Posted by Scott Andrews on January 05, 1999 at 11:05:00 in 205.147.245.41:
In Reply to: Re: Removable stairs to fo'c'sl and poop deck... posted by Sebastian Brad Comyns on December 30, 1998 at 21:33:42:
: Now if only I could settle in my mind the likelihood that Thomas Andrews would take passengers on the Grande Tour of the bridge area.
: Sebastian Brad Comyns
While I know of no evidence proving or disproving such a thing happened, I'd think it unlikely that the busiest man on the ship was playing tour guide. There is mention in a few of the male first class passenger's accounts of tours taken of the engine rooms and other parts of the ship, but I don't recall any mention of who guided them and whether these tours were taken in port or at sea. In all likelyhood these tours were conducted privately by an assistant purser or a junior officer off watch. There is one thing you can bet your boots on, though. In 1912 no one would have even suggested taking two women into the machinery spaces of a steamship, the group's supposed "next stop"!
Regards,
Scott