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GREAT EASTERN EXPLOSION. <br>The forward paddle engine boilers exploding on the maiden voyage of 'The Great Eastern,' off Hastings in the English Channel, 9 September 1859. Contemporary English wood engraving.
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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL <br>(1806-1859). English civil engineer and naval architect. From left: John Scott-Russell, Henry Wakefield, Isambard K. Brunel and Lord Derby awaiting an attempt to launch 'The Great Eastern,' 1857.
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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL <br>(1806-1859). English engineer. Brunel before the Great Eastern steamship's braking drum chains, which lowered the ship from the slip for launching: photograph, 1857, by Robert Howlett.
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LONDON: THAMES TUNNEL. <br>View from inside the Thames Tunnel, built beneath the Thames River in London, England, between 1825 and 1843 under the direction of engineers Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Steel engraving, German, c1840.
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SHIPS: GREAT EASTERN.<br>Isambard Brunel's steamship the 'Great Eastern' being built at Blackwall shipyard on the Thames. Lithograph, English, 1857.
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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL <br>(1806-1859). English civil engineer and naval architect. Oil on canvas, 1857, by John Calcott Horsley.
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'GREAT EASTERN,' 1858. <br>Hull of I.K. Brunel's steamship awaiting high tide at Millwall before the final launch attempt in January 1858.
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STEAMSHIP: PADDLE ENGINES. <br>The paddle engines of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'Great Eastern' steamship, the largest in the world at the time of its 1858 launching. The ship was also propelled by screw engines. Contemporary English engraving.
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STEAMSHIP: SCREW ENGINES. <br>The screw engines designed by James Watt & Co. for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'Great Eastern' steamship, the largest in the world at the time of its 1858 launching. The ship was also propelled by paddle engines. Contemporary English engraving.
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SIR MARC ISAMBARD BRUNEL <br>(1769-1849). French (naturalized British) civil engineer. Oil on canvas, 1813, by James Northcote.
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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL <br>(1806-1859). English civil engineer and naval architect. Brunel aboard his 'Great Eastern' steamship, photographed in September 1859 shortly before his death.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel<br><br>Brunel, Isambard Kingdom English engineer; son of Marc Brunel _1806-1859 <br><br>
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The Station Masters Office<br>Paddington Station 1852-4 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and M D Wyatt
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In the spring of 1827, Humboldt spent nearly an hour at the bottom of the Thames in the diving bell used by Brunel during the construction of the Thames Tunnel.
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The Great Eastern at Anchor - an iron sailing steam ship , the largest ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, with the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling. Her designer isambard Kingdom Brunel knew her affectionately as the &quotgreat babe".<br>©TopFoto
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Box tunnel showing the West Portal - Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through the Box Hill. It was built for the original route of the Great Western Railway under the direction of the GWR's engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The tunnel is 1 mile 1452 yards (2,937 m) in length, straight, and descends a 1 in 100 gradient from the east. Construction started in 1836, and the tunnel opened in 1841. The lives of about 10 navvies (railway construction workers) were lost during construction. At the time of opening it was the longest railway tunnel in the world,<br>©TopFoto
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel on SS Great Eastern
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Saltash and Tamar Bridges by I.K. Brunel - Engineer 1859
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel at the launch of the Great Eastern - 1857
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The great eastern steamship launching Robert Stephenson, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel awaiting the final and successful attempt to launch January 1858
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Sir I Brunel retiring from the tunnel amidst the cheers of the company<br>Rotherhithe Tunnel 1843
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Changing trains at Gloucester from Broad to Narrow gauge - 1846.Brunel favoured the 7 feet 1/4 inch (2.2m) broad gauge for the Great Western Railway. The Gauge Act of 1846 enforced Stephenson's standard 4 feet 8 inch (1.44m) gauge for all future track. From The Illustrated London News, London, 1846.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), English civil engineer and inventor. Tribute to his achievements published on his death.
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Paddington Station, the London terminus of the Great Western Railway, 1854. Iron was used in the construction of the roof, and the spans supported on cast iron pillars. The building was the joint work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) and Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-1877). From The Illustrated London News, (London, 8 July 1854). Wood engraving.
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Cross-section showing position of Thames and M.I. Brunel's double arched masonry tunnel (1825-43) I.K. Brunel acted as site engineer. Still used by electric trains. German aquatint c1830.
