1901 - Construction Of RMS Titanic

<div style="text-align: justify;">RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The largest passenger steamship in the world at the time, the Olympic-class RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, UK. After setting sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board, she hit the iceberg four days into the crossing, at 11:40 pm on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 am the following morning. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Titanic was designed by experienced engineers, using some of the most advanced technologies and extensive safety features of the time. The sinking of a passenger liner on her maiden voyage, the high loss of life and media frenzy over Titanic's famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes in maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have all contributed to the enduring interest in Titanic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, UK, and designed to compete with the rival Cunard Line's Lusitania and Mauretania. Titanic, along with her Olympic-class sisters, Olympic and the soon-to-be-built Britannic (originally named Gigantic), were intended to be the largest, most luxurious ships ever to sail. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The designers were Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and White Star, naval architect Thomas Andrews, Harland and Wolff's construction manager and head of their design department, and the Right Honourable Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy1PAKF457vSXke371VSZD9pR-m4wCa9IJh46piklXMAsJqGUj-8oIZINOciKSB8TICVYwDByv84EJmMFgy9olFQVNzx78lBOlkdvB7z0Tlm38vOpJCZQnESFFB46GQrEsaXwzDwAvdK0/s1600/proxy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy1PAKF457vSXke371VSZD9pR-m4wCa9IJh46piklXMAsJqGUj-8oIZINOciKSB8TICVYwDByv84EJmMFgy9olFQVNzx78lBOlkdvB7z0Tlm38vOpJCZQnESFFB46GQrEsaXwzDwAvdK0/s1600/proxy.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-diORem2NfGoEoyOl_pAqFekTpBdvv3xAvJEEtWmZZCmih6k8dfNnLcbmie3yroT8h8Fd97nFYAJVeAX57nihGOFb24CzJN0f8S7w2exwvEu7nVHn6c5k_xci6_5aG0sqG2NEmCGYNSp/s1600/proxy+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-diORem2NfGoEoyOl_pAqFekTpBdvv3xAvJEEtWmZZCmih6k8dfNnLcbmie3yroT8h8Fd97nFYAJVeAX57nihGOFb24CzJN0f8S7w2exwvEu7nVHn6c5k_xci6_5aG0sqG2NEmCGYNSp/s1600/proxy+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/1901-construction-of-rms-titanic.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

1901 - Construction Of RMS Titanic

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1954 - Construction Of Disneyland

<div style="text-align: justify;">Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of the Walt Disney Company. Known as Disneyland when it opened on July 18, 1955, and still almost universally referred to by that name, it is the only theme park to be designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland after visiting various amusement parks with his daughters in the 1930s and 1940s. He initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized that the proposed site was too small. After hiring a consultant to help determine an appropriate site for his project, Walt bought a 160-acre (65 ha) site near Anaheim in 1953. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on July 17, 1955.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with close to 600 million guests since it opened. In 2010, 15.98 million people visited the park, making it the second most visited park in the world that calendar year</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRQxlLvfrG_Y7H2JOhPkIklpCym5Ovd3eXLwsQXh5Op6BS4Jrr8OqlANWzJgkt53x22V1KSmZnfi6-BUm48HMQNtj-_0dB06yhbBfgA3thfg0EOwvnhhH3sAqbdqIDQN2oclqazXf0nzT/s1600/proxy+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRQxlLvfrG_Y7H2JOhPkIklpCym5Ovd3eXLwsQXh5Op6BS4Jrr8OqlANWzJgkt53x22V1KSmZnfi6-BUm48HMQNtj-_0dB06yhbBfgA3thfg0EOwvnhhH3sAqbdqIDQN2oclqazXf0nzT/s1600/proxy+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPapan2EvL30kK10iooj6ogz2iSgEw7pBgdxRa98bKe4wp0_WFzd4tAVGIsf9IXT2L8d-P2AAz560o_1a5YhbdiS_unUxlCEtj9OCTdufasH_wHNZXyQYmMfP7CZKf70jD0ihBezJPQ4a/s1600/proxy+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPapan2EvL30kK10iooj6ogz2iSgEw7pBgdxRa98bKe4wp0_WFzd4tAVGIsf9IXT2L8d-P2AAz560o_1a5YhbdiS_unUxlCEtj9OCTdufasH_wHNZXyQYmMfP7CZKf70jD0ihBezJPQ4a/s1600/proxy+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/1954-construction-of-disneyland.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

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