Posted by Dan Cherry on August 02, 1999 at 15:48:40 in 209.130.145.71 :
In Reply to: main mast oil lamp posted by Bruce Beveridge on July 31, 1999 at 03:55:32:
Bruce, the Cherbourg photo of Titanic at night was a pretty bad photo to begin with, and it saw much retouching. It appears the only part of the photo that wasn't retouched is the silhouette of the funnels against the twilight sky. As for the main mast light, this retouched photo, unless I have a buggered photo, shows two lights on the upper 1/3 of the mast. If I'm also not mistaken, Ken Marschall's original painting of the Cherbourg rendezvous does not show the lights, but in Triumph and Tragedy's first edition he painted the two lamps on the mast, above where the ratlines intersect. I would think the main mast lamp would be in line with the one on the fore mast. Correct me if I am wrong, but it wouldn't make too much sense to have them staggered. That may confuse shore stations or other ships as to the position of the Titanic at sea.
Dan