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You will discover more about some of them along the way, learning way, the along them of some about more discover will You individuals. numerous of enterprise and ingenuity the to testament is earliest surviving portions of its dock infrastructure to the modern Titanic Belfast visitor attraction. The success of the port of Belfast of port the of success The attraction. visitor Belfast Titanic modern the to infrastructure dock its of portions surviving earliest workforce rose to more than 30,000 than more to rose workforce olff's local olff's than 140 warships; Harland & W & Harland warships; 140 than etches back centuries. This heritage trail will take you to some of Belfast’s most historic sites, from the from sites, historic most Belfast’s of some to you take will trail heritage This centuries. back etches str y histor maritime Belfast’s 1939–45 Belfast shipyards constructed more constructed shipyards Belfast TITANIC. BEYOND TITANIC. BEFORE to New York in 1912 in York New to it sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton from voyage maiden its on sank it 1911 was launched in Belfast; in launched was Titanic The Graving Dock, the largest dry dock in the world the in dock dry largest the Dock, Graving 3 90 1 uction began of the Thompson the of began uction Constr Dock opened Dock 1867 Abercorn Basin and Hamilton Graving Hamilton and Basin Abercorn olff and Gustav W Gustav and company in the world, formed by Edward Harland Edward by formed world, the in company 1861 Harland & Wolff, the greatest shipbuilding greatest the Wolff, & Harland and harbour and t por the improve and egulate r 7 84 1 was formed to formed was d Boar Harbour Belfast The within a few years few a within BELUM.U137 William Ritchie 1756-1834 (c.1800-8) Thomas Robinson 1765-1810 © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum regular services to Britain would be established be would Britain to services regular HISTORIC LOCATIONS HISTORIC 1816 The first steamship arrived in Belfast; in arrived steamship first The SCOVER 16 SCOVER DI is now is e Squar Corporation e wher d shipyar a 1791 founded e yrshir A from Ritchie illiam W Ballast Board Ballast , the , and harbour and t por Belfast's improve to body 1785 continue to exist strong connections between Belfast and Scotland. and Belfast between connections strong exist to continue e ther oday T An act of parliament established a new a established parliament of act An . onger str even became Clyde the and Glasgow with links commercial its Presbyterians to New England New to Presbyterians to carry to so y centur nineteenth the in industrialised increasingly became Belfast As 636 1 was built in Belfast Lough Belfast in built was ing W Eagle The French aristocrat Le Chevalier De La Tochnaye, 1797 Tochnaye, La De Chevalier Le aristocrat French the 1600s, and Scotsmen were to the fore in the city’s shipbuilding industry. shipbuilding city’s the in fore the to were Scotsmen and 1600s, the the Bay or Creek of Belfast’ of Creek or Bay the Scotch than Irish. than Scotch e mor much is speaking Scotland. Scottish merchants established Belfast as a commercial centre in centre commercial a as Belfast established merchants Scottish Scotland. ‘wharffe or Key in any convenient place uppon place convenient any in Key or ‘wharffe a The way of way The . Glasgow of people the of that to to its many connections with connections many its to e measur small no in due was success s Belfast’ 3 61 1 Belfast's charter permitted the building of building the permitted charter Belfast's inhabitants has considerable resemblance considerable has inhabitants shipbuilding S, MERCHANTS, VISIONARIES. MERCHANTS, S, WORKER Scotch town and the character of the of character the and town Scotch a considered Belfast the best place in Ulster for Ulster in place best the Belfast considered Belfast has almost entirely the look of look the entirely almost has Belfast 1584 Sir John Perrot, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, of Deputy Lord the Perrot, John Sir TIMELINE American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection Map Digital Library Society Geographical American . today moored is Caroline HMS e wher Dock, Alexandra the at soil the cut Alexandra Princess cover: ont Fr James Lawson’s map of Belfast Lough, 1789, drawn for ‘The Corporation for preserving and improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast’ (the Ballast Board). Ballast (the Belfast’ of Harbour and Port the improving and preserving for Corporation ‘The for drawn 1789, Lough, Belfast of map Lawson’s James THE GROWTH OF AN A CITY OF A CITY OF BELFAST HARBOUR INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE MERCHANTS SHIPBUILDERS TODAY The beginnings of modern Belfast can be traced By the early 1900s, Belfast had become an The 1613 charter creating the corporation of These bodies were dominated by Belfast’s merchants In the 1580s Sir John Perrot, the Lord Deputy Its most famous ship was the RMS Titanic (launched Belfast Harbour continues to be a hive of Titanic’s Dock and Pump House can also to the early 1600s when an urban settlement industrial and commercial powerhouse, home to Belfast included a clause granting the right to who had a vested interest in developing the port. The of Ireland, considered Belfast to be ‘the best in 1911). At its height the firm was employing over activity. In 2014 nearly half a million freight be visited. It was in Titanic’s Dock, the began to emerge around a ford over the River some of the largest factories and firms in the world. ‘establish within the ffranchises of the said great merchant families of Victorian Belfast included and most convenient place in Ulster for the 30,000 men in Belfast – a far cry from the 10 men vehicles passed through the Harbour, while largest dry dock in the world, that the Farset. Most of the inhabitants at this time were Burrough one wharffe or Key’ where merchants the Sinclairs. Sinclair Seamen’s Presbyterian establishment of shipbuilding’. who worked in Ritchie’s shipyard in 1791. 23 million tonnes were handled. Ferry Titanic had her final fit-out. Close by is the settlers from England and Scotland. Harland & Wolff was the largest shipyard in the could load and unload goods. In the 1600s an Church was named for John Sinclair and enjoyed the services connect Belfast to Cairnryan in Alexandra Dock in which the hundred-year- world, while Ewart & Co. was the largest textile energetic and ambitious merchant community, generous support of other members of the family. The The earliest known ship to have been built in There was also the ‘Wee Yard’ of Workman, Clark Scotland and Liverpool, and each day there old HMS Caroline is moored. For those who By the end of the 1600s Belfast was the premier firm in the world. The York Street Flax Spinning mainly Scottish in origin, emerged. These names of other leading merchants can be seen on Belfast Lough was the Eagle Wing, which was – ‘wee’ only in the sense that it had a larger are more than a dozen arrivals and wish to carry out research into their family port in Ulster and one of the largest in Ireland. Company had the largest textile mill in the world; merchants enjoyed strong trading links with the memorials erected on the opening of the constructed to transport Presbyterians from Ulster neighbour for it was still one of the largest departures. Belfast is also an increasingly history the Public Record Office of Northern Belfast’s growth continued in the 1700s, though and nearby Gallaher’s was the largest cigarette Britain, Europe and the Americas. Alexandra Dock and Thompson Dock (Titanic’s Dock). to New England in 1636 where they hoped to enjoy shipyards in the world. The War Memorial to the popular stop for cruise ships. Ireland is also located in Titanic Quarter. steadily rather than spectacularly. factory in the world. The Belfast Ropeworks was religious freedom (due to storms the ship was company’s employees who died in WWI can be the largest facility of its type in the world; and The earliest quay in Belfast was on the south bank Belfast-made goods were transported around the driven back to Ireland). seen at the Pump House. In recent years the area around Belfast’s Across the River Lagan, the dockside has a In the course of the nineteenth century Belfast Belfast-based engineering firms like Sirocco and of the River Farset in what is now High Street.