Re: The good ship Titanic
Rifty, on host 66.32.254.1
Sunday, August 6, 2006, at 08:21:24
Re: The good ship Titanic posted by wintermute on Saturday, August 5, 2006, at 17:24:52:
> Actually, Andrews was only convinced that his original design was unsinkable. He expressed grave misgivings about the ship as actually built, after Ismay had removed several safety features (such as bulkheads to contain hull breaches) to reduce costs, and severely reduced the number of lifeboats to provide cleaner lines. > > Both Andrews and Ismay were aboard the Titanic. The designer of the "unsinkable ship" died; the man who made it sinkable managed to find room on a lifeboat.
Ah, now see, that I did not know. Interesting. Thank you for letting me know that. I appreciate it. And there's the third of the 2 out of 3 dying trend. I thought Ismay made it on to a lifeboat, but I wasn't sure. Thankee.
Either way, I still got into the show, and it's a regional touring production, and I have a pretty big part in a pretty big musical, so, this is a big thing for me. I'm excited.
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