Titanic - The Real Story of the Construction of the World's Most Famous Ship

When Titanic set sail in 1912, she was the largest, most luxurious and most technologically advanced man-made moving object in the world. Built by the great industrial communities that made Britain the pre-eminent superpower
of the age, the famous ocean liner signalled the high-water mark of our nation''s manufacturing industry. A must-read for any Titanic enthusiast, this fascinating book tells the untold stories of the men and women who made the ''ship of dreams'' a reality:

the fearless riveters who risked deafness from hammering millions of rivets that held together the fortress-like steel hull
the engineers charged with the Herculean task of fitting engines to power the massive ship across the Atlantic at a speed of 23 knots
the electricians who installed state-of-the-art communications systems and enormous steam-driven generators, each capable of powering the equivalent of 400 modern homes
the highly skilled carpenters, cabinet-makers and