Equipage of one Pontoon.
| ft. | in. | ft. | in. | in. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Baulks | 22 | 8 | long | 1 | 0 | wide | 4 | thick. | ||
| 1 | Gang-board. | 22 | 0 | —— | 1 | 0 | —— | 2 | ¹⁄₂ | —— | |
| 6 | Cheeses, | 11 | 6 | —— | 2 | 4 | —— | 1 | ¹⁄₂ | —— | |
| 2 | Oars. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Anchor. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Graplin. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Setter. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Iron bolts, with keys. | ||||||||||
| 2 | mounting bars. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Binding sticks. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Spring lines. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Faukes. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cable. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sheer-line. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Boat hook. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Maul. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Pickets. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Small pump. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Windlass. | ||||||||||
| 1 | Pontoon carriage, complete. | ||||||||||
Dimensions of colonel Congreve’s Wooden Pontoons.
| Length | at top | 26 | feet. | |
| —— | at bottom | 23 | —— | |
| Depth | 2 | 8 | inches. | |
| Width | 2 | 3 | —— | |
The common pontoons will support a weight of 4 or 5000 pounds. They are generally placed, in forming a bridge, about their own width asunder. See [Bridge].
Pontoon carriage, was made with two wheels only, and two long side pieces, whose fore-ends are supported by a limber; and served to carry the pontoon, boards, cross timbers, anchors, and every other thing necessary for making a bridge; but better experience places them on four wheels.
Pontoon bridge, is made of pontoons, slipped into the water, and placed about five or six feet asunder; each fastened with an anchor, when the river has a strong current, or to a strong rope that goes across the river, running through the rings of the pontoons. Each boat has an anchor, cable, baulks, and chests. The baulks are about 5 or 6 inches square, and 21 feet long. The chests are boards joined together by wooden bars, about 3 feet broad, and 21 feet long. The baulks are laid across the pontoons at some distance from one another, and the chests upon them joined close; which makes a bridge, in a very short time, capable of supporting any weight.
POOLBUNDY, Ind. a dam to prevent inundations; an embankment; a dyke.
POONA, Ind. a day fixed for the Zemindars to bring in their balances for the year.
POONEA, Ind. the Indian name of a month.