Titanic

“The captain must go down with the ship,” my father said, shaking his head in grief, as we exited the movie theater and walked back to our car. I had made the ...

[steel archway](https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/found/from-pier-to-island) that was once part of the Cunard-White Star building. (Cunard later removed White Star from its name, and in 1998 it was [acquired by none other than the Carnival Cruise Line](https://www.carnivalcorp.com/corporate-information/our-brands#:~:text=Cunard%20is%20based%20at%20Carnival,CCL%3B%20NYSE%3ACUK).).) If you look closely, you can still see the weathered name on it. The New York Times called it '' [the most remarkable urban design achievement of their day](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/04/arts/chelsea-piers-where-grown-ups-play-too.html).'' [16 construction, design, and engineering teams](https://littleisland.org/design-construction/) to bring Little Island to life, and almost all who were hired were New York State-based companies. The ship’s designer, Thomas Andrews, was reportedly [last seen](https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/titanic) staring blankly at a painting of a ship in the first-class smoking room. [Grand Central Terminal](https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/how-does-grand-central-s-whispering-wall-work-a-byte-out-of-the-big-apple/), to design Chelsea Piers. [departure point of the Mayflower](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mayflower-ship) three centuries earlier. Senate report](https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/TitanicReport.pdf), an investigation into the tragedy, indicates that there were 2,223 people aboard the ship. However, it then continued on to dock at its own pier, Pier 54, where a throng of people who had heard the news gathered to try to find loved ones. The Carpathia was able to get there at 3:30 in the morning. [two triple-expansion 8-cylinder engines](https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/rms-titanic-facts) and one low-pressure turbine. About a year later, in April 1912, the Titanic passed its sea trials even though it had a