1.This is what the main design of the Titanic looked like in 1912:
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2.And here’s what the design looks like today:
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3.Here are some views of the Titanic. Notice the bench in the corner over there?
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4.Here are some of the similar benches at the bottom of the ocean:
At the end of the circular brass bench, the wood attached to it has long since rotted away, in the debris field of the Titanic wreck.
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5.This is what the first class dining room of the Titanic looked like before:
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6.And here’s what it looks like today:
Notice the windows are still intact.
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7.This is what one of the decorated chandeliers in the Titanic fancier areas did that looked like new:
8.And here is the same chandelier, not hanging at the bottom of the sea:
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9.This is what the Titanic’s anchor looked like as the ship was being built:
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10.And here’s what it looks like in its final resting place:
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11.These are the propellers of the Titanic before its maiden voyage:
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12.And here is one of those ENORMOUS propellers today:
It looks small without anything to measure it.
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13.While there are no photos of the Titanic’s grand staircase from before it sank, this is what the grand staircase of Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, looked like:
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14.And this is what the Titanic’s grand staircase looked like as recently as 2001:
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15.This is what the dome of the Titanic’s grand staircase looked like before:
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16.And this is what was broken at the bottom of the sea:
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17.Here’s what the Titanic’s boilers looked like before:
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18.And here is one of these boilers now:
A boiler from the wreck of the Titanic lies on the Atlantic Ocean just south of Newfoundland. The Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage on April 14-15, 1912.
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19.This is what the first class seats looked like on the almost identical Olympic ship:
20.And here is one of those elevators thousands of feet below the water:
21.This is what Scotland Road, the long corridor used to cross the length of the ship, looked like before the disaster:
22.And here is Scotland Road almost 100 years later:
23.This is what the Turkish baths on the Titanic looked like back in the day:
Here’s a look at the detailed tile design:
24.And here is the other place after this:
25.This is the last picture taken of the Titanic:
It sank after three days.
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26.And here’s where that photo was taken today:
27.Back to the top. Check out the lifeboat air here:
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28.Here’s one of those today:
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29.Here’s what the Titanic’s wheel looked like when it was first launched:
30.And here’s what it looks like:
The leg is gone, but the stanchion remains.
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31.While we’re up here, here are some of the boat’s davits before:
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32.And here it is:
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33.This is what one of Titanic’s smokestacks looked like before it was put on board. Notice the little man in the corner:
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34.And here is one of those smokers who would have gone today:
The hole from the number one funnel of the Titanic shipwreck. It’s completely over.
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35.This is what one of the stained glass windows in the first class room of the Titanic looks like:
36.And here is one of the same windows decades upon decades later:
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37.This is what the Titanic’s crow’s nest looked like before it made its maiden voyage:
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38.And here is the crow’s nest years and years later:
It was destroyed.
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39.And, finally, this is what the bow of the Titanic looked like before it set sail:
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40.And here is today’s bow:
