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Location: Kenmore, n/a Answers Given: 35
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You may or not be aware that the SS titanic is also RMS Titanic and it was Cape Race Newfoundland, not New Jersey. They were heading to the NY area but sunk before they got there.
Shows the SS titanic is the same as RMS:
http://www.tagworld.com/DueSouth/World/MyWeb.aspx?page=f ea36582-0671-471c-bd8e-0fb2e7f2414e
Famous shipwreck links: (Titanic is there)
http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/famous.html
Information about Cape Race:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Race
Ot her information you may like, but not directly related to your question:
http://www.footnote.com/page/2/rms-titanic-timeline (A timeline that is REALLY nice!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Titanic#Rediscovery (shows the coords that it can be found)
If you found this information to your liking, please accept my answer.
Thnks!
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Location: Avon, Connecticut Answers Given: 5
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The following Cape Race Titanic connection info is excerpted from http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nfld.htm
Cape Race (2) 1907 (station established 1856). Active; focal plane 52 m (170 ft); white flash every 7.5 s. 29 m (96 ft) cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern is red. The original Chance Brothers hyperradiant Fresnel lens (larger than 1), one of fewer than a dozen ever built, is still in use; the lens has a range of 24 miles. Fog horn (2 blasts every 60 s). Two keeper's houses and several utility buildings. A good 2006 photo is available, and C.C. Tibbo also has a photo.The original 1856 lighthouse was relocated, first to Cape North, Nova Scotia, and then in 1980 to Ottawa, where it is on display outside the Museum of Science and Technology. This light station, the first landfall for ships bound to Canada from Europe, has an importance in Canadian lighthouse history similar to the importance of Cape Hatteras Light in the U.S.
When it was built, it was the world's most powerful lighthouse at 1.5 million candlepower. The station played a key role in communications for decades, and in 1912 it received the SOS call from the Titanic.
Cape Race has been designated a national historic site, but the park is undeveloped as yet. Cape Race Heritage, Inc., is working on restoration plans. The exterior of the tower, which had weathered badly, was restored in 1996-97. In 2004 the lighthouse was opened for tours. Located on the southeasternmost point of Newfoundland; accessible by a 20 km (12.5 mi) gravel road (4WD strongly recommended). Site open, tower open to guided tours daily during the summer months. Site manager: Cape Race National Historic Site. Notmar 1; ARLHS CAN-118; Admiralty H0444; NGA 1904.
More specific data on the Cape Race Light House on the southeasternmost Newfoundland, Canada coast is available at the Light House Depot site http://www.lhdepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=988
Far from New Jersey, USA, the MapQuest.com site will show the exact present-day Canadian location as well as directions for getting there (by land): http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=latlo ng&latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=46&latmin=40&latsec=0&longdeg=-53&longmi n=4&longsec=0
Actually there is a NewFoundland, New Jersey (Passaic County) and more info is available at http://newjersey.hometownlocator.com/NJ/Passaic/Newfoundland.cfm
M. R. Lawrence, Publisher, Midday
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