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on Wednesday April 10, 1912, the majestic RMS Titanic began her maiden voyage from Southhampton, England, bound for New York. She was the largest man-made moving creation on land or sea at that time. Dignitaries, reporters, workmen, and a crowd of more than 100,000 gazed in awe at the departure of the magnificent ship. She was taller than a ten-story building and nearly a sixth of a mile long. The Titanic was, for her time, the most luxurious ocean liner ever built. She was destined to become the most famous ship in history, just not in the way most expected.  \nLeft: Lord Pirrie, Chairman, Harland & Wolff Shipbuilders  \nRight: J. Bruce Ismay, Director, White Star Line  \nThe concept for a fleet of three ships of unrivaled size and luxury was hatched three years earlier. On April 30, 1907, Lord Pirrie, chairman of the Harland & Wolff shipbuilders, held an informal dinner meeting at his mansion. In attendance was J. Bruce Ismay, director of the White Star Line. The three ships they planned to build would be the Olympic, Titanic, and Gigantic (renamed the Britannic) . Their goal was to top their rival, The Cunard Line, which had built the Lusitania and the Mauritania, the most luxurious and fastest liners on the Atlantic Ocean at that time.  \nConstruction of the Titanic began nearly two-years later at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard (HWS) in Belfast, Ireland on the River Lagan on March 31, 1909. At the peak of construction, more than 14,000 Irish Shipyard workers labored at the site, working from 7:30am to 5:30pm five days a week, plus a half-day on Saturday.  \nThe great ship’s hull was launched May 31 , 1911 as more than 100,000 people watched. It took over 44,000 pounds of grease to lubricate Titanic’s slide down the slipway. Her outfitting was completed by March 31, 1912. Titanic measured an incredible 882 feet 9 inches long and 92 feet 6 inches wide. She was run by two huge steam engines and one low-pressure turbine, which powered three propellers. Twenty-nine boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces made possible a top speed of 23 knots (26.5 mph) . Only three of the  \nfour 63 feet tall funnels were functional; the fourth, which only served as a vent, was added to make the ship look more impressive. The ship could carry a total of 3,547 passengers and crew. Because she also carried mail, her name was given the prefix RMS (Royal Mail Steamer) as well as SS (Steam Ship) .  \nFor its time, this ship was unsurpassed in luxury and opulence. The domed Grand Staircase formed a spectacular entrance to the reception area. The ship featured an onboard swimming pool, gymnasium, Turkish & electric baths, a library and squash court. First-class common rooms were ornately appointed with elaborate  \nwood paneling, expensive furniture and other elegant decorations. Three elevators transported first-class passengers and, asan innovation, second-class passengers enjoyed one elevator as well. She also had an extensive electrical system powered by  \n“You weren’t there at my first meeting with Ismay, to see the little red marks all over the blueprints. First thing I thought was:‘Now here’s a man who wants me to build him a ship that’s gonna be sunk.’ We’re sending gilded egg shells out to sea.”  \n— Thomas Andrews, Managing Director of Harland and Wolff Shipyards.  \nThe Edwardian Era (1901-1919)  \nThe Titanic, embodying human progress, opulence, and material excess, epitomizes the Edwardian era. The era is defined by the reign of King Edward VII in Great Britain, often called the “Gilded Age.”  \nTremendous technological and social change as well as modern industrialization and mass-produced abundance took place. Britain was at its imperial height with one in three of the world’s population her subjects. Americans experienced newfound wealth and indulged in cuisine, fashion, entertainment and travel as never before.  \nIt was a time of great inequality. 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