The piece of coal A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces

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The Titanic burned 620 tonnes of coal a day.

Here's just one bit from its bunker dredged up from the wreck site.

I was on holiday in Las Vegas

with my wife five years ago,

and I heard of a Titanic exhibition

on Las Vegas strip. They were selling what I consider to be

pieces of the Titanic. It wasn't cheap,

but I think the important thing with this was

it was part of the Titanic. I felt that its home place

was really somewhere in Belfast.

The men who built the Titanic would have stopped here at the barbershop

on their way to the shipyard.

Many of the customers' grandfathers actually helped build the Titanic.

I think it's important that people do feel that connection.

I bought this coal because it is part of the Titanic,

it is part of the shipyard

and it is part of Belfast.