Brunel
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Author(s): J. Falconer
Publisher: Ian Allan
ISBN: 0711023050
Format: softback
160pp
Price: £14.99
Review Date: 25 October 2005
Review: Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born almost 200 years ago, in 1806. He was one of the finest engineers of the Victorian age. His principal achievements over a 30-year period included: the design and engineering of a sub-aqueous tunnel under the river Thames; three suspension bridges; three trans-Atlantic passenger liners; the Great Western railway line from London to Bristol with all its bridges, tunnels, viaducts and stations; and a number of dock schemes. Here Jonathan Falconer looks at the life and career of Brunel, and in particular at the places where Brunel’s work has survived to the present day. There are contemporary and modern illustrations throughout.