Thursday, February 19, 2009

Index Card 3

http://library.thinkquest.org/17297/construc_titanic.htm

  • The titanic and the Olympic (its sister ship) were built side by side.
  • in belfest
  • The two ships were originally planned to have three funnels, but had a dummy funnel installed.
  • This made them both look safer
  • They were almost 900 feet long, and required 220 foot high gantries to build them.
  • Another luxury onboard was the four elevators.
  • One elevator was only for 2nd class passengers.
  • Also had a swimming pool.
  • restaurant called the Cafe Parisien.
  • Turkish Bath
  • And a gymnasium.

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