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James Lawson’s map of , 1789, drawn for ‘The Corporation for preserving and improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast’ (the Ballast Board). Front cover: Princess Alexandra cut the soil at the Alexandra Dock, where HMS Caroline is moored today. American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection TIMELINE 1584 Sir John Perrot, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Belfast has almost entirely the look of considered Belfast the best place in Ulster for WORKERS, MERCHANTS, VISIONARIES. a Scotch town and the character of the shipbuilding inhabitants has considerable resemblance 1613 Belfast's charter permitted the building of Belfast’s success was due in no small measure to its many connections with to that of the people of Glasgow. The way of a ‘wharffe or Key in any convenient place uppon Scotland. Scottish merchants established Belfast as a commercial centre in speaking is much more Scotch than Irish. the 1600s, and Scotsmen were to the fore in the city’s shipbuilding industry. the Bay or Creek of Belfast’ French aristocrat Le Chevalier De La Tochnaye, 1797 As Belfast became increasingly industrialised in the nineteenth century so 1636 The Eagle Wing was built in Belfast Lough its commercial links with Glasgow and the Clyde became even stronger. to carry Presbyterians to New England Today there continue to exist strong connections between Belfast and Scotland. 1785 An act of parliament established a new body to improve Belfast's port and harbour, the Ballast Board 1791 William Ritchie from Ayrshire founded DISCOVER 16 a shipyard where Corporation Square is now HISTORIC LOCATIONS 1816 The first steamship arrived in Belfast; regular services to Britain would be established

EU.17WlimRthe15-84(.808 hmsRbno 7511 ainlMsusNrhr rln olcinUse Museum Ulster Collection Ireland Northern Museums National © 1765-1810 Robinson Thomas (c.1800-8) 1756-1834 Ritchie William BELUM.U137 within a few years 1847 The Belfast Harbour Board was formed to regulate and improve the port and harbour 1861 Harland & Wolff, the greatest shipbuilding company in the world, formed by Edward Harland and Gustav Wolff 1867 Abercorn Basin and Hamilton Graving Dock opened 1390 Construction began of the Thompson Graving Dock, the largest dry dock in the world 1911 The Titanic was launched in Belfast; it sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912 BEFORE TITANIC. BEYOND TITANIC. 1939–45 Belfast shipyards constructed more Belfast’s maritime history stretches back centuries. This heritage trail will take you to some of Belfast’s most historic sites, from the than 140 warships; Harland & Wolff's local earliest surviving portions of its dock infrastructure to the modern visitor attraction. The success of the port of Belfast workforce rose to more than 30,000 is testament to the ingenuity and enterprise of numerous individuals. You will discover more about some of them along the way, learning 1969–74 The iconic Belfast landmarks, A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY about their achievements and finding out how their legacy is being preserved and promoted today. the cranes Samson and Goliath, were erected 2012 The opening of Titanic Belfast, A SEAFARING CITY a major new tourist attraction, William Ritchie from Saltcoats Harland & Wolff were the A new sculpture of the seahorse took place; it received 800,000 A GLOBAL CITY in Ayrshire was Belfast’s pioneer world’s biggest shipbuilders, from Belfast’s coat of arms stands Sinclair shipbuilder. His Clarendon employing tens of thousands at Dargan Road, at the entrance visitors in its first year Seamen’s Presbyterian Dock can be visited today. of workers in Belfast. to Belfast Harbour. Church BMT Folding Trail AW 25/6/15 17:08 Page 2

NORTH BELFAST EAST BELFAST YORK STREET QUEEN’S QUAY Located in what was once the heart of the city's maritime commercial In the 1840s port facilities on the County Down side of the district, the York Street Mural depicts Ulster-Scots people and firms Lagan began to be actively developed. Queen’s Quay was built who connected Belfast to the world and highlights their connections by James Little & Son and completed in 1846. The quay was to the north of the city, which was the historic birthplace of our rebuilt in 1875–7. Adjoining the quay was the terminus of the shipbuilding industry. The mural is on a Victorian railway building, Belfast & County Down Railway. In the 1990s the area was once part of the sprawling York Street Terminus of the Belfast and cleared to make way for the Odyssey entertainment complex, Northern Counties Railway and is