5100 x 3387 px | 43,2 x 28,7 cm | 17 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
10 novembre 2008
Lieu:
Titanic Quarter, Queens Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Informations supplémentaires:
The attractive Edwardian style Pump-House and cavernous Thompson Dry Dock which was built especially for the fit out of the Titanic and her sister ships has been turned into part of the ‘Thompson Titanic Trail’ by Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP). Opened by Belfast Harbour Commissioners (BHC) in 1911, the 850 ft long Thompson Dry Dock was the largest in the world at the time, taking up to 500 men over 5 years to build at a cost in today’s money of £50m. The dock was used to check and paint the Titanic’s hull, fit the propellers into position, install the boilers and to apply some of the final fixtures and fittings. Named after the BHC Chairman of the day, Robert Thompson, the dock could be drained of its 24 million imperial gallons of water in l00 minutes using the huge pumps in the adjacent Pump-House.
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