I heard somebone say today that the Titanic had a fake 4th smoke stack. It was added to balance the look but was non operational. Is this true?
I believe so.It was also used for ventilation.
Plasticjunkie:
That is correct, the Titanic only had 3 smoke stacks for her boilers. The 4th was mostly there for to make her looks/lines visually balanced.
Sincerely
Mi8chael Lacey
Thanks for the replies.
Really?? That is the first I heard of this!! I guess you learn something new every day! Thanks very much for that piece of insight…
The Titanic’s forth smokestack was actually a functional unit, but was not tied in to the boilers in any way. The kitchens & restaurants were all in the after part of the ship, on multiple deck levels, and the heat and smoke from the various ovens and cooking devices was expelled from this stack. Many photographs of the Olympic class vessels in port show a thin wisp of smoke from this stack-evidence their kitchen crews were hard at work. This stack also had an internal ladder on its forward inner surface-there is a famous photograph of a stokers blackened face at the top of this stack–
The fourth funnel was also used as a storage shed on deck for storing deck furniture.
It also contained the first class dog kennels.