Design
The Ship was designed by Thomas Andrews for the White Star Line. Construction began on March 31, 1909 and lasted two years.
Size
Titanic was the largest Ship built prior to 1912 and the largest moving object built by man.
Length: 882 feet and 9 inches (nearly four city blocks long)
Width: 92 feet and 6 inches
Height: 11 stories high
Weight: 46,328 tons
Speed: 23 to 24 knots (28 to29 miles per hour)
Capacity: Equipped to carry a total of 3,547 passengers
Lifeboats: 14 main boats, 2 emergency boats and 4 collapsibles (total capacity was 1,178)
Mechanics
The Titanic had three propellers that weighed 98 tons. Titanic had four funnels, three of which were exhaust vents for the boilers that ran the engines. The fourth funnel was added to balance out the Ship and make it look grander.
Hull
The Ship was built from 2,000 1-inch thick steel plates held together by more than 3 million rivets. The hull weighed 26,000 tons.
Staircase
The Grand Staircase featured a contemporary Louis XIV balustrade that was paneled in oak and included a wrought-iron and glass skylight.
Ship Decor
The style of the décor included Louis XIV, Empire Italian Renaissance, Georgian, Regence, Queen Ann, and Old Dutch. It took ten months to decorate the Titanic.
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