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Essay Archive - The Titanic
The Titanic
Weighing over forty-six thousand tons, over one hundred feet tall, eight hundred eighty-three feet long, and ninety-two feet wide. She was the largest moving object ever made by man. Press called her the “unsinkable.” She was the Titanic. Her accommodations were the most modern and luxurious on any ocean, and included electric light and heat in every room, electric elevators, a squash court, a Turkish bath, a gym with a mechanical horse and staterooms and first-class facilities to rival the best hotels on the continent. She also had two libraries for the first and second classes. The original design asked for thirty-....
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