Titanic's Fascinating Construction Photos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- Some truly breath-taking images were taken during the construction of Titanic and the story of these images themselves is almost as fascinating as the build itself!
Constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, this massive project involved thousands of workers and cutting-edge technology to create the largest ship of its time but we're going to tell you all about the hidden details behind the magnificent photographs.
Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels- from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!
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You are 114% absolutely correctum!
You are absolutely correct!
But of course, always nice to sit back and listen to early history. It’s a real pleasant time and see how they did things, it’s impressive how those things are easy for us today, but back then it was hard work, trial and error if you will.
Absolutely!!😊
100% this my go to channel after dealing with shitty people the whole day at work
The fact that there is not one picture of Titanic's Grand Staircase honestly blew my mind.
What I am saying. Think Father Browne would've?
The jesuit responsible...?
The reality of such is unfortunate.
They say it was way narrow than the movie, in fact Cameron had to wide it
I want to believe there are photos, we just haven't found them yet.
Imagine seeing the titanic when It was launched and how big it is compared to ships of that time, rest in peace titanic and its occupants
I have both loved and researched Titanic for the last 35 years of my life and I still learn new things every day, and while Mike is much younger than I am, he has helped with that very thing. That's what he loves to do, and I genuinely appreciate him for his efforts.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that I have always dreamed of this very thing. For me, who has spent nights on the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA on my honeymoon back in 2007, I have ALWAYS wondered what it would've been like to have seen Titanic in person. Especially before the days of the huge gigantic ocean liners. Back when Lusitania and Mauretania were the largest liners of the world at 34,000 tons, Olympic and Titanic were 45,000 tons, over 100 feet longer than Cunard's great speed queens, and so much more luxurious than their competitors. Titanic was unfortunately taken before she could really shine and show her true glamor. I have always been very passionate about Titanic.
I can’t believe this was a 37-minute video! Our friend, Mike Brady, really knows how to keep every minute interesting. Another awesome upload, Mike! Thanks! 🖖😀
Time flies when you're having fun
My thoughts exactly.
agree
Mike Brady is a treasure. His enthusiasm, his delivery, makes our common love of all things Titanic, personal. Mike Brady will forever be a part of my lifelong passion for Titanic. I have been reading and watching all things Titanic all my life, and I will be 70 very shortly. Thank you, Mike, for all your knowledge, research, and exacting science of ships, and especially Titanic.
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One of the things I really appreciate about my friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs is the time he takes to contextualize the images he's showing and explain how these images were obtained. A little photography history to go with the shipbuilding history.
It's always great to learn about the Titanic with my friend Mike Brady
It's so cool seeing a notification of video I know I will enjoy and then being able to let it be known. Isn't the internet amazing? Thanks Mike Brady!
Mike, in 35 years I have NEVER seen that picture of the builder's models of the Olympic Class...thank you so much. At 41 years old I feel like a student all over again.
And I've never seen those photos of other ships having their boilers and smokestacks installed. 😮
You never slow down and stop being a student.
Unless your a dullard from canada and your all dried out and worn out from doing nothing at age 40.
If you know where to look, you can find other photos the Olympic and Britannic's builder's models, and taken at different angles.
@@Starshipsforever I'll have to look that up.
ooooooo, as a photographer, with a degree in black white film development, this is absolutely fascinating to me! I've used one of those cameras before and they are so incredibly difficult, but the results are stunning. the soft greys with all of the details is just wonderful. i will always prefer silver print film to digital any day.
and honestly any new video from you is a wonderful treat!
Have you used Eastman Double X?
Any thoughts on that adjusted photo of the men near the rudder? To me, it looks like a double exposure where the photographer asked the guy in the middle to move from a spot further to the right and then scratched out the ghost image from the first exposure. It reminds me of those famous "ghost" and "spirit" photos that were in fashion in the early 1900s.
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I’m doubtful of your theory because of mainly one reason why. At 18:11 you’ll see that the “deleted” man appears to be much taller than the man further to the stern.
The position of his arm also indicates to me he was much taller, as his arm seems to be facing downward as opposed to the man who remains in the photo, whose arm is in a slightly upward position from his shoulder.
