INNOVATION’s Chiqui Esteban has been posting some very interesting current graphic comparisons on his blog.
He, along with all of you, will enjoy these old-fashioned 1925 graphics from Cunard Ocean Liners that I found for my QE2 The Last Crossing blog.
Above, you can see the giant Berengaria placed within the American League Baseball Stadium in New York. Babe Ruth’s longest ball would fall far short of her great length.
The next one shows the magnitude of the Aquitania as compared with the Capitol in Washington:
This one presents the 20,000 ton liner (Scytia, Samaria, Laconia) compared with the Washington Monument:
This one shows how an eight-car section of a typical American express train could be placed and sustained on the upper deck of the Aquitania from the first to the fourth funnel, with ample clearance:
And the Cunard Liner Mauretania compared to a football stadium:
Here is a famous cross-section of the Aquitania. Emigrants who traveled in third class were placed on the lowest decks of the ship, just above the cargo hold, where there was room for 2,052 passengers. The second-class passengers were placed on the decks above them, with room for 614 passengers. First-class passengers were placed on the upper decks, where there was room for 597 passengers. Both first- and second-class passengers could enjoy luxurious saloons.
And the last one shows some of the provisions required to feed this traveling city on one trip: 12,561 lbs. of butter, 625 boxes of oranges, 520 boxes of apples, 29,768 lbs. of sugar, 239,584 eggs, 80 tons of meat, ham and bacon: 15 tons, fresh fish: 30 tons, 16,000 qts. of claims, 1.221 qts. of oysters, 1,440 gals. of milk, 4,807 lbs. of potatoes, 5,139 lbs. of cheese, 9,450 qts. of ice cream, 125 geese, 250 turkeys, 500 ducks, 3,000 fowl, 75 heads of cattle and calfs, 250 sheep and lambs, 150 pigs, 250 pheasants, 500 pigeons, 300 grouse, 1,000 quail, 300 partridge and 250 snipe.
