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  • In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom

    04/15/2008 5:17:12 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 68 replies · 1,072+ views
    NY Times ^ | April 15, 2008 | WILLIAM J. BROAD
    Titanic, left, and Olympic sat next to one another in a double gantry in the last photo of the two together, weeks before Olympic set sail Researchers have discovered that the builder of the Titanic struggled for years to obtain enough good rivets and riveters and ultimately settled on faulty materials that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday. The builder’s own archives, two scientists say, harbor evidence of a deadly mix of low quality rivets and lofty ambition as the builder labored to construct the three biggest ships in the world at once — the Titanic...