Essay Archive - Titanic
Titanic
Titanic was the largest ship in the world, built by a workforce of 17,000.
The ultimate in turn-of-the-century design and technology. First-class suites
ran to more than $ 55,000 in todays dollars, and when she sailed on her maiden
voyage from Southampton, England on route to NY , she held among her 2,227
passengers. The cream of industrial society, including colonel John Jacob Astor.
Macys founder; U.S. congressman Isidor Straus and Thomas Andrews, the ships
builder. The ship was built of easily sealed-off compartments. If, for some
unimaginable reason, the hull were punctured, only the compartment ac....
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