Posted by James Pepper on March 23, 2000 at 16:45:44:
In Reply to: a verification on an old question posted by Bruce Beveridge on March 23, 2000 at 15:23:02:
Bruce: Why not, that would make a lot of sense on a ship at sea, thus protecting the people inside from the elements. Perhaps other parts of the ship could be modifications of other building practices of the time, particularly in the woodwork. A potential source of information could be the cast works for aluminum and steel works in the UK at the time. For instance ceilings in hotels were decorated with cast aluminum panels with decorations on them. And before aluminum was processed using electic arc furnaces, it was an expensive item, so it would be appropriate to be used on a great ship like this. This was an era of using precast or pre-made building products. Mass production of steel parts, using punch presses being created by Alfred Krupp decades before Henry Ford invented the assembly line. Perhaps a source of Titanic interiors are the trade publications of the time?
James Pepper