Posted by James Pepper on June 03, 2000 at 20:14:33:
In Reply to: Construction sequence from deck to deck posted by Doug May on May 31, 2000 at 15:32:14:
There are plenty of photographs of her being constructed in the gantrys at Harland and Wolff in Engineering and The Engineer of her in various levels of construction. It would be a matter of compiling these photographs and of the sister ships to see how it was done. I have seen photographs of several layers being built upon at the same time, so it was not a one deck done and finished off to the next deck, type of operation. I would assume that they built the engine room early all the way up, since it was the most open area and in need of support. I would suggest a trip to the library.
James Pepper