Brunel Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) papers 1824-1953

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (born 9 April 1806, Portsmouth, England-died 15 September 1859, Westminster, London, England), English civil engineer. He built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering....

Isambard Kingdom Brunel and others

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born to Marc and Sophia Brunel on 9 April 1806 in Portsmouth. He was educated at the College de Henri Quatre in Paris, famous for the quality of its mathematical teaching. At the age of fourteen he surveyed and drew an accurate plan of Hove, near Brighton, where he was living at the time. In 1823, aged 17, he commenced working for his father and took part in his operations at the Thames Tunnel. He was soon appointed Resident Engineer for the Tunnel, and d...

Armstrong, W. G. (William George), Baron, 1810-1900

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Medical student at the University of Michigan, graduate of the class of 1893. From the description of William C. Armstrong papers, ca. 1890-ca. 1893. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420787 ...

Brunel, Isambard, 1837-1902

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Brunel, Henry Marc 1842-1903

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Great Western Railway (Great Britain)

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Historical note: British railway company. From the description of Great Western Railway registers, 1861-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86100546 ...

Great Western & Uxbridge Railway Company 1852 - 1855

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Thames Tunnel Company London, England 1824 - 1844

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Telford, Thomas, 1757-1834

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Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859

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Brunel family

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South Devon Railway Company 1844 - 1878

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Thames Tunnel Company

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Clifton Suspension Bridge Company

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Stephenson, George, 1781-1848

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Epithet: Reverend; JP, for county Durham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000155 Inventor and founder of railways. From the description of Autograph agreement signed : Liverpool, 1832 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574225 ...

London & Birmingham Railway Company 1830 - 1877

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Hawkshaw John 1842-1903

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Great Western & West Midland Railway Companies

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Brunel, Marc Isambard, 1769-1849

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Marc Isambard Brunel was an engineer, probably best known for his work on the Thames Tunnel. Born in Normandy, he showed early skill as an engineer and draughtsman and was given an appropriate education, serving six years at sea. In 1793, he fled the French Revolution for America, working as an engineer and becoming chief engineer of New York, but sailed for England in 1799. He designed block-making equipment for the Royal Navy, and wood working machines for government mills, and was successful ...

Gloucester & Dean Forest Railway Company 1844 - 1850

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Hawkshaw, John, 1811-1891

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John Hawkshaw, F.R.S, was contacted towards the end of 1864 by Mr Larking, the London agent of the Egyptian government, to seek his advice regarding means of improving navigation in the passage of the Nile through the first cataract situated above the town of Aswan, Upper Egypt. Hawkshaw sent a party to survey the area in order to allow him to formulate a plan for the Egyptian government. The John Hawkshaw in question is possibly the civil engineer who lived 1811-1891. From the guide...