Facts About the Building of the Titanic:
It took three years for 3,000 men to build the Titanic and its construction costed approximately 7.5 million dollars.
For a capacity of 1,178 people on board the Titanic, the ship was only built with 20 lifeboats, which was only enough to hold half of the passengers. Builders thought it would destroy the beauty of the ship if there were too many lifeboats.
The ship was made with an indoor heated swimming pool, a first for any sailing vessel.
The Titanic was 882 1/2 feet long and 92 1/2 feet wide at its widest point.
The Titanic's engines gave the ship 50,000-55,000 horsepower, and at full speed the ship could go 25 knots.
The Titanic weighed 46,328 gross tons, which made it 50 percent larger than any other ship afloat at the time.
The Titanic was built with three propellers powered by steam that moved the ship through the water
The watertight compartments were able to close three different ways: by a switch that the captain had that would close all of the compartments at once, by a lever that the passengers could use to close them, or by a trigger in each compartment that would be set off by any water in the ship and make all of the compartments close.
The Titanic had four 50 horsepower generators that powered all of the lights and machinery in the ship.
