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Title: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: The Ferry Man on May 06, 2009, 16:52:47

Okay here is a view of Harland and Wolff shipyards, from Google Earth:

(http://i40.tinypic.com/29ogb53.jpg)

Since I know there seems to be a few Titanic Experts here  ;) , Can anyone tell me where the Titanic was built please.

The Ferry Man

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: Bottman on May 06, 2009, 17:00:27

Am I right, there is a Stena HSS in the middle of the picture?
Ooops, off topic :doh:

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: The Ferry Man on May 06, 2009, 17:05:01

Yes, that is the laid up HSS Stena Discovery. (which if you look at closely is very... warped..)

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: The Ferry Man on May 08, 2009, 08:57:12

Excellent. Thanks for the info and the link, Diamant. Most appreciated.  :2thumbs:  :)

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: Hudizzle on May 08, 2009, 11:36:20

I made a bit of a crude map overlay of that area, using info from the first volume of "Titanic: The Ship Magnificent."

Here:

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j68/hudizzle17/titanicmap.jpg)

The two biggest slips (green outlined areas with the yellow ship shapes) are, of course, where Titanic was built.
For the other colors:
Red: Mould Lofts, Plumbers Shop.
Orange: Mast Shed and joiners shop.
Yellow: Joiners Shop/Machine Shop.
Brown: Offices.
Black/White: Platers' Shed.
Pink: Platers' Shed, Smiths Shop.
Blue: Platers' Shed.

There were a few other buildings, too, and such... But this is just so you can get a picture of what used to be there.

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: matt5674 on May 08, 2009, 22:10:29

Quote from: Hudizzle on May 08, 2009, 11:36:20

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j68/hudizzle17/titanicmap.jpg)

The second big ship spot near Titanic's(above hers) is her sister Olympic's slipway. Titanic's slipway was used to built not only Titanic but the Gigantic(now known as Britannic).

Title: Re: Harland and Wolff Shipyards - Location of Titanic Construction site
Post by: matt5674 on May 08, 2009, 22:24:33

With Google Earth 5.0, I used the time slider and this is what I found out of the shipyard:
(http://i39.tinypic.com/21bktir.jpg)
Check out the dat on the top right.