Posted by Doug May on June 05, 2000 at 14:14:07:
In Reply to: Re: One more question Roy posted by Scott Andrews on June 05, 2000 at 13:40:31:
Scott
Based on what you have just told me, who would be the conductor of the orchestra once fitting out started? There had to be someone in charge of the overall coordination of the fitting out of the ship or there would be total confusion.
I can imagine the engines trying to be brought in at the same time the steam lines were trying to be installed, there would have to be some order of installation or workers would be bumping into and someone to oversee this massive undertaking.
I can just picture masses of workers crawling all over the ship during the months of fitting out. Do you know how many men worked on the Titanic during this time, I mean all at once? I could imagine it might be in the hundreds?
I would be very interested in learning more about how ships are constructed. Any books that you recommend? Can you enlighten me further on my questions above?