Iceberg, right ahead! by tennesseecowgirl
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Imagine my surprise coming across this one day as I was driving towards the Smoky Mountains. This is a new attraction that has opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It is quite an impressive museum to visit. A couple of things that were quite interesting to me were, they have built a replica of the original grand stair case of the Titanic and the cost of building that alone cost more today then it cost to build the entire original ship, also when you first arrive you are handed a boarding pass with a name of a former passenger with a short biography on it, and at the end of the tour there is a wall with the names engraved of those that survived the disaster and then those that didn't. The name on my boarding pass was Mary Hewlitt and she was from Lucknow, India and traveling to go see her son in South Dakota she was along the 706 survivors of the original 2,223 passenger and crew aboard the Titanic that went down at sea on April 10th, 1912.
This photo was taken outside the museum, as no cameras are allowed inside the attraction. Oh I forgot to mention the best part I got to tour this with one the members here, thanks Michael I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
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Thank you all so much for your comments my last image
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Comments (107)
Blush
Wow Impressive image I may upload one tonight Depends Hugs Your Ky sis Susan~ Sorry the one you picked had to be dead:(
bangonthedrums
i loved seeing this with you, hon! i'm so glad you survived - wish i'd been so lucky! great shot lynell! xo
tennesseecowgirl
No Susan, she was among one of the survivors.. and I look forward to your post.. thank you sis!!
tennesseecowgirl
Thanks Michael it was great fun to visit this with you, except for having to leave my camera in the car... :(
unstart
Wow, a great piece of history, Lynell!!
Chanter56
Yea we saw that when in pigeon forge in July. LOL you can see it a long ways off coming from Seveirville. More impressive to see up close though. Great Shot :)
goodoleboy
Terrific POV in play here depicting the grand Titanic's encounter with the iceberg, that sliced the liner's side open like a can opener, Lynell! I think I can even see Leonard DiCaprio and Kate Winslet up there. Excellent shot!
jocko500
history of this ship is stil comeing to light as i watch it on the history channel. I even read some of the most wild stuff that happen there that we do not hear about. . Like one of the officers who was been drag down with the ship and he went into one of the hugh smoke chimmys and the boiler blow up and out the chimmy the blast came senting the office back to the surface of the water where one of the liveboats drag him him for he was so close to it. you do not hear this but it happened and he reporded it to congress. wonderful shot and happy you got someone that lived to go and see her son
Shari123
It's been a while since I visited Pigeon Forge, but I didn't realize I had missed the Titanic crashing there! That's an awesome museum. Thank you for sharing this with us!
fluffykatt
Very informative, great shot
tball2004
It was still being built when I was last there,but fall colors are fastly approaching us and I will surely visit then
alessimarco
Super capture! Love the perspective! Fascinating story!
DAVER2112
Cool image!! What an interesting museum. :)
npauling
How wonderful to have this as a museum. And great that you were able to enjoy it with Michael.
cosmoz
That sounds like a cool visit! My favorite local museum stopped allowing cameras, last time I ever visited, several local attractions don't allow cameras either. Thanks for sharing, I found story quite interesting!!
MOSKETON
BUEN RECUERDO.
mgtcs
WOW....A wonderful shot superb and very interesting museum my friend, very well done!
Faemike55
Very interesting museum! Great shot!
eekdog
ouch! great capture lynell.
anitalee
That is so cool. Now on my list of want to see someday
Sea_Dog
Cool shot - the museum looks very interesting.
bimm3d
superb!!
MrsLubner
This must have been an amazing tour. Its an amazing photo and information for sure.
wilhelm2
Impressive shot!
kbrog
Fantastic capture! :D
lyron
Splendid!!
brycek
Fantastic shot..would love to take the tour!!
KataPan
Marvelous image and story! Superb image!
sawade
hi, the Titanic alive. Wow. That´s America, smile. It´s a good sign, that you got the boarding card of one of the survivors, (or sell they only such survivor-cards, smile?) Thankyou for the interestant -and good- picture and the story, all the best Bernd
jayfar
Super cool shot.