This is just my observation and of course I may be mistaken.
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I'm curious how much it would cost to reproduce these types of images with that same equipment now. I love photography but never studied it. I kinda wish I had. Still time though! :)
It's crazy to imagine a time when taking photographs was so time-consuming and complicated and expensive that only the minimum number was taken. We have the complete opposite problem today: too many photos! 😂
Does anyone stop to realise the GENIUS of these engineers and steel workers?! The calculations and measurements alone would be daunting and violently expensive with today's skills and tech. But WOW ,the effort, precision of all involved in this HUMONGOUS undertaking in those years is nothing short of mind blowing! It does my head in just thi king of assembling and then dismantling then reassembling one of those giant engines, much less nutting out the design and power requirements. Great job and very well presented, most enjoyable Mike.
Hell yes, and with pencil, paper and slide rules no less
Mike: It's wonderful that you see these things that we don't -- the loose carpets, dust on the tables, plants not yet hung -- and you make them all into a fascinating video. Nicely done, sir! I'll never look at these type photos the same way again.
I noticed the grubby carpet !
These are some of the finest pictures of the ship because they are genuine. I did not know that many of the pictures I have oftentimes viewed in the past were not of the Titanic. A great job, indeed!
There's nothing like enjoying my dinner while listening to my friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner designs as he talks about how the Titanic was built.
The clarity and quality of these early photographs is quite impressive for the time. Excellent presentation as usual.
These photos have amazing sharpness. I've followed Titanic since 1955, had never seen the other two bow shots on the gantry, only the well known one with the man on the railing. Thank you for sharing these gems with your many aficianados. Best wishes from the Bluegrass State [Kentucky].
To make an honest recreation of reality, the first photographers must have felt the part of magicians.
Mike is like that one professor who you actually looked forward to going to class and learning because you can see how passionate they are about what it is they’re teaching.
I’ve honestly never really had much of a fascination or appreciation of anything maritime related until I went down a titanic rabbit hole recently and wandered across this channel. I think Mike’s enthusiasm and interest has rubbed off on me a bit. They really are marvels of engineering and craftsmanship.
First time in my life I’ve had any interest in booking a cruise quite literally just so I can know what it feels like to be on a ship that massive lol.
I don’t mind postponing going to bed for this Mike! 🩷
Mike Brady has some real talent. He just had me watch an entire video of the blueprints for Titanic. I assure you, that's not at all something I would normally be interested in. But he had me interested. Great job Mike!!! 😊😊😊
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My 6 year old and I watch you. He is OBSESSED with Titanic and loves learning about all of it. We just took him to Volo museum to look at their little Titanic exhibit. Thanks for the great content from me and my son!
yay! a new camera angle from our friend Mike Brady!
Friend Mike with a solid Titanic video? Yeah I'm gonna need to make some space in my schedule
This has to be one of my favorite videos he's done. I haven't seen a good amount of these pics and he pointed out things i didn't notice from those i have.
Absolutely brilliant! Welsh was an amazing photographer, the detail, absolutely brilliant!
The building I currently work in was built in 1917 after its predecessor burned down in 1911, so it was the same sort of camera technology and cost involved with the burned out skeleton of the original building and of the early stages of construction. My father was very much into photography and the history of it when I was growing up, so I got an education in it that has made it really interesting to look over these photographs that now decorate the basement walls in between the architectural drawings. It's really fascinating to me what philosophy of professional photography has changed and what has stayed the same between then and now.
As you mentioned, these are meant for publication. They're stark and clinical in some sense, but they also are meant to show some aspect of it to sell an idea through a small reprint of the image. In Titanic's case, it was grandeur, industrial and technological achievement and luxury. And I see the same grandeur and industrial storytelling in the construction photos where I work. While the photos after the fire are clearly meant to tell a tragedy. Later on, photography starts to take on the lessons from painting where the photo becomes a canvas. It's also really interesting how much of the artistry of it is done in development. Things like "burning" where parts of an image were covered up while light was kept on longer to expose the film more in certain parts and "dodging" which was the covering up of parts for part of the time the light was on to underexpose them. Just those 2 tricks let you get a lot more contrast out of a photo and I love doing it digitally now with photos I've taken because it's subtle and natural feeling while letting you get a lot more out of the image.
