Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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The famous son of a famous father, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. This is his story.
He helped drive the first tunnel under a navigable river, built the first all iron ship, bridged the Tamar and Avon, constructed the first railway to run express services and launched the world's first true luxury liner a vessel five times bigger than any previously attempted. Success was often bought at a high price in money and men's lives. Brunel himself was nearly drowned in his father's Thames Tunnel. Over a hundred labourers were killed excavating Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway.
The Great Eastern bankrupted its backers. Brunel's experimental 'gaz engine' and atmospheric railway both proved costly failures. He died knowing only that the maiden voyage of the Great Eastern had ended in disaster and that the Clifton suspension bridge, his first major triumph, was still uncompleted.
Table of Contents
A Mediocre Success
God's Wonderful Railway
Ruling the Waves
Back on the Rails
Public and Private
The Final Trial
Envoi
Principal Events
Further Reading
Seeing Brunel's Work
Index
Product details
| Published | 09 Jun 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 48 |
| ISBN | 9780747807582 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | 36 b/w |
| Dimensions | 210 x 149 mm |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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