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Down Amongst the Black Gang: The World and Workplace of RMS Titanic's Stokers

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Down Amongst the Black Gang: The World and Workplace of RMS Titanic's Stokers - Kerbrech, Richard P. de
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Down in the fiery belly of the luxury liners of the Titanic era, a world away from the first-class dining rooms and sedate tours of the deck, toiled the 'black gang'. Their work was gruelling and hot, and here deKerbrech introduces the reader to the dimly lit world and workplace of Titanic's stokers. Beginning with a journey around some of the major elements of machinery that one might encounter in the giant ships' engine and boiler rooms, the sheer skill and strength that a man in this employ must have had is brought to ...

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Down Amongst the Black Gang: The World and Workplace of RMS Titanic's Stokers 2014, The History Press Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780752493237

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