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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_)