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Brunel the Railroad Builder A modern Brunel statue at the GWR Paddington terminus. The tunnel may have been Brunel’s signature early work, but it is not the achievement he is most remembered for.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel tells the story of his life. He shows how he became an engineer and tunneled through Box Hill to build the Great Western Railway.
Plans to reconstruct an historic Brunel iron bridge near where it was uncovered two years ago have been unveiled. Isambard Kingdom Brunel's creation was hidden within a modern brick road bridge over ...
A 19th Century engineering project by Isambard Kingdom Brunel has scuppered a long-awaited road widening scheme. Funding for the work in Starcoss, Devon, was allocated last month, but work has ...
One of the best-known engineers of the 19th Century Isambard Kingdom Brunel achieved greatness in railway, civil and maritime engineering.
Brunel was a visionary who transformed the way we live, but behind his carefully cultivated public image lay anxiety and self-doubt Allowing nothing to stand in his way, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ...
Brunel's Eighth Wonder of the World restored: Grand entrance to world's first underwater tunnel will return to glory after 145 years Thames Tunnel in south east London was built by legendary ...
A previously-unseen school report of legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel reveals how his teachers had “brilliant expectations of his future”.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is one of Britain's greatest-ever engineers. His first project was the Rotherhithe Shaft, the starting point for London's Thames Tunnel. The tunnel was the first in the ...
In the 19th century, a time before computers or internet, Brunel was able to solve technical problems, gather investment, navigate the morass of public opinion, and make huge static and moving objects ...
A 19th Century engineering project by Isambard Kingdom Brunel has scuppered a long-awaited road widening scheme. Funding for the work in Starcoss, Devon, was allocated last month, but work has ...