
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff
About this book
Harland and Wolff, once acknowledged as the greatest and best-known shipbuilding company in the world, for many years enjoyed a mighty eminence before a gradual descent into near obscurity. This illustrated book, told from the unique perspective of someone who was there at the time, chronicles the history of the organisation from its creation to the present day, from its halcyon days to its present incarnation. Today, the company is no longer involved in shipbuilding, maintaining only a small ship repair and engineering facility and occupying a fraction of its previously vast complex. At its peak Harland and Wolff directly employed over 45, 000 people, with even more in its subsidiary companies. Well-known Harland and Wolff former employee Tom McCluskie, who was a technical consultant to James Cameron on the movie Titanic, sheds light on many little-known facts about the business, delves into the human interest stories, and recounts both the mighty zenith and ignominious demise of this great enterprise.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Genesis of a Disaster
- 2 The Emergence of the Port of Belfast
- 3 Steaming into the Future
- 4 A Partnership Forged in Steel
- 5 The Edwardian Era & Titanic
- 6 The Great War & the Depression of the 1930s
- 7 Bust to Boom Once Again
- 8 On the Front Line Again
- 9 Happy Days Are Here Again: the ’50s & ’60s
- 10 Stormy Seas in the 1970s
- 11 Death of a Giant: the ’80s & ’90s
- 12 Down But Not Quite Out … Yet
- 13 Harland and Wolff Ship List
- Copyright