![]() ![]() This piece of the Titanic’s aft Grand Staircase, measuring 9" x 2.75", is believed to have once been a part of a step or a step back panel recovered by the Minia. Once plucked from the sea, the crewmen set about turning these relics from the great ship into everyday useable objects. Newel posts, carved hand railing borders, and even two intact steps from the Grand Staircase were found floating in the open sea and were taken aboard by the sailors working on the Minia. ![]() Minia recovered numerous sections of wreckage that were obviously once a part of the staircase. While involved in the Titanic victim body recovery mission the Anglo American Cable Ship C.S. When the Titanic broke apart during the final stages of the sinking, she split in two in the area of the aft First Class Grand Staircase. ![]()
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