Posted by Bob Read on September 20, 1998 at 21:23:34 in pm3-1-082.apci.net:
In Reply to: Ventilator Inventory - Updates posted by Bob Read on September 19, 1998 at 13:30:45:
Another possible ventilator has come to light as a result of the Titanic movie. In fact it is not a new one but rather is found in an early Olympic deck photo taken between the deck houses along the aft expansion joint. The ventilator is what we have been referring to as a "curl vent" for lack of a better term. It is located on the aft port side of the deckhouse under the third funnel. On the Titanic it would be just to port of the stairway cover which is just aft of the above mentioned deckhouse. We knew all along that this ventilator was on the Olympic. However, we never had any direct Titanic photo evidence and Marschall never drew this particular area in his paintings except for a profile painting in the Marschall book "Inside the Titanic". Curiously,
he does not include this ventilator in this port side profile painting. I do not know if this is a new painting or not. I assumed it was a new painting because I had never seen it before. Also this ventilator was included in the Titanic movie.
Mike Pell is of the opinion that its presence on the Olympic and its inclusion in the movie weights the argument more heavily in favor of its inclusion. I would tend to agree. I will also draw and add this ventilator to the inventory with an explanation so the modeler can make his own decision. If anyone has any other documentation of the presence or absence of this ventilator on the Titanic, please share the information.
Regards,
Bob Read
: Sean has graciously posted and inventory of drawings of the Titanic ventilators which I drew some time back. The inventory was created as a companion to the article by Mike and Steve Pell which tells how to modify the Minicraft kit to geth the ventilators right. Mike and I finally reached a consensus on almost all of the ventilators.
: Since the inventory was drawn, a few items of new information have come to light:
: 1.Ventilator #3 needs to be modified from the drawing.
: Instead of paralleling the foremast down to the
: deck, it makes an approx. 45 degree bend to port at
: about the 6 ft. high level and joins a larger
: diameter pipe that is approx. 3 ft. high. Also,
: there are stabilizing connectors to the foremast
: about halfway up and one near the top at the end
: of the straight section. Photo references are p. 60
: "Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy" by Eaton and Haas
: and p. 33 of the Sept. 98 issue of Fine Scale
: Modeler.
: 2. There are two additional Sirocco type ventilators
: (one port and one starboard) under the poop deck in
: the covered area where the entrances to the third
: class spaces were. Each ventilator appears to have
: a single duct which proceeds straight upward to a
: connection on the underside of the poop deck.
: Documentation for both of these ventilators is a
: combination of direct Titanic documentation for the
: starboard ventilator and Olympic documentation for
: the port ventilator. The Titanic photo is the Cork
: Examiner photo of the poop deck taken from the
: starboard side boat deck. Mike Pell found this one
: in a very good reproduction of this photo in an old
: issue of National Geographic. If he doesn't post
: reference I'll get it and post it. The port side
: photo of the Olympic is found on p. 23 of Marriott's
: "Titanic".
: 3. The stokehold ventilator (#36 in inventory) is
: not blocked by a rectangular deckhouse extension
: as is depicted on the model. Aft of this
: ventilator is a stairway cover that only partially
: obscures the vent. The Olympic was eventually
: modified to include this stairway and cover. It
: can be seen in the photo taken from the fourth
: funnel of the Olympic looking forward.
: All of these modifications will be drawn and added to
: the original inventory. Criticism of this inventory is welcome. I believe I can defend the type and placement
: of all the ventilators and these addenda above. I would encourage anyone to first examine their
: references before mounting a challenge to a particular
: ventilator. Hopefully though, this inventory will save
: the modeler some time.
: Regards,
: Bob Read