These old photos were fantastic to see, thanks for sharing......................
A sharp dressed, informed, well formed man talking about a legendary, fascinating, and beautiful ship which has been documented in these great photos… this is the culmination of good content on TH-cam. It’s so well put together. Not a moment is wasted. Also, my passion for the liners coupled with a channel more dedicated to the topic than any other; this is undeniably marvelous.
He dresses like a 75 year old aristocrat, not a young fella at all! 😂
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I like how you dress so sharp and professional.. really sets you and your work above the rest ! Great job !!!
So many of us who fell in love with Titanic actually fell in love with her sister, thank you for another great video.
You know it's going to be a good day when you hear, Hello it's your friend Mike Brady from Ocean liner Designs.
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Old film pictures can be ultra-sharp because film (plate) was slow, often as low as ASA (now called ISO) 10. Some even slower. As a general rule, the finer the grain (more chemical "pixels"), the slower the film. Pictures shot on glass plates were also in this realm. Then there were those who coated their own plates, and in those cases, it could go up or down. I've shot with ASA 10 and it makes the best digital images blush with shame.
Aside from ASA, the biggest contributor to image sharpness was the very great area of the emulsion surface be it on film or glass plate. A plate was on the order of 4x5 or 12x12” compared to the approximately 1x1” area of 35mm film. Or, more startling, the area of a cell phone camera….0.1x0.1”. Even a relatively poor lens can pack a lot of detail into a large area.
BTW….on top of the slower films (lower ASA numbers) of earlier times, bigger film area requires a longer focal length lens. That means that low f stops require a large diameter lens which in turn means high cost. So, unless the lens is huge and hugely expensive, the light falling on the film will be of lower intensity. Therfore exposurses were long. Therfore cameras were set up on tripods. Therefore taking a photo was time consuming and not easy.
So, the best way to get a lot of photos of the Titanic would be to haul the thing up to the surface and then click away with modern digital cameras and cell phones. After a couple thousand photos, cut the cables and let it plop back to the bottom. It won’t be easy but it’s easier than draining the Atlantic.
a friend of mine worked in the British navy, he happened to land a role working in the library. one day while cataloging, he found pictures dating in the 1900s and 1910s of ship building. I didn't ask, but i wouldn't be surprised if some of those were from Harland and Wolff. the fact is that these shipbuilders wanted naval contracts. it was lucrative and consistent work. they sent out the pictures to try to garner these contracts.
The quality of those photos is amazing, more so when you remember when they were taken.
Wow! As usual you've gone above and beyond in sharing these photo's with us. Thanks for sharing this history!
As always, Mike makes what should be a boring subject very, very interesting.
Kudos Mike!
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The limited number of photos Welsh took of Titanic during her construction, or more so the reason for the limited number, really puts into perspective how rare, and expensive photography was even by the beginning of the 20th Century, (photography not having quite reached 100 years since its invention.) Compare that to being able to take near-infinite numbers of photos here in the first quarter of the 21st Century when people are taking pictures of their lunch and other such trivial things just to show others and get "likes." (Photography now having just reached 200 years old since its invention.)
I love your vids, and strangely enough, they have a "Bob Ross" effect on me: I need to take a nap halfway through. Your voice is equally soothing!
Excellent video! When I was doing post-graduate work in architectural history back in the 1970s, we had to learn how to take photos of buildings using 4x5 and 8x10 cameras. Of course, we didn't use glass-plate negatives, but otherwise the cameras we used were exactly the same design as those used by Robert Welch. We used them because of the level of detail we could get. The resolution was astoundingly good. We could blow up details without any blurring or lack of resolution. This was particularly helpful when documenting the condition of an old building when we didn't have close access to the area in question. It was also easy to correct perspective distortions using the bellows. The prints were so good that they could be used to make architectural drawings of existing conditions.
A really interesting and informative dive into Titanic's build process. Your research is beyond impeccable and the nostalgia is overwhelming. Thank you for such a great video!
This ship will never not fascinate me. Thank you Mike for sharing your extensive knowledge!
