Isambard Kingdom Brunel (/ˈɪzəmbɑːrd ˈkɪŋdəm bruːˈnɛl/ IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer...
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constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Born in France, Brunel fled to the United States during the French Revolution...
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Henry Marc Brunel (27 June 1842 – 7 October 1903) was an English civil engineer and the son of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and grandson of civil engineer...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern is a photograph taken by Robert Howlett in November 1857. It shows Brunel...
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Sophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Her father was William Kingdom, a...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English mechanical and civil engineer Isambard Brunel Junior (1837–1902), oldest son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard...
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comprises the Engine House and the Tunnel Shaft, with rooftop garden. Isambard Kingdom Brunel worked with his father on the project from 1823 and was appointed...
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Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), British engineer, son of Marc Isambard Brunel Sir Isambard Owen...
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A bronze statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, also known as Brunel Monument or the Isambard Brunel Monument, by Carlo Marochetti, stands on the Victoria...
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and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth...
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Isambard Brunel is a portrait painting by the English artist James Northcote depicting the French-born British engineer Marc Isambard Brunel. Brunel was...
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Brunel Bridge is an informal or local reference to any one of several famous bridges in England built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, including: The Clifton...
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growing conurbation of Torquay boosting its population further. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an important figure in Torquay's history during this period...
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Robert Pearson Brereton (section After Brunel)
English railway engineer. He worked under Isambard Kingdom Brunel for more than twenty years and, following Brunel's death, completed many of his projects...
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SS Great Eastern (category Ships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
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...
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Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom...
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and the biographer of major civil engineering figures, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. He is also regarded as one of the pioneers...
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Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847. It is also the site of St Mary's Hospital and the...
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also known as "Kingdom", a professional Korean StarCraft player Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English engineer Johnny Kingdom (1939–2018), English...
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designed and built under the supervision of Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel, used by London Overground for the East London Line...
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gardens were designed by William Burn to be the retirement home of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He discovered the area while surveying for the Great Western Railway...
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Joseph Locke (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton)
railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel as one of the major pioneers of railway development. Locke was...
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Royal Albert Bridge (redirect from Brunel truss)
to carry the A38 road. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying started in 1848 and construction commenced in 1854....
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Box Tunnel (category Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
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...
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employed. He then supervised the northern engineering team under Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, where the deployment of his...
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Thames Tunnel (category Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel, and his son, Isambard, using the tunnelling shield newly invented by the elder Brunel and Thomas Cochrane. The tunnel...
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the Gloucester–Swindon Golden Valley Line and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is located 102 miles 13 chains (164.4 km) west of London Paddington...
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Bishop's Bridge (category Bridges by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. The original Isambard Kingdom Brunel built bridge was replaced in 2006. The name Bishop's Bridge Road...
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the names of famous engineers, starting with the railway's own Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This theme was continued with the Hawthorn Class that followed...
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his work on manufactures. Babbage provided an introduction for Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1830, for a contact with the proposed Bristol & Birmingham Railway...
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