Dear everyone,
This is something that goes back to a thread on this board before Christmas; namely, were there any sealable doors at the top of the escape ladders from the boiler rooms?
From the discussion and emails I got, it seemed that there were no doors, and the ladders led out to Scotland Road. This means that once the boiler rooms were full, they would simply go up to the next deck up. What if the hatchways had doors on them though? The Titanic's upper decks might not have become flooded so quickly, as they would only have had water coming in from the overflowing of the forward-most compartments.
This of course doesn't take into account that water would have flowed up the funnel casing if the boiler's furnace doors had been left open...
Another "what if?" for history?
Best wishes
Paul
This is something that goes back to a thread on this board before Christmas; namely, were there any sealable doors at the top of the escape ladders from the boiler rooms?
From the discussion and emails I got, it seemed that there were no doors, and the ladders led out to Scotland Road. This means that once the boiler rooms were full, they would simply go up to the next deck up. What if the hatchways had doors on them though? The Titanic's upper decks might not have become flooded so quickly, as they would only have had water coming in from the overflowing of the forward-most compartments.
This of course doesn't take into account that water would have flowed up the funnel casing if the boiler's furnace doors had been left open...
Another "what if?" for history?
Best wishes
Paul