The "V" was the very last letter I entered because despite my love for diners and coffee (I can almost taste the Stamford IHOP fare), it took a long time for the "V" cross, JAVAS ( 36A: Orders of "draw one" at a diner), to come to me. Not sure why.Ģ8D: Lifeboat crane (davit) - looks terribly made-up. And good night for NBC News." I somehow thought the answer was going to involve Carol Burnett or George Burns or some comedian. The full sign-off was "Good night, Chet" - "Good night, David. This was part of the sign off on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report," NBC's news program from 1956-1970. 6.1D: "Good-night _" (old TV sign-off) (Chet) - A bit before my time. It's all very captivating, and it's all at the Tropicana through Sept. There's a replica of the ship and a replica of the wreck resting at the bottom of the sea. The exhibit also describes the Titanic's construction, launch and send-off on its first and final voyage. The davit may have been the last item the passengers touched onboard the ship as they jumped into the boats. A porthole, a piccolo, a music holder for a flute and some sheet music also survived the watery deep, as did a silver pendulum lamp and a lifeboat davit, the movable crane used for lowering lifeboats. Weighing more than 800 pounds, it's the second-largest item recovered, after the hull. You also can check out the ship's bollard, a thick post used for securing ropes. Communications equipment is on view, too: the ship's telegraph, linking the bridge to the engine room and the ship's whistle, which is actually three separate whistles joined at the base, each more than three feet long. Other evidence that luxury abounded on the liner are a bronze cherub from the ship's grand staircase, a silver-plated safety razor, a gilt chandelier, silver dinnerware, fine china and gold coins. Among the other pieces are a steward's jacket from the White Star Line and unopened bottles of Champagne and olives. There's more on exhibit, though, than the hull, fascinating as that is. As a result, it's on display inside an enormous pool of chemical preservatives. The intense cold, complete absence of light and low oxygen levels at the ocean floor slowed its deterioration, but extreme care must be taken to keep it intact. It measures 14 by 23 feet, and despite the fact that it spent about 75 years in Davy Jones' locker, it's in remarkable condition. Probably the most impressive artifact is the huge, nearly 20-ton steel piece of the ship's hull with some of its glass still intact. What can be seen at the Tropicana are retrieved artifacts, bits and pieces found by a team of experts who conducted an intensive research-and-recovery expedition at the site, combing the area, and finding the items now shown. When the "unsinkable" ship the largest of its day went down on April 14, 1912, in the Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland, 705 of the more than 2,200 people aboard lost their lives, making it the greatest sea disaster of all time.īut this exhibit includes modern-day Titanic tales, too, mainly regarding the discovery and recovery of the ship on the floor of the ocean, 2 1/2 miles underwater. It also recounts the stories behind some of the passengers, as well as the night of the Titanic's meeting with the iceberg. "Titanic: The Experience" shows the grandeur and spectacle of the ship's design. Though Titanic famously never reached her planned destination Manhattan on her maiden voyage, parts of the ship have made it to Atlantic City, where they're being displayed in a unique and fascinating multi-media exhibit at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, at Brighton Ave. You've seen the movie now get a look at the real thing.
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