Hingley. Netherton. Anchor - Kansas City, MO
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Woobie491
N 39° 05.052 W 094° 34.926
15S E 363162 N 4327311
A full-size replica of the Titanic's anchor.
Waymark Code: WMEEAE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2012
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A Memorial Flower Garden was planted around the Titanic replica anchor
in front of the Union Station in Kansas City.
The Titanic Exhibit takes over Kansas City's Union Station and will be in house for the 100th Anniversary of the ships fateful sinking.
The flowers were planted in memory of those who perished on the ship.
Titanic's centre anchor was at it's time and for some time to follow, the worlds largest anchor ever forged by hand. In it's overall size, the anchor measured an impressive 18ft. 6inch in length. The cast steel head of the anchor was 10ft. 9inch in width and the anchor weighed an incredible 15ton.16 cwts.
The order for the anchors, both side and centre, were received from
Harland & Wolff in late 1910 to the West Midlands largest forging
company Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd in Netherton, near Dudley.
However, not every part of the anchors were to be produced by
Hingleys. The head of the anchor was cast by John Rogerson & Co in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne upon the request of Hingleys and manufactured
to the 1906 Hall's Patent. The steel hand and drop forged anchor
shank went to the neighbouring company to Noah Hingley & Sons;
Walter Somers Ltd. The job was given to ‘Somers’ by Hingley largely
as Somers had a much more powerful hydraulic drop hammer
compared to the one in use at the Hingley works in 1910/11. The Noah
Hingley works however went on to manufacture themselves the anchor
shackle and pin, anchor head locking pins and retaining blocks, anchor
attachment links, anchor chains (for the side anchors), mooring swival
chains and anchor chains deck stoppers.
Where is original located?: Dudley’s living museum The anchor, which stands outside the museum entrance.
Where is this replica located?: Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Who created the original?: At the Noah Hingley and Sons Ironworks, in Netherton, Ireland
Internet Link about Original: http://titanic-model.com/articles/a_titanic_acheivement.pdf
Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1911
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