Plimsoll mark
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A few were laden to the Plimsoll mark with cryolite from Greenland, fluorspar from Newfoundland, pitch and coke from the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Plimsoll mark is painted on the vessel to indicate how much cargo she should carry.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 24, June 16, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt
Deck loading is restricted, and the Plimsoll mark insisted on.
From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember
"She was loaded to the Plimsoll mark when she passed us," Torry said.
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
Yet she was pretty well down to her Plimsoll mark.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
