Titanic Anchor

Hingley's claim to fame was that they made the anchor chain for the ill-fated Titanic. Seen here before it was despatched, it weighed a massive 16 tons - it was then pulled by a team of horses to Dudley Station, and went from there by train to the docks.

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Keywords: Hingley Titanic MCOL
Archive Ref: 1997/059/001, EB 1A Ph, 4.4344
Updated: Thu 13 Apr 2006 - 1