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

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

Some were still in the stream, loaded with wheat to the Plimsoll mark, ready to depart with the next tide.

From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank

Deck loading is restricted, and the Plimsoll mark insisted on.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

The Plimsoll mark was a series of measurements in feet, running from the maximum depth at which the ship should lie in the water down toward the keel.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John