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1 year 11 months ago #234190 by eerfree
Replied by eerfree on topic Some classic heavy haulage
Bluey is correct if you Google Titanic Anchor there is a photo there without the Brakeman.

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1 year 11 months ago #234192 by Mrsmackpaul
Apparently this is the chain getting forged for the anchor???

No way of knowing if any of this is true or not

From Facelessbook

Forge workers beside part of the Titanic's anchor chain.




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1 year 11 months ago #234193 by V8Ian
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Geez, you'd need a big dog and long cheater bar for that chain. Some more length might be handy, too.

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1 year 11 months ago #234197 by Gryphon
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Hi,

how would those guys be feeling when the Titanic went down. All those months possibly years hard at work creating a chain that never got used!

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1 year 11 months ago #234202 by cobbadog
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That pic might be a 'FORGE ry"

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1 year 11 months ago #234207 by Mrsmackpaul
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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1 year 11 months ago #234226 by overnite
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Geez, you'd need a big dog and long cheater bar for that chain. Some more length might be handy, too.

Some more length is always handy.
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1 year 11 months ago #234243 by Zuffen
Replied by Zuffen on topic Some classic heavy haulage
I don't know Gryphon, The chain is on the bottom of the sea which is where it's supposed to be when working. As are the anchors.

Would they have welded the cross piece in the middle of the link of heated it and hammered it into one piece?

Interesting the link lengths change from 53/4" to 61/4" so they aren't all that accurate.

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1 year 11 months ago #234263 by Mrsmackpaul
A dumb question from dumbo no nautical type

Would anchors even het used on this type of boat or for that matter most commercial ships today
I think they just go from pier to pier and are roped onto the big doohikies that look like half a knuckle bone sticking up on the jetty

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1 year 11 months ago - 1 year 11 months ago #234266 by Dave_64
Replied by Dave_64 on topic Some classic heavy haulage
Think that big doohicky that looks like a knucklebone is called a bollard.

Imagine the size of an anchor for a half million ton supertanker?
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