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When Harland and Wolff and White Star Line decided to build two giant Atlantic liners, they cleared existing slipways and looked for an engineer capable of designing a ground-breaking new gantry under which both the Titanic and Olympian could be built at the same time. A gantry is a steel structure straddling the workspace to assemble a ship. The posts represent the stanchions of Arrol Gantry. The crew suffered the highest number of casualties, so that section of lawn is the largest. The relative proportions are easier to evaluate from above. Each strip of lawn illustrates the proportion of Titanic’s victims and survivors from each of the passenger classes and crew. The Titanic Memorial Garden contains four grassed lawns separated by timber decking. The 38-metre building (the same height as the Titanic) replicates four hulls aligned on the four cardinal points of a compass. Titanic design elements incorporatedĪrchitectural elements of the building include intricate details symbolic of the design of the RMS Titanic and its maiden voyage. The Discovery Tour at specific times involves a guided walk through the Harland and Wolff Drawing Offices, and an outdoor walk around the historic slipways and plaza.īoth components represent good value, but if your experience is anything like mine, one day to tour Titanic Belfast is barely enough. It includes self-guided tours of the exhibits and Titanic’s tender ship SS Nomadic where you can browse at your leisure.
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There’s so much to see that it’s worth allocating a full day for touring the facility with the ‘White Star Premium Pass.’ Titanic Belfast is the centrepiece of the regeneration of Belfast’s dockyards, now known as the Titanic Quarter. Titanic Belfast, a museum and visitor centre, stands on the former Harland and Wolff shipyard where the ill-fated ship was designed and built. If you’re intrigued by the Titanic story, you’ll definitely want to add Belfast to your travel plans.