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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 1859) was one of the outstanding
civil engineers of the nineteenth century. He began his
professional life while still in his teens, as his father's chief
assistant engineer on the Thames Tunnel, and remains famous for
projects including the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great
Eastern. This study by his elder son, who was assisted in technical
details by his engineer brother and by colleagues of their father,
was published in 1870. The opening and closing chapters discuss
Brunel's childhood and his private life, but the main body of the
book presents Brunel's work thematically, with sections on bridges,
railways, steamships, and dock and pier works. In all these areas
Brunel was an innovator, pioneering the use of new materials and
revolutionising early Victorian transport networks. The book also
includes reports to the directors of the Great Western Railway and
Great Western Steamship Company.
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