Titanic Memorial

This granite memorial along the Southwest Waterfront honors the men who gave up their places in the lifeboats so that women and children could survive the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic in 1912. Dedicated in the 1930s, it takes the form of a robed male figure with arms outstretched, standing atop a stepped base beside the Washington Channel. Funded largely by women across the country, it is one of the city's earlier memorials to a maritime disaster, its waterside setting fitting the theme.