This great engineer’s name is Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
This man made the peak of technology. He was engineer for the Great Western Railway. Here he is in front of the winch chains of the Great Eastern paddle ship. The Great Eastern was one of the three ships he made, which included the Great Western and the Great Britain. He also was the designer of the steel railway bridge at Saltash, the Tamar bridge, which connects Cornwall and Devon together over the Tamar river.
Written by Tim Crine
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Technical Information (Metadata)
| Title | Value |
|---|---|
| Description: | |
| Written by | Tim Crine |
| Organisation | Torbay Library Services |
| Website | www.torbay.gov.uk |
| Contributor | Tim Crine |
| Item | |
| Identifier | ref 5 |
| Contributor | Brunel University Library |
| Date | 1857 |
| Format | Postcard of greyscale photograph; 150 mm x 105 mm |
| Language | en-uk |
| Source | Torbay Library Services |
| Subject | Brunel. Great Eastern Steamship. Chains. 1857 |
| Type | image |
| Publisher | Torbay Library Services |
| Rights | Brunel University Library |
| Keywords | Victorian Engineering Costume Portrait Brunel |
