The Iceberg that Sank <i>Titanic</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Titanic</i> struck a North Atlantic iceberg at 11:40 PM in the evening of 14 April 1912 at a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). The berg scraped along the starboard or right side of the hull below the waterline, slicing open the hull between five of the adjacent watertight compartments. If only one or two of the compartments had been opened, <i>Titanic</i> might have stayed afloat, but when so many were sliced open, the watertight integrity of the entire forward section of the hull was fatally breached. <i>Titanic</i> slipped below the waves at 2:20 AM on 15 April. The Cunard Liner RMS <i>Carpathia</i> arrived at the scene around two hours after <i>Titanic</i> sank, finding only a few lifeboats and no survivors in the 28F degree water. Bernice Palmer took this picture of the iceberg identified as the one which sank <i>Titanic</i>, almost certainly identified by the survivors who climbed aboard <i>Carpathia</i>. The large iceberg is surrounded by smaller ice floes, indicating how far north in the Atlantic Ocean the tragedy struck.
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Titanic
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0173.33
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0173.33
label: accession number
content: 1986.0173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm