Titanic Memorial (New York City)

Lighthouse in Manhattan, New York

Titanic Memorial Lighthouse Dedication plaque on the Lighthouse

The Titanic Memorial is a 60-foot-tall (18 m) lighthouse at Fulton and Pearl Streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It was built, in part at the instigation of Margaret Brown, to remember the people who died on the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.[1] Its design incorporates the use of a time ball.

## History

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The Seaman's Church Institute of New York building in about 1934, with the lighthouse and time ball atop the building

The lighthouse was originally erected by public subscription and was formally dedicated on April 15, 1913, the one-year anniversary of the sinking, with an address given by Episcopal bishop David H. Greer.[2][3] It stood above the East River on the roof of the old Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey at the corner of South Street and Coenties Slip.[4] From 1913 to 1967, a time ball at the top of the lighthouse would be raised to the top of the rod and dropped down the pole to signal twelve noon to ships in New York Harbor; the time ball mechanism was activated by a telegraphic signal transmitted from the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.[2][5]

In July 1968, the Seamen's Church Institute moved to 15 State Street. That year, the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse was donated by the Kaiser-Nelson Steel & Salvage Corporation to the South Street Seaport Museum. It was erected at the entrance to the museum complex, on the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets, in May 1976, with funds provided by the Exxon Corporation.[6]

In 2017, preservation efforts were initiated due to the state of the lighthouse under the auspices of Friends of Titanic Lighthouse Restoration, which was founded in 2019 and whose members include descendants of those aboard the Titanic. Plans under discussion as of 2022 included a potential Titanic museum on Pier 16.[7] In April 2023, ahead of the anniversary, the Seaport Museum announced the selection of Jan Hird Pokorny Associates as architects for the restoration and that it would be completed in 2024.[8]

## Other memorials

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* Straus Park, 6 miles (9.7 km) away on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at Broadway and West 106th Street, is a memorial to Ida and Isidor Straus, who died on Titanic.[9]
* Memorials and monuments to victims of the Titanic

## References

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1. ^ Boardman, Mark (March 12, 2012). "Unsinkable Margaret Brown". True West Magazine. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Give Lighthouse For Titanic's Dead; Tower on Seamen's Institute Dedicated Before Those Who Created It.", The New York Times, April 16, 1913. Accessed December 21, 2023. "With services commemorating the heroism and sacrifice of the officers, crew, and passengers who went to their death with the Titanic, just one year ago yesterday, the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse Tower and Time Ball were dedicated yesterday afternoon at the Seamen's Church Institute, 25 South Street, in the presence of more than 200 persons.... Surmounting the tower is a time ball, to be hoisted to the top of a steel rod five minuters before 12 o'clock each noon and dropped when the time is flashed over the wires from Washington."
3. ^ "Dedicate Titanic Memorial Lighthouse", Edmonton Journal, April 15, 1913. Accessed December 21, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Today, the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, men prominent in church, business and shipping circles gathered at the Seamen's Church institute, on the lower water front to dedicate the Titanic memorial lighthouse tower erected to the memory of the men and women who went down with the ship."
4. ^ Gray, Christopher (September 11, 2005). "Remembering Victims of a 1912 Disaster". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
5. ^ 1913: Titanic Memorial Lighthouse Commemorates Victims of Ocean Tragedy", Newsday, August 24, 2005. Accessed December 21, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "From 1913 until 1967 a black 'time ball' at the top activated by a telegraphic signal from the National Observatory in Washington DC dropped at noon every day signaling the time to ships in the harbor."
6. ^ Mariners Weather Log. United States Department of Commerce p. 20. 2014.
7. ^ Gill, John Freeman (2022-07-01). "Neglected Titanic Memorial: 'Like Their Graves Have Not Been Tended'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
8. ^ Wild, Stephi (April 13, 2023). "South Street Seaport Museum Reveals Architect For Restoration of Titanic Memorial Lighthouse". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
9. ^ Russell, Gareth (2019). The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era. Atria Books p. 299. ISBN 978-1-5011-7672-2.

## External links

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Titanic

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* Marian Thayer
* Barbara West
* Ella Holmes White
* R. Norris Williams
* Marie Grice Young

Monuments
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| Australia|

* Bandstand (Ballarat)

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United Kingdom|

* Engine Room Heroes (Liverpool)
* Engineers (Southampton)
* Musicians (Southampton)
* Titanic (Belfast)
* Orchestra (Liverpool)

United States|

* Straus Park (New York City)
* Titanic (New York City)
* Titanic (Washington, D.C.)
* Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain (Washington, D.C.)

