• BartyDeCanter
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    8 hours ago

    In my home state there is a very small town that supposedly was going to be the recipient of a large investment that sank on the Titanic. Or possibly it was just the investors? Either way, the town never got the investment and so remained a very small town. I imagine that there must be a number of such stories of what might have been if the Titanic had made it to dock. Do you know of any?

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      5 hours ago

      None that come to mind, although I am more of a rivet-counter than a people person. Researchers such as Jim Kalafus or Randy Bigham may have a few such stories. As well as those who never made it to New York, quite a few survivors also decided to return home to Europe rather than settle in the US as planned.

      Talking of which, Jim Kalafus is going through a really tough time medically at the moment. If anyone here has a couple of dollars to spare, it would make a huge difference to him.

      Edit: links are hard.