Royal Albert Bridge
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The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England, between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists of two 455-foot lenticular iron trusses 10
Royal Albert Bridge 2009
A tide recorder designed by Brunel as part of his survey
The first span and centre pier under construction in 1854, seen from Saltash
The second span soon after it was floated onto the piers and had been jacked up the first 12 feet (3.7 m) towards its final position
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an English civil and marine engineer considered "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most eminent Victorian engineer", and one whose wor
Royal Albert Bridge
…railway in and out of Cornwall and is adjacent to the Tamar Bridge, which opened in 1961 to carry the A38 road. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying started in 1848 and construction commenced in 1854. The first main span was positioned in 1857 and the completed bridge was opened by Prince…
Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett, 1857
Kensal Green Cemetery, designed by Brunel and his father with Augustus Charles Pugin
The two bores of the tunnel in 1870 in The Illustrated London News
Paddington station as published in The Illustrated London News in 1854