The galley is the compartment of a ship, submarine, train or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another It can also refer to a land based kitchen on a naval base.
The term Galley kitchen is also used to refer to the design of household kitchen where the units are fitted into a continuous array with no kitchen table, allowing the maximum use of a restricted space, and allowing work with the minimum of required movement between units. Such kitchens increase storage space by working vertically, with hanging pots, dish racks and ceiling-hung cabinets common. Strictly, the term refers to a kitchen with the units in two facing lines, but is often used to refer to u-shaped kitchens as well.
The first mass-produced galley kitchen design was known as the Frankfurt kitchen, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, working under the direction of Ernst May in 1926 for a Frankfurt housing estate. The Frankfurt kitchen was a milestone in domestic Architecture, considered the fore-runner of modern Fitted kitchens for it realised for the first time a Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky ( January 23, 1897 &ndash January 18, 2000) was the first female Austrian Architect and Ernst May ( 27 July 1886, Frankfurt am Main &mdash 11 September 1970, Hamburg) was a German architect and 10,000 units were installed in Frankfurt, and it was the most successful and influential kitchen of the period. The Douglas Aircraft DC-3 was the first airplane with a planned galley for food service. The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American Aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach California. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
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