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David McLean

The Edinburgh factory immortalised in Hollywood blockbuster Titanic

It's now been more than 111 years since Titanic departed Southampton and set out on her fateful maiden voyage to New York City.

However, the White Star Line's legendary 'unsinkable' ocean liner would not have got much further than the Belfast dry dock where she was born if not for a state-of-the-art piece of technology made right here in Edinburgh.

Capital engineering firm Brown Brothers specialised in marine technology and were responsible for the steering gears of many of the great ocean liners from the golden era of steam-powered transatlantic travel - including the RMS Titanic.

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