Popular culture
(cultural legacy)|

| Books|

* The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1898)
* A Night to Remember (1955)
* Polar the Titanic Bear (1995)

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Films|

* Saved from the Titanic (1912)
* In Nacht und Eis (1912)
* La hantise (1912)
* Atlantic (1929)
* Atlantik (1929)
* Titanic (1943)
* Titanic (1953)
* A Night to Remember (1958)
* The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
* Raise the Titanic (1980)
* Secrets of the Titanic (1986)
* Titanica (1992)
* Titanic (1997)
* The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)
* The Legend of the Titanic (1999)
* Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)
* The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2000)
* Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
* Tentacolino (2004)
* Titanic II (2010)
* The Six (2021)
* Titanic 666 (2022)
* Unsinkable (2024)

Television|

* "A Night to Remember" (1956)
* S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
* Titanic: The Complete Story (1994)
* Titanic (1996 miniseries)
* No Greater Love (1996)
* "A Flight to Remember" (Futurama) (1999)
* "The Mutants Are Revolting" (Futurama) (2010)
* Titanic (2012 miniseries)
* Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
* Saving the Titanic (2012)
* Titanic: The Aftermath (2012)

Theater|

* The Berg (1929)
* The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960 musical)
* Titanic (1974)
* Titanic (1997 musical)

Music|

* "The Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)" (folk song)
* The Sinking of the Titanic (music composition)
* Titanic (soundtrack album)
* Back to Titanic (soundtrack album)
* "My Heart Will Go On" (song)
* "Nearer, My God, to Thee" (song)
* Titanique (musical parody)
* "Dance Band on the Titanic" (song)
* "Titanic" (song)
* Titanic Requiem (music composition)
* "Tempest" (song)
* Titanic Rising (album)

Video games|

* Search for the Titanic (1989)
* Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996)
* Titanic: Honor and Glory (TBA)

Museums
and exhibitions|

* SeaCity Museum (Southampton)
* Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri)
* Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)
* Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Halifax)
* Titanic Belfast

Places|

* Titanic (Canada)
* Titanic Canyon
* Titanic Quarter, Belfast
* Cape Race, Newfoundland
* Fairview Lawn Cemetery
* Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
* Arrol Gantry
* Titanic, Oklahoma

Related|

| Ships|

* RMS Baltic
* RMS Olympic
* HMHS Britannic
* SS Mount Temple
* RMS Carpathia
* SS Californian
* CS Mackay-Bennett
* SS Birma
* SS Frankfurt
* Replica Titanic
* Titanic II
* Romandisea Titanic

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Law|

* RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act
* Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic

Others|

* White Star Line
* David Blair
* Harold Cottam
* Herbert Haddock
* Stanley Lord
* Arthur Rostron
* Titanic Historical Society
* Titanic International Society
* Encyclopedia Titanica
* Halomonas titanicae
* Women and children first
* Robert Ballard
* La Circassienne au Bain
* Titan submersible
* implosion

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Financial District

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| West of Broadway/
State Street|

* 1 Broadway
* 21 West Street
* 65 Broadway
* 90 West Street
* 88 Greenwich Street
* 94 Greenwich Street
* 125 Greenwich Street
* 130 Cedar Street
* 195 Broadway
* American Stock Exchange Building
* Barclay–Vesey Building
* Bowling Green Offices Building
* Castle Clinton
* City Pier A
* Cunard Building
* Downtown Athletic Club
* Empire Building
* Firehouse, Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10
* James Watson House
* New York County Lawyers' Association Building
* Old New York Evening Post Building
* Robert and Anne Dickey House
* St. George's Syrian Catholic Church
* St. Paul's Chapel
* St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
* Transportation Building
* Trinity and United States Realty Buildings
* Trinity Church
* Trinity Court Building
* Whitehall Building
* World Trade Center
* One
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 7
* Perelman Performing Arts Center
* St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
* Vehicular Security Center
* Westfield Mall

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East of Broadway/
State Street|

