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Titanic Museum in Belfast Harbour (2013) Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a large-scale waterfront regeneration, comprising historic maritime landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and the world's largest Titanic-themed attraction centred on land in Belfast Harbour, known until 1995 as Queen's Island, and initially, Dargan ...
PRONI at Titanic Quarter. In March 2011, PRONI reopened in new purpose-built premises at 2 Titanic Boulevard, BT3 9HQ, in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, approximately one mile from the city centre. The £29 million new headquarters includes a larger public search room, a reading room with seats for 78 users (most of which have access to power ...
Titanic Belfast had a record-breaking year in 2017/18 with 841,563 people visiting the tourist attraction and the year before saw the Titanic Museum take home the World's Leading Tourism Attraction Award at the World Travel Awards (2016). [13] In the same year, Titanic Belfast saw 84% of its visitors coming from outside Northern Ireland. [14]
John Irvine, broadcast journalist; born and raised in Belfast; Shauna Lowry (born 1970), television presenter; born and raised in Belfast; Abeer Macintyre (born 1964), television and radio presenter; born in Amman and moved to Belfast in 1969; Lyra McKee (1990–2019), journalist; born and raised in Belfast; Colin Murray (born 1977), radio DJ ...
Within days of the Titanic disaster, suggestions were put forward in Belfast that the local victims should be commemorated with a memorial. Belfast City Council passed a resolution on 1 May 1912 stating that "the City of Belfast recognises with unbounded pride that in the hour of trial the fortitude of her sons failed not; and while she mourns for her dead, she rejoices in having given to the ...
In 2003, Harland & Wolff's parent company sold 185 acres of surplus shipyard land and buildings to Harcourt Developments for £47 million. This is now known as the Titanic Quarter, and includes the £97 million Titanic Belfast visitor attraction. Isle of Inishmore and Jonathan Swift during refit at Harland & Wolff in 2008
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
[2] He oversaw the installation of the ship's powerplant and served on the ship as Chief Engineer during her maiden voyage. Bell returned to Belfast and Robert Fleming, another White Star senior engineer, was promoted to chief engineer on Olympic. Bell was present as the Titanic ' s engines were constructed and assembled at the yard Engine ...