Why did the Titanic have a fake smokestack?

Why did the Titanic have a fake funnel? First of all, the Titanic, the famous. PBO of the White Star Line, had four. large funnels. If you look at photos on. the internet, you will see that there. are four of them. However, only three. of them were functional. They were used. to evacuate smoke and gases from the. boilers. So what was the purpose of. this fourth funnel? This fourth funnel. that was fake? Well, it was primarily a. question of aesthetics and prestige. And yes, at the time, the large. transatlantic PBOs were in full.

competition to attract the most. prestigious passengers. And the. existing ships of the Conard Line, the. rival of the White Star Line, such as. the Lusitania and the Mauretania, were. equipped with four imposing funnels. Four funnels that gave an impression of. power and speed. That's why the. designers of the Titanic decided to add. a 4th, completely fake, non-functional. funnel to give the ship a more imposing. and prestigious appearance. Secondly, even if this funnel was not used to.

evacuate smoke, it was not completely. useless. It was used as a ventilation. duct for certain parts of the ship, including the galley and the engine. room. And then it was also simply a. storage space for various ship's. equipment. Finally, the last reason. At. the time, the more funnels a pcbo had, the more powerful and faster it was. perceived to be. So much so that some. passengers chose their crossing based. on the number of funnels, believing. that this guaranteed greater safety and.

speed. So this fake funnel helped. strengthen the Titanic's reputation.