Brunel,his ships and bridges
Isambard Kingdom was the only son of the French engineer Sir Marc Brunel. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born on the 9th of April 1806,in Portsmouth.
Brunel is famous for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, which is in the city of Bristol, and the Saltash Bridge between Devon & Cornwall.
The boats which he built were the Great Britain, the Great Western & The Great Eastern.
The ship was very big
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Technical Information (Metadata)
| Title | Value |
|---|---|
| Description: | |
| Written by | unknown author |
| Organisation | White Rock Primary School |
| Website | |
| Contributor | A pupil from White Rock Primary |
| 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 |