still in use by Translink today. the first feature of the newly named ‘Titanic Quarter’. York Street, BT15 1GY Queen's Quay, BT3 9QQ SINCLAIR SEAMEN’S CHURCH A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TODAY, THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION ABERCORN BASIN This congregation developed from the work of the Seamen’s A SEAFARING CITY PASSENGER JOURNEYS BETWEEN The Abercorn Basin, extending to more than 10 acres of water Friend Society in the port of Belfast. Following the death in surface, was built in response to an increased need for 1856 of John Sinclair, a wealthy Belfast merchant and A GLOBAL CITY BELFAST AND SCOTLAND EACH YEAR additional dock accommodation and improved harbour philanthropist, his widow and brother Thomas donated £1,000 facilities, especially from Belfast’s shipbuilders. Despite the towards the construction of a meeting house for the new opposition of those who wanted it built on the Antrim side, work congregation. The building opened in 1857. The interior of the began in 1864. The basin was officially opened on 2 October church is well known for its many nautical features including 1867, by the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn, Lord Lieutenant of a pulpit shaped like a ship’s prow. Ireland. Today it is the location of a marina. Corporation Square, BT1 3AT Queen's Quay, BT3 9QQ

BELFAST HARBOUR OFFICE SS NOMADIC & HAMILTON DOCK BELFAST’S HISTORIC Standing on the site of William Ritchie’s shipyard of 1791 8 The first graving dock on the County Down side of the NNEL is the Harbour Office, the headquarters of Harbour Board. DOCKS AND SHIPYARDS Lagan, the Hamilton Dock was opened in 1867 and named DUNCAIRN TITANIC’S DOCK Designed by the Board’s engineer, George Smith, it was built 1791–1911 & PUMP HOUSE for Sir James Hamilton, Chairman of the Harbour Board. between 1852 and 1854, with an extension added in 1891–5. Many of Belfast's oldest shipyards and docks Moored in it is the Belfast-built SS Nomadic, the tender Dominated by Belfast’s Ulster-Scots commercial elite, the have not survived, but Clarendon Dock, which transferred the 1st and 2nd Class passengers from Harbour Board was instrumental in the development of the Hamilton Dock, Alexandra Dock and Cherbourg to the Titanic in April 1912. The Nomadic was 5 7 city’s port infrastructure. The Heritage Room in the Harbour Titanic’s Dock have been carefully YORK brought back to Belfast in 2006, carefully restored, and is preserved and can be visited today. STREET Office tells the story of the port of Belfast. DOCK TORIACHA now open to the public. K HMS Corporation Square, BT1 3AT 1) William Ritchie’s shipyard – 1791 C CAROLINE Queen's Road, BT3 9DT OLLO later Charles Connell & Sons P VIC 2) Ritchie & McLaine's shipyard – 1811 CLARENDON DOCK SPENCER TITANIC BELFAST The earliest surviving part of Belfast’s port infrastructure is 3) Thompson & Kirwan's shipyard – 1851 DOCK 6 Of the hundreds of ships constructed in Belfast over the the No. 1 Graving Dock, beside the Harbour Office, which was 4) Robert Hickson's shipyard – 1853 YORKGATE centuries, by far the best known is the RMS Titanic which constructed between 1796 and 1800 by William Ritchie, the later Harland & Wolff DUFFERIN was built by Harland & Wolff and launched in front of an DOCK Ayrshire-born shipbuilder who had moved to Belfast in 1791, 5) Workman, Clark & Co. North Yard – 1880 estimated 100,000 people in 1911. Opened in April 2012 on behalf of the Ballast Board. The No. 2 Graving Dock as well to coincide with the centenary of the , 6) McIlwaine & Lewis's shipyard – 1884 as the Dock Buildings were completed in 1826 to designs by the hugely successful Titanic Belfast visitor attraction tells later the South Yard of Workman, Clark another Scotsman, David Logan from Angus. RK DOCK the story of this remarkable liner through a series of 7) Alexandra Dock – 1889 O Clarendon Road, BT1 3AG Y galleries and interactive displays. 8) Thompson (Titanic’s) Dock – 1911 TITANIC SLIPWAYS Olympic Way, BT3 9EP