Great video Mike. My family always says I’m the Titanic Geek but I always say I know of a fine young gentleman that has me beat hands down! Enjoyed this immensely thank you!
Appreciate this deep dive into these Titanic photos. Glad to be part of the club who knows that many are actually pictures of her sister ship. 😁⚓️
mike brady has done it again
One thing I noticed between pictures, was the change to the front portholes, with the extra ones created for better ventilation in the galley
Thanks for sharing. Those are fabulously detailed photographs and we are fortunate to have them. I appreciate the commentary to help understand what makes the views special.
Mike Brady and Oceanliner Designs doing it again! Thank you, Excellent!!🫡⚓️🚢
Something I just found out my hometown of Bolton in North West England, is that it is where Arthur Rostron of the Carpathia was born, not just the captain of the Californian Stanley Philip Lord was also born in Bolton. It's quite odd as the town is not coastal, but even Robert Whitehead, of the famed Whitehead Torpedo came from Bolton too. You can see the sea and Blackpool tower from Winter Hill which is a hill above the town, so maybe that is what attracts them to it.
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks Mike for such a wealth of info. I had no idea the photos we all thought were Titanic were in fact not. Such detail in them. Thanks once again.
the clamps around the rudder are reminiscent of the gust locks put on an airplane's control surfaces when it's on the ground.
I have always been captivated with the Titanic. I remember as a child getting a book on the ship in the late 80's and it was all I would look at. Once again another wonderful video, thank you.
I don't know why, but I have a fascination and admiration for pictures and information from the mid-late 1800s and the early 1900s! It's just incredible to see how things have changed in how certain things are done, and how they lived!
Yay it's our friend Mike Brady!!!...You know it'll be a good day when you see him in your TH-cam feed...It's always good to see him. Hi Mike I hope all is well with you and in your world. Cheers.
I was so looking forward to this weeks video. It was a rough week, and I always look forward to seeing my friend Mike Brady.
Very snazzy glasses Mike!
i missed you mike brady from ocean liner designs, thanks for lighting my day up once more :)
Mike, absolutely wonderful presentation. Amazing construction pictures that I have never seen before.
It’s difficult to accept if you will, the incredible amount of work that went on to build such a mind blowing luxury liner to just see it and so many of its passengers disappear. It must have been unbelievably tragic at the time. I don’t want to take away from the amazing expose of photographs but it’s difficult for me to separate the eventual tragedy to all the effort that was necessary to build this extraordinary vessel. Thank you for this very interesting episode. ❤
Tuning in from our New Orleans vacation! It’s always nice to relax from all the action here and learn some more history.
GREAT WORK here Mike Brady, our friend and Your Crew!!
I love watching your videos. Very professional. I hope your work is enjoyed for many Decades to come! 5⭐'s.
Something that is really interesting for me is that the pictures like this from 110+ years ago, are so detailed. Sure maybe the photos might be fixes afterwards but still….it’s really good quality!!
This is true! I remember when I had the flu I listened to Oceanliner designs all day. Mike Brady was my favorite friend all day lol.
My daughter just graduated high school. She wants to get degree in archive work. I'm gonna share our good friend Mike Brady's channel with her. Mike is doing exemplary work in his field. Couldn't give my daughter a finer example.
I have always wondered if Titanic would have survived if welding had been further along than it was. These pics just made that idea pop in my head...
Wonderful to see these ancient photographs, showing the building process and giving insight into the engineering. Thanks for sharing them. The ‘photoshopping’ done by Welch is hilarious: he was ahead of his time.
It feels weird being this early lol. Cant wait for another great video from our friend mike brady!
I too would love to have these pictures hanging in my house. I've always loved the grandeur and opulence of the Titanic and the Olympic. Once again you've hit this one out of the park! You are always well spoken and eloquently so. Such detail and clearly addressed and articulated. You are a very well read and cultured man Mike Brady. That shows in all your videos. I can see that you take a lot of care and time in research and in editing your videos for the most enjoyment and to be as complete and accurate as possible. Thank Mike Brady - you are indeed a true friend for sharing this with us. God bless in you in all that you do! 😍🥰
Hey Mike, just an idea, however you and Elinor from Shipwreck Sunday should do a collaboration, keep up the great work and as always i enjoy your videos 🙂
18:40 That manipulated photo is amazing. I just want to say, as a photographer who has done a lot of work with actual film, manipulating a negative like he did is amazing. To completely remove something from a negative even slightly convincingly, while replacing the background behind them, is extremely impressive. I've done a fair bit of negative manipulation myself, and know I could never achieve that.
