Very soon after fulfilling the 100 years of sinking of the titanic on April 14 1912, We have decided to dedicate this following article to talk about your building. Son of his time, it was at the beginning of the twentieth century the tragic emblem of blind faith in unlimited and infallible technological progress.
the steam ship titanica was the product of intense competition among the leading shipping lines in the first half of the twentieth century. In particular, the White Star Line was in a battle for primacy with the company Cunardthe creative firm of the two most sophisticated and luxurious ships of their time: the Mauritania and the Lusitania.
J.Bruce Ismay, executive director of the White Starraised the construction of three large ships to compete with Cunard: the Titanics, the British and the Olympic. Among them the titanica it was the most important, with truly impressive measures that made it – during its brief period of existence – the largest ship in the world. She had 269 meters of length (length) and 28.2 meters of beam (width).
In March 1909, work began on the gigantic shipyards of Harland and Wolfflocated in Belfast. The construction was carried out at an intensive pace, with thousands of workers and an impressive display of technology, such as the bridge crane used, which at 67 meters was the tallest in the world.
On May 31, 1911, the immense hull of the titanica (at the time the largest mobile object made by man) with its 26,000 tons was thrown into the sea. More than 100,000 people attended the event.
The hull was immediately towed to a dock where work continued, particularly the construction of the decks, her lavish interiors, and the installation of the 29 giant boilers that powered her two main steam engines. February 3 1912, finish the construction of the titanic with a last coat of paint to the brand new and impressive hull.
Shortly after, on April 10, the fantastic steamboat left the port of Liverpool, where he would never return. The most famous transatlantic voyage in history lasted only 4 days, which after hitting an iceberg on the night of April 14, ended up sinking in the North Atlantic the dawn of April 15, 1912 along with more than 1500 lives.
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April 14, 1912… the sinking of the Titanic, in SobreHistoria
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