A Timeline of Tragedy and Triumph; The Titanic and Age of the Transatlantic Steamship; Special Editions; by Rose Eveleth; 1 Page(s)

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Construction begins on the Titanic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard on Queen's Island in Belfast, Ireland. The slipway used to build the Titanic is the biggest ever constructed, taking up three of the existing slipways at the shipyard. Construction causes 246 injuries and eight deaths.