The Guion Company's first successful record-braker, the Arizona, was built in 1879, and owed her success largely to a mishap. When a new ship, she collided bow-on with an iceberg , but succeeded in making St John's , Newfoundland, in the condition illustrated. The Atlantic travelling public decided that a ship so excellently built that she could withstand such a collision must be safe, and accordingly patronized her. The Arizona was the first vessel to be propelled by three-crank compound engines across the Atlantic. Her gross tonnage was 5,147 , and she had a length of 450 feet and a beam of 45 feet. The indicated horse-power was 6,300 and the steam pressure 90lb