ENGINEERS' GALLERY

 

 

QUEEN MARY BOILER ROOMS

 

Explore areas of the Queen Mary rarely seen by the public and passengers.

The Queen Mary's working alleyway on D-Deck. Frame 212 crew ladder. Access ladder to the forward turbogenerator room. Forward turbogenerator room starting platform.
E-deck auxiliary switchboard room aft of the cabin class swimming pool tank and adjoining a fan room. Fuel filling station at frame 168 on the starboard side between the ship's hull and boiler room #4. Catwalks seen from the tank tops of boiler room #3, looking aft on the starboard side. Trunk of cargo hold #1 on G-deck. This was formerly the mail handling space.
One of eight airlock doors on E-deck. Frame 242, starboard side. Inside the airlock door at the WTB between boiler rooms #3 and #4 (frame 190). Crew ladder leading to boiler room #3 can be seen. Web frame located on the starboard side, aft on B-deck in the capstan machinery room. View of the interior of the rudder head compartment.
Row of dressing rooms behind First Class swimming pool. Forward of frame 290, this area of D-Deck was once the stewards' quarters and washroom. Looking up the ropestore from F-deck. Queen Mary's interior stem casting from F-deck, just forward of the ropestore.
Composite photo of cargo hold #1 taken from G-deck. Tightening and loosening of mooring lines are audible from this location. This seldom viewed area is the expansion trunk (located between cargo holds #1 and #2). Within the expansion trunk is this access hatch to the deep tanks. These are filled with clear water for ballast. The access to the Queen Mary's crow's nest is a 110-rung ladder inside the foremast. View looking down inside the mast from the crow's nest.

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