A 15 ton section of the Titanic hull, the largest piece of the sunken... Nieuwsfoto's Getty Images


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See the underwater discovery of Titanic's historic "big piece" artifact.


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The second artefact is a large fragment of the Titanic's hull, which wrapped around of the ship's rivets. It was deposited during the restoration of the Big Piece - a large section of the Titanic's starboard side hull, which weighs approximately 15 tons, and measures 26 by 12 feet.


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Salvaged in 1998 from the wreck site 2 1/2 miles below the ocean surface, the bent hull piece, last seen in Las Vegas, is the centerpiece of "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," opening June 10 on.


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Member. Feb 17, 2007. #1. Some of the most exciting photos of ther 'Big Piece' I have seen are of the great artifact arriving in different cities, just outside the venue that will host a Titanic Artifact Exhibition. For those of you who have photos of the Big Piece being brought into the venue where a Titanic Exhibit took place, please post.


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The 'Big Piece' was a huge 20 ton fragment of RMS Titanic's hull recovered in 1998 - but what can it teach us about the way Titanic was built and operated? J.


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The Las Vegas exhibition is located on the Vegas strip inside the Luxor Hotel and Casino. More than 400 artifacts and full-scale room re-creations are on display along with a 15-ton section of Titanic's starboard hull, appropriately called the 'Big Piece.' The Orlando exhibition is located on the world-famous International Drive.


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Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14-15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 people. One of the most famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired numerous works of art and has been the subject of much scholarship.


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At 6:18pm on 10 August 1998 a heavily encrusted piece of iron wreckage emerged into the air for the first time in 86 years. "The Big Piece" as it is referred, weighed nearly 20 tons and measured approximately 27 x 20โ€ฒ when it was recovered from the R.M.S. Titanic wreck-site debris field. It was originally located on the starboard side of.


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Underwater footage of the amazing recovery of RMS Titanic, Inc.'s Big Piece. Now on dispaly at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition in Las Vegas.


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Rightfully called "The Big Piece," this 15-ton section of the Titanic was recovered from the ocean floor. The Titanic's wreckage wasn't discovered until 1985 by oceanographer Robert Ballard during a secret underwater expedition.. The Titanic was equipped to carry 64 lifeboats but was only outfitted with 20 (four of which were.


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On RMS Titanic inc. site, it is mentioned that Mr Haas and other researchers concluded that the Big Piece come from the area of cabin C-83 and C-85, respectively occupied by Mr and Mrs Henry Harris and Mr and Mrs Cummings. The portholes were from the private bathrooms of this section of the ship. Regards, Charles. T.


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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) โ€” TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor Hotel and Casino commemorates the 24th anniversary of the largest Titanic artifact recovered to date, "Big Piece," with a special.


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A huge piece of the Titanic's hull, recovered in 1998, which wrapped around one of the ship's rivets. Recovered by RMS TITANIC INC. in 1998, the Big Piece is a large section of the Titanic's starboard side hull, weighs approximately 15 tons, and measures 26 by 12 feet. This smaller fragment was deposited during the restoration process.


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The most awe-inspiring item on display is "The Big Piece", a 15-Ton section of the Titanic that has been raised from the seafloor. Remarkably, researchers have been able to identify exactly where on the ship "The Big Piece" came from, down to which passengers occupied the rooms behind the portholes.


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The exhibit's centerpiece, however, was a gargantuan slab of Titanic's hull, known as the "big piece," that weighs 15 tons and was, after several mishaps, hoisted by crane from the seabed.


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The "Big Piece" is a 15-ton section of the Titanic's shell plating that was raised from the wreck in August, 1998, and is the largest piece recovered from the wreck. The GIF above shows what it looks like now, the original coat of white, yellow and black paint long gone, and how it looked freshly-painted in 1912.

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