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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (/ ˈ ɪ z ə m b ɑːr d ˈ k ɪ ŋ d ə m b r uː ˈ n ɛ l / IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859 [1]) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer [2] who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", [3] "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", [4] and "one of the greatest ...
Built between December 1838 and June 1841 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) under the direction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the straight tunnel descends on a 1 in 100 gradient from its eastern end. At the time the tunnel's construction was considered dangerous due to its length and the composition of the underlying strata.
SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London, England. Powered by both sidewheels and screw propellers, she was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 ...
Bust of Marc Isambard Brunel, Science Museum, London. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (/ b r uː ˈ n ɛ l /, French: [maʁk izɑ̃baʁ bʁynɛl]; 25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer [1] who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. [2] He constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
A piece of art featuring Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design plans for a Crimean War pop-up hospital has gone on display in Bristol. Brunel designed Renkioi Hospital in six days after pleas from ...
This sewage gave off methane gas which was ignited by the miners' oil lamps. When the resident engineer, John Armstrong, fell ill in April 1826, Marc's son Isambard Kingdom Brunel took over at the age of 20. [citation needed] Work was slow, progressing at only 1–8 ft (0.3–2.4 m) a week.