Wall of ice collapses at Titanic Museum in Tennessee, 3 hurt
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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — A wall of ice at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, the museum’s owners said.
Those harmed were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries, Mary Kellogg Joslyn and John Joslyn wrote on the attraction’s Facebook page.
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“Needless to say, we never would have expected an incident like this to occur as the safety of our guests and crew members are always top of mind,” the owners said.
The ship-shaped museum closed after the collapse but reopened for those with tickets on Tuesday, according to a post. The owners said the affected area has been blocked off, and they estimate it will take at least four weeks for the iceberg wall to be rebuilt.
The Pigeon Forge Police Department said in a statement that the collapse appears to be accidental, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.
Cedar Bay Entertainment opened the attraction in 2010. The company has another Titanic museum in Branson, Missouri.
Guests receive boarding passes containing the names of actual passengers or crew members who were aboard the British passenger liner that sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg.
Visitors can see more than 400 Titanic artifacts, shovel “coal” in the boiler room and feel 28-degree water through self-guided tours, according to the attraction’s website.
Curt Habraken
FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, visitors check the passenger list against their boarding pass to see if they were a survivor or casualty of the sinking of the ship at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The iceberg wall at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The attraction closed Monday night after the collapse but reopened for those with tickets on Tuesday.(Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press via AP, File)
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The RMS Titanic was 882 feet, 9 inches long, and 92 feet wide.
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The Titanic was 175 feet tall. The boat deck was 60 feet above water, and the bottom of the boat went 34 feet below the water line.
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The Titanic had four smokestacks, although only three carried smoke from the ship’s furnaces. The fourth was used to ventilate the kitchens and for aesthetic purposes.
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The Titanic travelled at a cruising speed of 21 knots (24 mph) and had a top speed of 23 knots (26 mph).
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The Titanic had three propellers. The central propeller was used in open seas, while the two on the sides were used for navigation and could be run in reverse.
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The Titanic had 9 decks.
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The Titanic was powered by 159 coal-burning furnaces.
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The Titanic used 14,000 gallons of drinking water every day.
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The Titanic carried, among other foods, 75,000 pounds of meat and 40 tons of potatoes.
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On its maiden voyage, the Titanic carried 2,208 people: 1,496 passengers and 712 crew members.
