Episode 63 - SS Normandie ft. Paul Prevost

Published: June 6, 2022, 3 p.m.

This week we have a special guest host! Paul from the Emergency Traffic podcast joins us to discuss the luxury steamer SS Normandie and the fire that ultimately ended her career.

Sources/additional reading

Борисов, В. Юркевич Владимир Иванович. http://www.ihst.ru/projects/emigrants/jurkevich.htm

“The Chariot of Poseidon.” Google Arts & Culture. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-chariot-of-poseidon-jean-th%C3%A9odore-dupas/UgFqjoJfW2P9eA?hl=en

Hinton, James. "The Sinking of the S.S. Normandie at NYC's Pier 88." New York Almanack, 23 Sept 2014. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2014/09/the-sinking-of-the-s-s-normandie-at-nycs-pier-88/

Kim, Leena. “The Fabulous Interiors from the Iconic SS Normandie Are Now For Sale.” Town & Country, 30 Mar 2021. www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a35853922/maison-gerard-ss-normandie-sale/

Pilosi, Lisa and Drew Anderson. “‘The Chariot of Poseidon’ by Jean Dupas and Jacques-Charles Champigneulle at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 56, 2014, pp. 219 - 228

“SS Normandie Fire.” The Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum, 2019. https://americasfireboat.org/history/ss-normandie-fire/



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