Exploring Titanic Artifacts with ...

Exploring Titanic Artifacts with Shipwreck Historian Steve Santini

Deadfoot Diver Podcast by Deadfoot Diver

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On The Dead Foot Diver Podcast, Curt Steve Santini, a Titanic and shipwreck historian in Canada, to tour his home museum collection and discuss Titanic history through artifacts from the ship, the shipyard, the rescue, and later expeditions. Steve explains pieces tied to Halifax and the body recovery ships, including a Titanic deck chair recovered by the Mackay-Bennett and items made from floating wreck wood by crew of the cable ship Minia. The conversation covers a White Star Line flag, shipyard material from Harland & Wolff (including an office clock, electrical wiring/controller book, and worker pass/clock-in boards), and numerous artifacts connected to Titanic victims and survivors such as Wallace Hartley’s recovered sheet music, a pocket watch stopped near the sinking time, and items linked to Thomas Andrews and John Jacob Astor ... 

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