* 1 Hanover Square
* 1 New York Plaza
* 1 Wall Street
* 1 Wall Street Court
* 1 William Street
* 2 Broadway
* 2 New York Plaza
* 5 Beekman Street
* 14 Wall Street
* 15 Broad Street
* 15 William
* 17 State Street
* 19 Dutch
* 20 Exchange Place
* 23 Wall Street
* 25 Water Street
* 26 Broadway
* 28 Liberty Street
* 32 Old Slip
* 37 Wall Street
* 40 Wall Street
* 45 Broad Street
* 48 Wall Street
* 52 Broadway
* 55 Broad Street
* 55 Wall Street
* 55 Water Street
* 56 Beaver Street (Delmonico's)
* 56 Pine Street
* 60 Wall Street
* 63 Wall Street
* 63 Nassau Street
* 70 Pine Street
* 75 Wall Street
* 90–94 Maiden Lane
* 116 John Street
* 120 Wall Street
* 130 William
* 140 Broadway
* 150 Nassau Street
* 161 Maiden Lane
* 161 Water Street
* 170–176 John Street
* 250 Water Street
* Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
* American Bank Note Company Building
* American Surety Building
* Bennett Building
* Broad Exchange Building
* Chamber of Commerce Building
* Continental Bank Building
* Continental Center
* Corbin Building
* Down Town Association
* Equitable Building
* Excelsior Power Company Building
* Federal Hall National Memorial
* Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building
* Fraunces Tavern
* Home Insurance Plaza
* John Street Methodist Church
* Keuffel & Esser Company Building
* Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building
* Liberty Tower
* Morse Building
* New York City Police Museum
* New York Stock Exchange Building
* New York Times Building
* Park Row Building
* Potter Building

Former buildings|

* Alexander Macomb House
* Astor House
* Barnum's American Museum
* Blair Building
* City Hotel
* City Investing Building
* Equitable Life Building
* Gillender Building
* Gilsey Building
* Government House
* Hanover National Building
* Howard Hotel
* Kemble Building
* Knickerbocker Trust Company Building
* Manhattan Life Insurance Building
* Mills Building
* Mortimer Building
* New York Produce Exchange
* New York Tribune Building
* New York World Building
* Pearl Street Station
* St. Paul Building
* Singer Building
* Stadt Huys
* Tontine Coffee House
* Tower Building
* Western Union Telegraph Building
* World Trade Center
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7

Other points of interest

| Arts and culture|

* Charging Bull
* China Chalet
* Fearless Girl
* Four Continents
* The Sphere
* Titanic Memorial

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Parks and plazas|

* Austin J. Tobin Plaza‎‎ (former)
* The Battery
* Bowling Green
* Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza
* Hudson River Park
* Imagination Playground
* Liberty Park
* Louise Nevelson Plaza
* Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
* Vietnam Veterans Plaza
* Zuccotti Park

Food and drink|

* Brasserie Les Halles
* China Chalet
* Crown Shy
* Delmonico's
* Fraunces Tavern
* Rolfe's Chop House
* Saga
* The Dead Rabbit

Education

| Schools|

* High School of Economics and Finance
* Leadership and Public Service High School
* Léman Manhattan Preparatory School
* Millennium High School
* New York Film Academy
* Pace University
* Pine Street School New York

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Museums|

* China Institute
* Federal Hall National Memorial
* Fraunces Tavern
* George Gustav Heye Center
* Mmuseumm
* Museum of American Finance
* Museum of Jewish Heritage
* New York City Police Museum
* Skyscraper Museum
* South Street Seaport

Transportation

| Public
transport|

* Subway
* Bowling Green
* Broad Street
* Fulton Street
* Rector St/Greenwich St
* Rector St/Trinity Pl
* South Ferry/Whitehall St
* Wall St/William St
* Wall St/Broadway
* WTC Cortlandt
* PATH
* World Trade Center
* Ferries
* Pier 11/Wall Street
* South Ferry
* Battery Maritime Building
* Whitehall Terminal

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Other transport|

* Downtown Manhattan Heliport
* Wall Street Skyport

Streets|

* Albany
* Beaver
* Bridge
* Broad
* Broadway
* Church/Trinity Place
* Cortlandt
* Dey
* Exchange
* Fulton
* Greenwich
* John
* Liberty
* Maiden Lane
* Marketfield
* Nassau
* Pearl
* South
* Spruce
* State
* Stone
* Theatre Alley
* Vesey/Ann
* Wall
* Washington
* West
* Whitehall
* William

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