| Knoxville News Sentinel | KNOWSY KNOXVILLE: TITANIC PIGEON FORGE Titanic Pigeon Forge is a three-story museum constructed to resemble the front half of the RMS Titanic at 50 percent scale. Using 442 tons of steel and 2,120 square yards of concrete, 350 workers will have worked 455 days to build the structure and get it ready for its christening by Regis Philbin on Thursday.... |
10th April 2010 | |||
| Knoxville News Sentinel | TITANIC MUSEUM AND ATTRACTION EXPECTED TO BE A BIG DRAW IN SEVIER COUNTY While its double-smokestack exterior draws the looks, it's the stories inside that are the core of the new Titanic Museum Attraction. The $25 million Titanic opens April 8 in Pigeon Forge; television celebrity Regis Philbin christens the "ship" in a 10 a.m. ceremony. The 30,000-square-foot building opens to the public at 3 p.m. April 8.... |
3rd April 2010 | |||
| Knoxville News Sentinel | SHIPSHAPE RE-CREATED TITANIC RISES ABOVE THE LANDSCAPE IN PIGEON FORGE Half of the world's most famous ill-fated ship is being reconstructed in the Tennessee hills. A 30,000-square-foot replica of the Titanic is being built against the mountain backdrop of Pigeon Forge. The forward half of the ship will be re-created; it is half the size of the ocean liner sunk by an iceberg on its 1912 maiden voyage.... |
15th September 2009 | |||