Terry Collins wrote:

Tom wrote:

Not cubes but some serious sized steel components were used he

http://www.asme.org/history/brochures/h071.pdf

How does that compared to the block for that ship engine that someone
posted some time ago?

If you look here you will see that the "block" is bolted up out
of modular sections:

http://shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/96rta5.jpg

Tom