TITANIC BELFAST H&W CORN EXCHANGE DRAWING HARLAND & WOLFF HEADQUARTERS 1 OFFICE The Corn Exchange was built by a company of grain MARITIME PUBLIC ART Dating from the early 20th century, the Harland & Wolff merchants and opened in 1852. It was described in 1855 1) Angel Sculpture - Mission to Seafarers TITANIC Headquarters Building housed the administrative offices of the as ‘a substantial structure in the best Scotch stone and is 2) The Big Fish QUARTER company and included the distinctive drawing offices where regarded as one of the most elegant specimens of naval architects and draughtsmen designed vessels, including 3) Commander Calder Memorial Fountain 2 architecture in the town’. In 1859, a soiree was held here 4) Titanic Airfix Kit SS NOMADIC the Titanic. The building continued to be used by Harland & 4 HAMILTON DOCK to mark the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert 5) Charlie Chaplin Wolff until 1989. It was subsequently acquired by Titanic Burns. In 2014 the Corn Exchange was transformed into the Quarter Ltd and there are now plans restore the structure and Discover Ulster-Scots Centre. 3 to develop it into a visitor attraction and boutique hotel. CLARENDON Victoria Street, BT1 3GA DOCK 5 SAMSON & GOLIATH Queen's Road, BT3 9DT SINCLAIR SEAMEN’S ABERCORN CRANES PRESBYTERIAN BASIN CHURCH BELFAST FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HARBOUR YARDMEN SCULPTURE & OFFICE 4 QUEEN’SISLAND WESTBOURNE ‘SHIPYARD’ CHURCH Evidence of Presbyterian worship at this site dates back to 1695 1 Overlooked by the iconic Harland & Wolff cranes, Samson and and the present building, which dates from 1783, is Belfast’s ODYSSEY PUBLIC RECORD CATHEDRAL ARENA & W5 Goliath, The Yardmen is a bronze sculpture depicting three oldest surviving place of worship. The church is oval in plan and RIVERLAGAN OFFICE OF shipyard workers returning home to East Belfast. Across the the interior has intricate wooden carvings, notable stained-glass QUARTER QUEEN’S QUAY Newtownards Road stands Westbourne Presbyterian Church which windows and traditional box pews. Belfast’s leading shipbuilder, opened in 1880. It was known as the ‘Shipyard Church’ because Edward Harland, was an active and generous member of the BELFAST many of its members worked for Harland & Wolff. Not far away are congregation. Members of the Andrews family, including the CATHEDRAL DONEGALL the ‘Ship of Dreams’ Mural and the Dee Street Titanic Mural. designer of the Titanic, , also worshipped here. QUAY Newtownards Road, BT4 1AB Rosemary Street, BT1 1QB CORN EXCHANGE 2 CUSTOM HOUSE CUSTOM TITANIC HMS CAROLINE FIRST HOUSE Completed in 1857, the Custom House is one of Belfast’s PRESBYTERIAN QUARTER Built in Birkenhead and launched in 1914, HMS Caroline is CHURCH 3 finest public buildings. It was designed in an Italianate style the last ship afloat to have taken part in the Battle of by Charles Lanyon and its construction reflected the Jutland in 1916. In 1924 she was transferred to Belfast to prosperity of the town’s business community in the mid become a training ship for the Ulster Division of the Royal YARDMEN Victorian era. The pediment on the east side is especially SCULPTURE Naval Volunteer Reserve. During WWII the Caroline served worth noting for its sculptured figures of Britannia, Neptune as the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Belfast. In 2011 and Mercury. The 19th-century novelist Anthony Trollope briefly the ship was decommissioned. Funding has been secured WESTBOURNE worked here as a Post Office Surveyor. PRESBYTERIAN to transform the vessel into a visitor attraction. BALLYMACARRETT ‘SHIPYARD’ CHURCH Custom House Square, BT1 3ET CITYCENTRE R Northern Ireland Science Park, Queen's Road, BT3 9DT I VICTORIA V BELFAST SQUARE E DONEGALL QUAY WELCOME R TITANIC’S DOCK & PUMP HOUSE CENTRE MV CONFIANCE NORTH BELFAST FROM BELFAST HARBOUR OFFICE Now known as Titanic's Dock, the Thompson Dock was The earliest quay in Belfast was on the south bank of the L A G Titanic Belfast Walk: 23 minutes / Drive: 5 minutes built between 1903 and 1911 and at the time of its River Farset in what is now High Street. In the 18th and early A N 19th centuries new quays were built by wealthy merchants. WATERFRONT York Street Walk: 13 minutes / Drive: 4 minutes opening was the largest dry dock in the world. It was HALL The quay built by David Tomb in 1804 became known as CITY HALL Waterfront Hall Walk: 12 minutes / Drive: 2 minutes named for Robert Thompson, a farmer’s son from Ballylesson, County Down, who was Chairman of the Donegall Quay. Later this name was given to a much longer EAST BELFAST FROM TITANIC BELFAST Harbour Board and one of Belfast’s leading industrialists. stretch of the dockside. Donegall Quay was the place of Titanic’s Dock Walk: 10 minutes / Drive: 1 minute embarkation for passengers, livestock and goods travelling on Yardmen Statue Walk: 23 minutes / Drive: 6 minutes It was in this dock that the Titanic had her final fit-out ferries to Britain. Waterfront Hall Walk: 21 minutes / Drive: 7 minutes before leaving Belfast. The adjoining Pump House has BELFAST CENTRAL been turned into a visitor centre. Donegall Quay, BT1 3AT RAILWAY STATION Belfast Harbour Office Walk: 23 minutes / Drive: 5 minutes Northern Ireland Science Park, Queen's Road, BT3 9DT