Titanic's pre-launch inspection

Lord Pirrie and Bruce Ismay inspecting Titanic just prior to her launch, 31 May 1911.

This photograph shows Lord Pirrie (left), Chairman of Harland & Wolff and Bruce Ismay (right), Chairman and Managing Director of the White Star Line making a final inspection of Titanic on the slipway. 

The equipment on the left is a pressure gauge for the hydraulic launching triggers which held Titanic in place on the slipway once the timber shores and blocks had been removed.