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Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828. On this occasion 6 men killed, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, site engineer, was among others in workings at the time who narrowly escaped with their lives. Woodcut, London, 1836
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Arrival of the 'Great Western' at New York (1838), c1895. Steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) and built by William Patterson (1795-1869) of Bristol, which began a regular run between Bristol and New York in 1838. This was a steam-powered wooden vessel, capable of 12 knots under steam and, because of her engine and her ability to carry fuel for 26 days, it was possible to cut down her rigging. From The Sea by F. Whymper. (London, c1895). Artist Overend, William Heysman (British artist, 1851-1898)
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The Wharncliffe Viaduct, Hanwell, Middlesex, 1838. This viaduct of eight elliptical arches, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), carries the Great Western Railway between two embankments at Hanwell, some 8 miles from central London. It is named for Lord Wharncliffe (1776-1845) who guided the Great Western Railway Bill through the House of Lords. From The Mirror. (London, 1 December 1838)
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Queen Victoria changing trains at Gloucester, 1849. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured the 7ft 1/4inch (2.2m) broad gauge and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 Parliament declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1.44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. On her journey back to London from Balmoral the Queen changed from the standard gauge Midland Railway to the broad gauge Great Western Railway. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 6 October 1849).
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) English engineer and inventor, c1870. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (London, c1870).
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SS Great Britain c1843. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), she was built for the transatlantic passenger trade. In the event, she made most of her voyages on the Australian run. Launched on 19 July 1843, she was the first ocean-going vessel with a screw propeller and an iron hull. This shows her in her original state with six masts.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), English engineer and inventor, 1890. From The Sea by F Whymper. (London, c1890).
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Wrought iron tubular trussed bridge over the river Wye at Chepstow, c1885. This bridge, constructed 1849-1852, was an innovative design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) and the use of wrought iron tubular girders is considered to be a dummy run for his last great masterpiece, the Royal Albert bridge over the Tamar at Saltash. The Chepstow bridge carried the South Wales Railway over the Wye. Brunel was engineer to the railway. From The Popular Educator. (London, c1885).
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Maidenhead Bridge on the Great Western Railway, c1860. Bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) to carry the GWR across the Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Critics were convinced that the bridge would fall because of the breadth and flatness of the arches, 128 ft (39m) wide with a rise of 24ft 3in (7.39m) to the crown, but they were proved wrong. Opened 1839. From The Land We Live In (London, c1860)
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Swindon station on the Great Western Railway, 1845. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch (2.2m) and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1.44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 18 October 1845).
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The end of broad gauge, 1892. Work in progress at Plymouth station, Devonshire, to change from broad gauge to standard gauge railway track. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch (2.2m) and designed the Great Westerrn Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 Parliament declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1.44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From The Romance of Engineering by Henry Frith. (London, 1892).
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Great Eastern 1858<br>Steam Ship<br>22500 tons
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Illustration from Bourne's GREAT WESTERN railway 1846<br><br>Engine House Swindon
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Photograph of Saltash Bridge 1859 in construction from above
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The GREAT EASTERN <br><br>The largest ship ever built Cost over £1,000,000 Now open
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The Great Western Steam Ship
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The Great Western<br><br>Lying at her mooring's at Broad Pill
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Locomotive 103<br>Built at Wolveton May 1857<br>With drawn 1880 - 1885<br>Photo taken circa 1860
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The Great Britain Steam Boat
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The Great Western Steam Boat
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The construction of Saltash Bridge Cornwall<br><br>The Royal Albert Bridge (sometimes called the Brunel Bridge or Saltash Bridge) spans the River Tamar in the United Kingdom between Plymouth, on the Devon bank, and Saltash on the Cornish bank. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and carries the Cornish Main Line in and out of Cornwall. It was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859, the year of the Brunel's death.
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Design for Gunboat by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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construction work for the Saltash bridge<br><br>The Royal Albert Bridge (sometimes called the Brunel Bridge or Saltash Bridge) spans the River Tamar in the United Kingdom between Plymouth, on the Devon bank, and Saltash on the Cornish bank. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and carries the Cornish Main Line in and out of Cornwall. It was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859, the year of the Brunel's death.
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Great Western Railway Tunnel<br><br>J C Bourne<br><br>Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Building the Thames Tunnel
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Plan for Great Eastern
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Plan for Great Eastern
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