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Not sure if no one's mentioned it or, more likely, I just couldn't find it. I'm wondering how exactly the Carpathia rescued the Titanic survivors. Not a timeline, but specifically, how did they bring them aboard? Did they open a side door, or come all the way up onto the deck? Did they lower a...

Does anyone know, or does anyone know where I can find out, how long it took to heat up the water (starting with cold water, and with empty furnaces) in Titanic's boilers and get a head of steam that could run the engines? I'm not talking about full steam pressure, but you know, kind of...