He may have had larger negatives than we usually ever work with these days, likely a 200mm x 255 mm (8x10") or so size plate, where 60mm x 70mm film is as big as you'll mostly find, and the biggest ive used (60x120mm being the usual max). Even with a larger negative, still, that's incredibly impressive negative manipulation. Doing some changes to the actual print are one thing, making something totally disappear from a negative is practically magic.
It's absolutely fascinating the detail he achieved in his photographs. It is sad that there weren't more but you can understand. It was an expensive process back then that's for sure. Well done Mike!👍
35:20 This definitely isn't Welch's last photo of Titanic. Yes, she is flying the White Star flag, but she's also docked at the fitting out wharf. After her trials Titanic laid at anchor near the entrance of the River Lagan and didn't return to the shipyard, so there's not way that photo is post-trials. It's commonly accepted to have been taken on April 1st, 1912 when her sea trials were cancelled by high winds, as indicated by the smoke being swept back from her funnels. Other photos taken that day show her flying the White Star flag as well.
Thank you Mike, appreciate your passion for the worlds most famous ship...
Brilliant. Well done Mike. As always, very enjoyable. Can't get enough of Titanic. Godspeed!
Did not think this would be very interesting, but then I watched right to the end and didn't notice the time go. You're a born storyteller!
Well done Mike. Always get a creepy feeling about the Titanic because we know the terrible outcome. Must have magnificent to see her in real life.
All the photos were amazing, that's history.
You are an expert historian of Titanic. The level of research you do for each video is amazing. Very enjoyable to watch.
Always glad to hear from my friend Mike Brady.
This was a very interesting presentation. But even if it was as boring as a fox hunt with a lame dog, Mike Brady has a way of keeping our attention and stimulating further interest. Keep up the good work, Mike.
Thanks for this one, Mike.. I find all this stuff endlessly fascinating for some reason.
Really is impressive he took pictures of such high resolution.
I have been waiting for this since subscribed you. As a mechanical engineer with shipbuilding experience, these are too fascinating to me. My friend, I personally thank you for this video.
This is a most excellent video. I had no idea they had to test fit machinery then take it out and refit it at sea. Amazing
Awesome video Mike! Thank you again for all your research that you have done on Titanic.
Many thanks for introducing me to an aspect of the Titanic story of which I was totally unaware. As always, your videos are the best! You're a great presenter.
I love the term "donkey boiler." Thank you again for sharing with us, Mike.
Gotta say I love your enthusiasm about the Titanic and other ships. I am a shipbuilder by trade and appreciate something like this.
Whenever I see what actually goes into building these ships, I'm amazed that people figured out how to do this.
Another spectacular video! I always look forward to these. Thank you, Mike🚢
The workers seemed remarkably well dressed! I have seen photos of men working in factories in those days wearing neckties! Amazing and a totally different age. Such evocative visuals. Thank you for the video!
Thank you sir for another excellent and entertaining overview of the Titanic and her construction at Harland & Wolff. Your efforts are much applauded and appreciated!
7:54 God I love the stern of the Titanic. It's so stylish and sleek. To me it's the most modern looking part of the ship for it's time and very beautiful.
Very interesting tid-bits I was not aware of. Thanks to you and your team for these insights
Those photographs are gob smacking in crisp - clear detail!
Once again, BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN! I have been studying Titanic for 58 years and I have learned more from you! Thank you. Remember Titanic!
I always find any and all Titanic tid bits you share fascinating. I've been fascinated with Titanic from a young age, and I have learned a "lot" from your channel that I never knew. Great work as always.
Great video! It's amazing how shipbuilding has changed dramatically but also stayed the same in over a century.
17:00 I love the ghost image of a person in this photo.
Been fascinated with Titanic since I was a boy and now my son is showing the same interest. Your channel is wonderful. A treat to watch.
Fascinating as always, thanks Mike