Bryan Donkin
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Bryan Donkin FRS FRAS was a British civil engineer who developed the first paper making machine and created the world's first commercial canning factory. These were the basis for large industries that
A model of a Fairbairn Pattern Beam Engine of circa 1860 as built by Bryan Donkin & Co.
The Donkin family vault in Nunhead Cemetery
Marc Isambard Brunel
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Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was a French-British engineer who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. He constructed the Thames Tunnel, the world's first underwater tunnel, and was the father of I
Portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel by James Northcote, 1813
Bust of Marc Isambard Brunel, Science Museum, London
English Heritage blue plaque at 98 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London
One multiple- and one single-sheave pulley block for rigging on a sailing ship