennsylvania 16512

Phone 814-454-7103 Telex 91-4481

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MarAd Bid Opening On

Prepositioning Vessels

Postponed To January 19

The bid opening date for the

Maritime Prepositioning Ship has been extended from November 18, 1980 to January 19, 1981, to per- mit additional time for the prep- aration of bids. The Maritime Ad- ministration originally extended the invitation for sealed bids on the first two vessels in this new series of cargo ships on August 22, setting October 22 as the opening date. The invitation was amended to October 10 to resched- ule the opening date for Novem- ber 18.

MarAd is serving as contract- ing authority for construction of the ships under a joint agreement with the U.S. Navy. The Navy

Sea Systems Command is respon- sible for the overall program. The

Military Sealift Command will operate the vessels.

The prepositioning ship is de- signed to provide standby logistic support for the rapid deployment of U.S. Marines around the world. (It is designated by MarAd as the

C8-M-MA-134j and by the De- partment of Defense as the TAK-

X).

Bids are now scheduled to be publicly opened at the Commerce

Department at 2:15 p.m. on Jan- uary 19.

Brown Marine Requests

Title XI For Two Barges

To Cost $3.6 Million Total

Brown Marine Service, Inc.,

Pensacola, Fla., has applied to the

Maritime Administration for a

Title XI guarantee to aid in fi- nancing the construction of one single-skin tank barge and one double-skin tank barge. The sin- gle-skin barge will have a 20,000- barrel capacity; the double-skin barge will have a 40,000-barrel capacity. Ingalls Marine Division of Ingalls Industries, Decatur,

Ala., will build both vessels, and expects to deliver them in 1981.

Brown Marine plans to operate the barges in the Gulf of Mexico and on U.S. inland waterways. If approved, the Title XI guarantee will cover $3,154,854, or 87M> per- cent of the $3,582,690 estimated cost of both barges.

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