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Date Posted: 10:47:18 10/11/99 Mon
Author: Mike Pell
Subject: Re: A-deck promenade bulkhead
In reply to: Remco 's message, "Re: A-deck promenade bulkhead" on 08:09:02 10/11/99 Mon

> Yes, I seems to me that they would match.
> I also think they were there, why would they enclosed
> the promenades then?
> And if the screens on B-deck wouldn't be there, rain
> etc. would come into the promenade area.
> Those were enclosed on Titanic because of complaints
> of passengers who got (a bit?) wet.

The angle on the Titanic's enclosed A-deck weather partition
may have served a practical purpose when one examines the
outer superstructure weather cover. Just before the A-deck
interior promenade partition is encountered the observer
will see a scupper on the outer hull. It would be logical
for the wall to be angled to encourage water accumilation
to flow to the rear most point and then flow out the
scupper and by doing so keeping the door area free of water.

I would think that the partition would therefore act like
the forecastle's breakwater flanking #1 hatch.

The Titanic's B-deck forward stateroom bulkheads were flat
and not angled being no access doors there, but still can
be found are the hull scuppers for water drainage. The
large rectangular openings would have allowed for quick
water flow while A-deck's mid promenade scuppers can be
seen as smaller circular style. Only the forward scuppers
were rectangular at the areas of heaviest accumilation.

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bulkhead -- sasha, 21:10:02 07/07/00 Fri