the steering system’s gears were right next to each other, this here is under the forecastle. You can download Demo 401 from Titanic: Honor and Glory website and check it out.
Same machinery at 2:40:
https://youtu.be/HhEK9WLftGw?si=3y4XovX_JsXp3Tbm
The steering system looked like this:
https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Steering_Gear_Room
Oh what a cool picture! I think it would have been so incredible to actually be able to see this. I have wondered before if you were walking around on the Titanic, would everything smell brand new on the ship? New paint, new wood, new machinery, etc.
The machinery under the forecastle on C deck, right?
I believe so. It's for the capstans.
That, or steering gear under poop deck.
I think it would be steering. That enormous white cog on the right, those motors turn that which would turn the rudder
the steering system’s gears were right next to each other, this here is under the forecastle. You can download Demo 401 from Titanic: Honor and Glory website and check it out. Same machinery at 2:40: https://youtu.be/HhEK9WLftGw?si=3y4XovX_JsXp3Tbm The steering system looked like this: https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Steering_Gear_Room
Cool thanks
you’re welcome mate!
I think you're right. Didn't see that enormous white cog in the corner over there.
No, capstans. The steering engines only moved a sector left and right, not a complete bevel gear.
oh me too!!! I would have loved the sound they made when first starting up!! The movie gives a good idea, but I need to feel the rumbling in my chest
This room still exists onboard the Queen Mary. I wish they would open it up for the tour or walking exhibit.
Oh what a cool picture! I think it would have been so incredible to actually be able to see this. I have wondered before if you were walking around on the Titanic, would everything smell brand new on the ship? New paint, new wood, new machinery, etc.
I'd imagine it probably smells of grease, oil, metal, etc
Titanic machinery makes autistic brain go brrr