Editing SS Eastland (section)

===Speed modifications===
Because the ship did not meet a targeted speed of {{convert|22|mph|kph kn}} during her inaugural season and had a [[draft (hull)|draft]] too deep for the [[Black River (Southwest Michigan)|Black River]] in South Haven, Michigan, where she was being loaded, the ship returned in September 1903 to Port Huron for modifications, including the addition of an air-conditioning system, an [[Draft (boiler)|induced-draft]] system for the boilers to increase power, and repositioning of the ship's machinery to reduce the draft of the hull.<ref name="munity" /><ref name="ems1">{{Cite web |title=The Eastland – Early Life |url=http://www.eastlandmemorial.org/eastland1.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119141129/http://www.eastlandmemorial.org/eastland1.shtml |archive-date=19 January 2009 |access-date=10 May 2020 |publisher=Eastland Memorial Society}}</ref><ref name="hiltonpp4143">{{Cite book |last=Hilton |first=George |title=Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1995 |isbn=0-8047-2801-1 |pages=41–43 |quote="Whatever may have been the additional weight from the induced-draft and air-conditioning systems, it was enough to cause the ship to [[Squat effect|squat]] when under way, promising to aggravate her chronic problem of striking bottom. To deal with the problem Wood undertook to relocate some of the ship's machinery. The exact nature of the repositioning was never stated, either at the time or after the disaster. Because the ship's machinery was quite limited, this probably meant some forward or aft movement of the engines and incidentally moving the [[Condenser (heat transfer)|condenser]]s. ... The new induced-draft and air-conditioning systems, combined with Wood's repositioning of machinery to reduce her draft, however, produced a ship that was to prove chronically top-heavy."}}</ref> Even though the modifications increased the ship's speed, the reduced hull draft and extra weight mounted up high reduced the [[metacentric height]] and inherent stability as originally designed.<ref name="ems1" /><ref name="hiltonpp4143" />
[[File:Postcard-chicago-chicago-river-state-street-bridge-open-for-steamer-eastland-ship-rolled-over-in-1915-killing-844-people-1908.jpg|thumb|The SS Eastland under the [[State Street Bridge (Chicago)|State Street Bridge]] in Chicago]]