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20 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Facts - Primary Facts

Here are twenty facts about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the famous Victorian engineer. Hope you find them useful. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born on 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth, England. Brunel was the son of a French engineer, Marc Isambard Brunel, and he showed great skill at drawing and geometry from a very early age. Brunel […]

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern / Robert Howlett / 1857 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Black And White Canvas, Old Photographs, Custom Artwork, Box Art, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Vintage Photography, Metropolitan Museum, Victorian Era

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Releases 400,000 Images Online for Non-Commercial Use — Colossal

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released a vast archive of 400,000 (mostly) hi-resolution digital images online that you can download and use for non-commercial purposes. From a 12-megapixel scan of Rembrandt’s 1660 self-portrait to over 18,000 photos spanning almost two centuries. Here are a few quick gems from the Photography collection, see also: Arms & Armor, Modern and Contemporary Art, and other highlights. More

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What Brunel did for us ...

Two hundred years after his birth, the ever-present legacy of the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel still inspires the modern-day engineer to create something different.

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Plans for world's first underwater tunnel sold for £200,000 at auction

The plans, created 200 years ago, show the design of the Thames Tunnel which stretched 1,300ft under east London, between Rotherhithe and Wapping.

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Thames Tunnel, 25 Mar 1843 Built in 1825-43, the first tunnel under the Thames - or indeed under any river - was originally used by pedestrians but was converted to a rail link in 1869 and is currently being extensively refurbished. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Harris, London Overground, Pedestrian Crossing, New Staircase, Poetry Photography, London Poster, Victorian London, London Pictures

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Top 10: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great surviving structures

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15 Victorian photos of the London Underground being built | The Vintage News

Two years ago, Londoners celebrated the Tube's 150th birthday. To commemorate the milestone anniversary, a magnificent archive photo collection showing

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He smoked 40 cigars a day and slept 4 hours a night – the secret life of Victorian Britain's greatest inventor — BBC History Magazine George Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Western Railway, Victorian Age, History Magazine, The Industrial Revolution, Cornwall England, History Of Photography, Great Western

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He smoked 40 cigars a day and slept 4 hours a night – the secret life of Victorian Britain's greatest inventor — BBC History Magazine

When Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the young son of celebrated French engineer Marc Brunel, was attending boarding school in Hove, he predicted the collapse of a building opposite the school. With a storm looming, bets were placed with his classmates. The next morning, the young Brunel collected his winnings

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Bristol Temple Meads Station, 31 Aug 1840 At the time it was opened, Bristol Temple Meads - the western terminus of the Great Western Railway - was the largest single-span building ever constructed. Train Jigsaw Puzzles, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Western Railway, Bristol England, Rail Transport, Victorian Times, Archaeological Discoveries, Photo Greeting Cards, History Of Photography

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Top 10: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great surviving structures

Ten of the greatest surviving structures by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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BUILDING BIG: Databank: Thames Tunnel

Thames Tunnel as it appeared when it opened for traffic, London, England, 1843

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