whoops autocorrect, meant "be" cut open. Sorry. Hm, some day, maybeThat I don't know. They seem to have held up over 100 years of rusting. If the bulkheads were fragile, I'm thinking that they would have already collapsed. But I'm not sure.
whoops autocorrect, meant "be" cut open. Sorry. Hm, some day, maybeThat I don't know. They seem to have held up over 100 years of rusting. If the bulkheads were fragile, I'm thinking that they would have already collapsed. But I'm not sure.
it's noted that in the appendix of the expeditions, (I love it, has a list of the expeditions up to 2001, and what their intentions were.), here's the quote:Hello,
Perhaps I'm wrong on this one, but wasn't there an expedition in 2000 which managed to access the swimming pool? I heard about this, I think, in "Ghosts of the Titanic." I recall it mentioning somewhere that the tiles still gleamed under the strobe lights.
David: I'm guessing that a "silt out" is when the sub makes contact with parts of the wreckage that is covered with a layer of silt, causing a "snow storm" of sediments.
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~B.W.
if the wall between the drying room and the showers rotted through, think its possible to get in the pool! If only the WTD to the Pool wasn't closedYes the entrance to the swinging pool is on E deck on the other side of the water tight door from the Turkish baths that Cameron did get in to , the only other route to the swinging pool would be via the linen room on the other side of the ship that would be an impossible feat for a small submersible but who knows maybe ? .Apart from that the other way would be to look through the port holes from out side or pop a camera though a port hole to get inside the swimming pool ,
I have highlighted the position of the swimming pool on an enclosed picture of the wreck.
Judging by the good state of preservation of the walls of the Turkish baths I expect the swimming pool would be in good state of preparation and well worth the effort to gain entry to.View attachment 75199View attachment 75200
the best bet no matter how risky is to go to Scotland road and go down the stairs to f deck which should grant us access, obviously there might be doors still closed but its better than a huge WTD in the way of one of the biggest mysteries in this wreckif the wall between the drying room and the showers rotted through, think its possible to get in the pool! If only the WTD to the Pool wasn't closed![]()
agreed! our best bet is that the Pool is in better condition than the Turkish Baths. Hopefully the hallway isn't crushed!the best bet no matter how risky is to go to Scotland road and go down the stairs to f deck which should grant us access, obviously there might be doors still closed but its better than a huge WTD in the way of one of the biggest mysteries in this wreck
Looking at the wreck photo I don't think the hallway would be crushed but to get round from the linen room would be quite an obstacle course of debris and silt , let alone to get to the stairs down from Scotland road on E deck .agreed! our best bet is that the Pool is in better condition than the Turkish Baths. Hopefully the hallway isn't crushed!
Agreed Keith. Glad you are interested in the wreck, and to get into the pool too!!Looking at the wreck photo I don't think the hallway would be crushed but to get round from the linen room would be quite an obstacle course of debris and silt , let alone to get to the stairs down from Scotland road on E deck .
Hi Cam , I think he went down the bottom of the grand stair case to get to the Turkish baths as there is a water tight bulkhead between them and the swimming pool with closed water tight doors ( see plan ) next to the bottom of the stairs are two fan rooms perhaps this is what this electrical switchgear is from.Agreed Keith. Glad you are interested in the wreck, and to get into the pool too!!
Hmmm. I James Cameron actually did go down those stairs. In 2005. In that hallway, I'm sure, he saw an electric switchboard. I wonder what this was used for?
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Looks clear to me, But I can't tell. What're y'alls thoughts?
Hi Keith!Hi Cam , I think he went down the bottom of the grand stair case to get to the Turkish baths as there is a water tight bulkhead between them and the swimming pool with closed water tight doors ( see plan ) next to the bottom of the stairs are two fan rooms perhaps this is what this electrical switchgear is from.
Hi Cam yeah just been looking at the Archive project I think you find they explore E & F decks around the forward hatch area , Due to the buckled bow section they could not get up Scotland road or to the squash court so the only way down to the Turkish bath was via the grand stair case , they did get into E deck via the 2nd class entrance area and got as far as one of the boiler room access doors to boiler room four but couldn't get down into it .Hi Keith!
I just went over the dive notes (please visit www.Titanicarchiveproject.com) and they did go down the Portside E-Deck stairs down into F-Deck.
Ok thanks for the confirmation of where they went. I knew they went behind the E-Deck stairs!!