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20 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Facts | Primary Facts George Stephenson, Bristol Fashion, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Famous Historical Figures, Historical People, British People, British Heritage, British History, Great British

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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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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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A huge bust of Isambard Kingdom Brunel smoking his familiar cigar, waering his top hat in the Being Brunel exhibition at the SS Great Britain George Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, City Of Bristol, Great Western Railway, Bristol Uk, Below Deck, Great Western, Luxury Cruise, River Thames

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Circumnavigating the decks of SS Great Britain in Bristol - Our World for You

A huge bust of Isambard Kingdom Brunel smoking his familiar cigar, waering his top hat in the Being Brunel exhibition at the SS Great Britain

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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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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, Victorian Age, Great Western Railway, History Magazine, Cornwall England, History Of Photography, Great Western, Industrial Revolution

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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, Victorian Times, Bristol England, Rail Transport, Archaeological Discoveries, Blue Room, Photo Greeting Cards

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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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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), Engineer. Victoria Embankment.

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Building the Metropolitan District Railway, 1867. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Liverpool History, Great Western Railway, Victorian London, Victorian Photos, London History, Construction Workers, London Museums, London Town

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Building the Metropolitan District Railway, 1867.

A group of railway construction workers pose for the camera beside a steam crane in Praed Street, Paddington. The Great Western Railway's Paddington terminus and hotel can be seen in the background.

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