The Titanic is arguably a work of art. It was built at Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland, in the year 1909. It took 3 years to make, and just the hull itself weighed twenty-six thousand  tons. It was 882 1/2 feet long, and 220 feet high, and had three anchors. It cost approximately $7.5 million, which, in today's money, is about 237.1 million.

So, a pretty big ship. 

One thing almost everyone knows about the Titanic, is the irony behind it. The Titanic's captain, Cap. Edward John Smith is credited with saying "Even God Himself couldn't sink this ship". That of course, we now know, is not true, as the ship did in fact, sink. But what led Cap. Smith to make such an accusation? 

Maybe it was because the hull of the ship was built with a double bottom, and had 16 watertight compartments. Which means, that the ship could stay afloat with any two of the middle compartments, or four of the first compartments completely flooded. It was considered that the Titanic could handle anything, which would lead people to make such accusations. 

Then, after the building was complete, the Titanic was launched into the banks of the River Lagan. It took twenty-two tons of tallow, soap, and train oil to get the Titanic off of the wood beams it rested on, into the water. It is claimed that the Titanic and her sister ship the Olympic were the largest man-made objects ever to have been moved.