Titanic Facts
Recently I was in Belfast and went to the dry dock where the Titanic put out to sea from. In the spirit of count down to St Paddy’s Day I decided to post some Titanic facts:It took 15,000 workers to build the ship, earning an average of $10 a week.
It would have taken 4 months of labor to get a ticket on the ship for the average worker.
It would cost almost $400 million to build the Titanic today.
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posted by Kent E St. John at 8:02 PM
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And they saved a few bucks by using cheap rivets that popped open when the ship hit an iceberg.
George Brayton
First Class Passenger
"A number of us who were enjoyed the crisp air were promenading about the deck. Captain Smith was on the bridge when the first cry from the lookout came that there was an iceberg ahead. It may have been 30 feet high when I saw it. It was possibly 200 yards away and dead ahead. Captain Smith shouted some orders… A number of us promenaders rushed to the bow of the ship. When we saw he could no fail to hit it, we rushed to the stern. Then came a crash, and the passengers were panic-stricken."
THIS GENTLEMAN IS A LIAR. CAPT. SMITH WAS NOT ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME THE ICE BURG WAS SPOTTED. HE CAME ON DECK AFTER THE COLLISION. THIS FELLOW WAS LIEING.
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