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Features

Titanic’s design and aesthetic is very luxurious. Its target passengers are the rich and wealthy men and women. There was a lending library, a telephone system and a large barber shop on the ship.

The First-class section had a gymnasium, a large swimming pool, squash court, Turkish bath, Electric bath and a Verandah Cafe.

First-class common rooms were adorned with ornate wood panelling, expensive furniture and other decorations while the third class general room had pine panelling and sturdy teak furniture.

The Café Parisien offered cuisine for the first-class passengers, with a sunlit veranda fitted with trellis decorations.

The ship incorporated technologically advanced features for the period, including three electric elevators in first class and one in second class. Titanic also had an extensive electrical system powered by steam-driven generators and ship-wide wiring for electric lights and two Marconi radios. One 5,000-watt set was manned by two Marconi Company operators working in shifts sending and receiving passenger messages.

First-class passengers paid a hefty fee for such amenities. The most expensive one-way trans-Atlantic passage was £875 (equivalent to £64,204 as of 2011), or $4,375 ($99,237 as of 2011).