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Construction of the Titanic
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Hi,
can i use the pictures for my new website design. They would be very valuable for me. The page is designed by http://www.the-titanic.com. This is currently empty.
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Kay Wöhlert
Sure, Kay, go ahead.
@ Kay – I live about 5 mins away from where she was built, i can grab some more recent photos of the H&W docks if you like?
I wonder how much it tooked the builders to build such a big ship? Thanks for sharing those amazing and rare photos.
Read more about the build of the Titanic in Belfast:
http://www.the-titanic.com/Building-the-Titanic/The-Build.aspx
The solo worker standing on the fantail really brings into perspective just how big the ship actually was. The photo of the propeller’s and propeller shaft are a true eye-opener. That was one big ship.
Look at those cheap rivets.
Cheap rivets? Still holding the ship together on the sea bed. I think sailing a massive lump of metal at full speed into the equivalent of a concrete building is more likely to be the problem..not sure any rivets could hold up to that.
Most of those photos are not of Titanic – but of Olympic, which was the first of a trio built and therefore more important at the time of their building.
Olympic had completely open Promenades – Titanic’s were partially enclosed.
I think the enclosed promenade elements were added after launch, so the photos could be of the Titanic. Wasn’t the Olympic launched in white anyway?
What a marvellous collection of photos ! It’s like we where living in this period. Congratulations for gathering all those pictures.
Great photos – thanks! Btw, on the bow shot the name Titanic is handwritten on the photo. It was not painted on the ship.
As they’re fond of saying in Belfast: “She was alright when she left here!”
Built by the Irish, sunk by the English!
Have a look at this site – its colourised pictures of the Titanic and other ships. Some of the colourising work is excellent, and this is a whole new view of the Titanic. See http://titanic-in-color.com/eng
look how ridiculously small the rudder is. no wonder it didn’t turn quickly.