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Titanic - Building The World's Most Famous Ship (Paperback)
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Titanic - Building The World's Most Famous Ship (Paperback)
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When she set sail on her doomed maiden voyage in April 1912, RMS
Titanic was the jewel in the crown of the White Star Line, a
company that American tycoon J. P. Morgan had acquired a decade
earlier. The executives at White Star competed fiercely in the
ocean liner market, prioritizing luxury and comfort over speed. A
floating palace, Titanic was the largest and most technologically
advanced moving object in the world. It spent barely five days at
sea, but a skilled workforce of thousands of men and women had
spent years building the ship in a remarkable feat of design and
engineering. Here is the story of the riveters, who risked deafness
from hammering millions of rivets that held together the enormous
steel hull; the engineers, who had the gargantuan task of fitting
engines to power the massive ship across the Atlantic at 23 knots;
the electricians, who installed state-of-the-art communications
systems and enormous steam driven generators, each capable of
powering the equivalent of 400 modern homes; the carpenters,
cabinet makers, and artisans who labored over every last detail of
the opulent state rooms; and so many more. From the engine room to
the ball room, here is a testament to those who designed, built,
and fitted the "ship of dreams."
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