The train station at the Deepwater Quay still functions but the main terminal building is now the Cobh heritage center with many interesting displays and some shops.

The Deepwater Quay (a quay is a stone wall and platform at the water's edge for servicing ships) is unchanged. All the moorings are original. Some awnings around the train station are gone.

The tenders America and Ireland picked up passengers at the WSL dock but
moved down to the Deepwater Quay to get addition mail and passengers from the Dublin train that arrived late. As our group looked at a larger photo of the tenders on the quay (above right), a local woman and descendent brought up a studio photo of Frank Duane, (spelled Dwan in another list), age 65. Looking at the tender photos, we saw him on the foc'sel of the America in a group of other emigrants. That was wild.

As part of the 35th anniversary of the THS, we inaugurated a new 5' tall monument to the Irish that set sail on Titanic. Noel Ray from the Irish THS (above left) did most of the work on the Irish side of the Atlantic and Ed Kamuta worked the American side to make this happen. The new Titanic monument is the next block over from the Lusitania monument. The locals also inaugurated a Titanic walk through the historical points in town and Ralph White was the celebrity launching that endeavor.

We took a tender sized boat out to the site of Titanic's anchorage for a wreath laying ceremony (above left). Ed Kamuta (center) representing the US THS and Dave O'Leary (immediately behind Ed) representing the Irish THS tossed in the wreath after benedictions by a Catholic and Protestant clergyman. It was very moving. From there we saw the all the sights visible to Titanic, including the lighthouse at Roach's point (above right). We later visited the lighthouse and crawled up into the works of the light.

(Above, left) The evening was capped with a gala dinner at the Commodore hotel. Seen left to right are Karen and Ed Kamuta, Bruno Nordmanis and Milvina Dean, and Don Lynch. The hotel was the Queen's Hotel and catered to the cabin class passengers arriving before sailing on any of the liners of the time. The US and Irish THS celebrated in speeches and a presentation to the THS of the bridge bell from the Olympic (upper right), which had been used at a public swimming pool since the Olympic was scrapped in the 1930's. The bell will go to the THS museum in Indian Orchard. Arthur Rostron's (Carpathia's Captain) grandson was in attendance as well as a number of descendants of Titanic passengers from that area of Ireland. I'm a happy camper for the experience!