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Title: Thomas Andrews
Shipbuilder

Author: Shan F. Bullock

Release Date: April 28, 2010 [EBook #32166]

Language: English

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THOMAS ANDREWS
SHIPBUILDER

[Illustration: Thomas Andrews]

THOMAS ANDREWS
SHIPBUILDER By Shan F.
Bullock With an Introduction
by Sir Horace Plunkett

"... _Summoned to the deep,
Thou, thou and all thy mates, to keep
An incommunicable sleep._"--WORDSWORTH.

MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD.
DUBLIN AND LONDON
1912

_First Edition October, 1912_.

_Second Edition October, 1912_.

TO THE MEN WITH WHOM
THOMAS ANDREWS WORKED
WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM
I DEDICATE THIS BRIEF
STORY OF HIS LIFE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ANDREWS _frontispiece_
(_Photo by Abernethy_)

ARDARA, COMBER _facing page_ 2
(_Photo by R. Welch_)

HARLAND & WOLFF'S TURBINE ERECTING SHOP " 8
(_Photo by R. Welch_)

THE TURNING SHOP " 24
(_Photo by R. Welch_)

THE "TITANIC" AND "OLYMPIC" BUILDING IN
THE LARGEST GANTRY IN THE WORLD " 46
(_Photo by R. Welch_)

THE "TITANIC" LEAVING BELFAST " 56
(_Photo by R. Welch_)

INTRODUCTION

Mr.