7931 x 3835 px | 67,1 x 32,5 cm | 26,4 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 settembre 2011
Ubicazione:
Queen's Road, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DT
Altre informazioni:
Titanic Quarter-The Thompson Dry-Dock and Pump-House. The Thompson Dock and Gate At the time of its construction The Thompson Dock was the biggest Dry Dock in the world, built for the biggest ships in the world. RMS Olympic was the first ship docked here in April 1911, followed later by her sister ships Britannic and Titanic. The Dock was named after Robert Thompson who was Chairman of the Harbour commissioners at the time. The Dock was always left dry, in readiness for the next ship. It would then be flooded and the gate ‘stabled’. Next, the ship would be hauled in, the gate replaced in position and the dock pumped until the water was drained out and ship rested on the keel blocks down the centre of the dock floor. When work was completed on the hull of the ship, the gate would be opened, the water would fall back in and the ship would be pullded out. The Pump-House The Pump-House held the offices of the Deputy Harbour Master and his engineers. There was also a Mess room upstairs for the Pump men, fitters, electricians & hydraulics personnel employed here. The Pump-House consists of a very deep pump-well (40ft or12m deep) which houses the pumps & engines which are capable of draining both docks. Three pumping engines, each of 1000Horse-Power, were installed. These could pump the dock dry in 100 minutes, removing an astounding 23 million gallons of water.
