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Steam Whistles Titanic Give Voice To Tragedy

Titanic Steam Whistles Blow For The First time Since 1912!! With the Olympic-class liners’ construction, the steam whistles were quite naturally taken to sea while on a voyage. Weighing-in close to 750lbs each, and constructed of heavy-duty hard-wearing bronze, they stood a little over 4ft. tall and were powered by steam. Three individual chambers, with diameters of 9″, 12″ and 15″ combined to create the powerful sounding ‘voice’ of the ship. A set of the whistles were being fitted at Harland and Wolff’s ship yard in Belfast, Ireland. The whistles were sounded once a day at noon in line with White Star Line company procedures, and also when leaving ports. But they were probably used the most during fog and poor visibility, announcing to other shipping the vessel’s presence. In 1993, a salvage expedition by R.M.S.T. Inc. recovered a set of Titanic’s steam whistles, which had been lying on the sea-bed in the debris field for many years. These steam whistles were painstakingly restored, and in 1999 they were part of an R.M.S. Titanic Inc. exhibition in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. The steam whistles were sounded, although using compressed air instead of steam for fear of causing permanent damage to them. Organizers, expecting 2,000 or so people to turn-up to hear Titanic’s steam whistle sound for the first time in 87 years were amazed when an estimated 100,000 people turned-up to witness the event!!