The Titanic was assembled in the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland.

Measuring 882 feet and 9 inches, the Titanic was celebrated as the largest ship ever built.

It took around 3,000 shipbuilders more than two years to construct the massive ship.

Eight people died while building the ship, and another 246 were injured. You might be surprised
to learn that this was below average for shipyards at the time!

The ship was held together by millions of metal rivets. Teams of men used machines or painstakingly hammered the rivets by hand.

It wasn’t just humans working on the ship. Horses were the heavy lifters, and if you don’t believe that, consider this: In order to bring the Titanic’s enormous anchor to the ship, 20 horses were required to move it.

The Titanic began its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. Few could have imagined that just five days later, the ship would be resting at the bottom of the ocean.

In 1911, more than 100,000 people gathered to watch the famous ship launch from Belfast so it could begin its final sea trials.