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
Having avoided the scrutiny of the efficient and official, we painted out our Plimsoll mark with tongue in cheek and eyelid drooped, and, this done, took our stores aboard and packed them pretty tight.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
"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)
There was no Plimsoll mark in those days, and this cockle-shell of a vessel was literally loaded down to the scuppers.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter
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
