History teaches us valuable lessons about how safety and good engineering practices need to be kept up to scratch. Without the systems we’ve put into place horrible disasters can happen. Honestly, while researching this video I got MAD – the senseless waste of human life in both cases, the ferry Eastland in 1915 and the ferry Sewol almost 100 years later in 2014 is a devastating reminder of why we have strict regulations in place that govern how ships are built and operated.
Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history’s most famous ocean liners and machines!
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