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== Artefacts<!-- Note: 'artefact' is the correct British English spelling; do not change to the American spelling of 'artifact' as it will be promptly reverted. -->== [[file:White Swan Hotel Olympic Suite.jpg|thumb|Fittings from the ship installed in the Olympic Suite at the [[White Swan Hotel, Alnwick]]]] ''Olympic''{{'}}s fittings were auctioned off before the scrapping commenced.<ref name="atlanticliners">{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticliners.com/olympic_today.htm|title=Olympic Today|work=atlanticliners.com|access-date=19 May 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175840/http://www.atlanticliners.com/olympic_today.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The fittings of the first-class lounge and part of the aft grand staircase can be found in the [[White Swan Hotel, Alnwick|White Swan Hotel]], in [[Alnwick]], Northumberland, England. A variety of panelling, light fixtures, flooring, doors, and windows from ''Olympic'' were installed in a paint factory in [[Haltwhistle]], Northumberland, until they were auctioned in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northatlanticrun.com/400auction2004gallery.html|title=North Atlantic Run β RMS Olympic Haltwhistle Auction}}</ref> One suite at Sparth House Hotel, [[Clayton-le-Moors]], Lancashire has the furniture from one of the staterooms, including light fitting, sink, wardrobes and fireplace. The crystal and [[ormolu]] [[electrolier]] from the lounge is installed in the [[Cutlers' Hall]] in [[Sheffield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk/history/the-hall-and-its-collections|title=The Hall and its Collections|access-date=3 March 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809041254/http://www.cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk/history/the-hall-and-its-collections|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the timber panelling was used in the extension (completed in 1937) of St John the Baptist's Catholic Church in [[Padiham]], Lancashire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://taking-stock.org.uk/building/padiham-st-john-the-baptist/|title=Padiham β St John the Baptist|publisher=Catholic Trust for England and Wales and [[English Heritage]]|year=2011|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=6 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106104011/https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/padiham-st-john-the-baptist/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, [[Celebrity Cruises]] purchased some of ''Olympic''{{'}}s original wooden panels to create the "RMS ''Olympic'' Restaurant" on board their new cruise ship, [[Celebrity Millennium]]. According to the cruise line, this panelling had lined ''Olympic''{{'}}s Γ la Carte restaurant.<ref name="atlanticliners"/> ''Olympic''{{'}}s bridge bell is on display at the [[Titanic Historical Society]] in [[Indian Orchard, Springfield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titanic Museums of the World|url=http://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-museums-of-the-world/2262|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.titanicuniverse.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Titanic Museum |url=https://titanichistoricalsociety.org/titanic-museum/ |website=Titanichistoricalsociety.org |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The clock depicting "Honour and Glory Crowning Time" from ''Olympic''{{'}}s grand staircase is on display at Southampton's [[SeaCity Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englishheritageimages.com/low.php?xp=media&xm=693523 |title=RMS Olympic BL24990_002 |publisher=Englishheritageimages.com |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905063243/http://www.englishheritageimages.com/low.php?xp=media&xm=693523 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Collections and Exhibitions|url = http://www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage/history/titanic/exhibitions/|access-date = 10 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140926081432/http://www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage/history/titanic/exhibitions/|archive-date=26 September 2014 |url-status = dead|website = Southampton City Council}}</ref> [[File:Olympic Steinway Vertegrand Piano.jpg|alt=RMS Olympic Steinway Vertegrand Upright Piano #157550|thumb|''Olympic'' [[Steinway Vertegrand]] upright piano No.157550]] In 1912, a [[Steinway Vertegrand]] upright piano No. 157550 with a quartered walnut case left the [[Steinway]] Hamburg factory unfinished and was sent to its London branch. In 1913, it was decorated by Harland & Wolff's interior decoration company Aldam Heaton & Co with carvings and gold accents. The piano was first placed in the aft starboard corner in the first-class reception room.<ref>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2015|pp=59β60}}</ref> In 2017, the old billiard hall at 44 Priestpopple, Hexham, Northumberland, was demolished. During an archaeological excavation on the demolition site by AAG Archaeology, one of the ''Olympic''{{'}}s chairs was recovered. The fittings from ''Olympic'' were auctioned off over ten days in November 1935 at the Palmers Works in Jarrow, the billiard hall opened in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic find for Hexham billiard hall time team|url=https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/16613106.historic-find-hexham-billiard-hall-time-team/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Hexham Courant|date=17 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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