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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

British engineer; designer of the Clifton suspension bridge but also of large ships such as the Great Western.
Born on 9 April 1806
in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom
Deceased on 15 September 1859
in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Father of Henry Marc Brunel
Son of Marc Isambart Brunel

Biography
1830
Engineer of the Great Western Railway;
project for a railway line to Bristol;
Helps his father Marc Isambard Brunel with tunnel construction;
Designs and builds the first steam liners for transatlantic cruises, the "Great Western" and "Great Britain";
1855 - 1859
Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar near Saltash
1858
Launch of 211-metre "Great Eastern" steamship.

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Design 
Bishops Road Canal Bridge (1838)
Chepstow Railway Bridge (1852)
Clifton Suspension Bridge (1864) 18
Great Western Railway Bridge (1849)
Hungerford Bridge (1845)
Landore Viaduct (1850)
Maidenhead Bridge (1838) 2
Paddington Station (1854) 1
Pump House Bridge 
Royal Albert Bridge (1859) 4
Temple Meads Station (1841) 4
Resident engineer 
Thames Tunnel (1841)

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkarchINFORM: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkASCE: History and heritage of civil engineering: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkBBC History: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkBernd Nebel: Isambard Kingdom Brunel German
External LinkBrian Gardner's Science & Technology Pages: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkBrunel Collection at the University of Bristol Library English
External Linkdmoz: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkGreat Engineers: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1805 - 1859) German
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkSpartacus: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English
External LinkWaterways Engineers and Surveyors (B) English
External LinkWikipedia: Isambard Kingdom Brunel English

Relevant Literature
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 50-52, 54-9, 73-4.
* Brindle, Steven   Brunel, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom , ISBN 0297844083.
* Buchanan, Angus   Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hambledon and London Ltd, ISBN 185285331X, 2002.
* Buchanan, R. Angus   Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Design Museum, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 187200525X, 2000.
* Dietrich, Richard J.   Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 162-9.
* Mislin, Miron   Zum 200. Geburtstag Isambard Kingdom Brunels, in "Stahlbau", December 2006, n. 12 v. 75 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 97-98.
* Pugsley, A.   The works of Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel: an engineering appreciation, Institution of Civil Engineers and University of Bristol, 1976.
* Ricken, Herbert   Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 212.
* Vaughn, Adrian   Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight Errant, John Murray, ISBN 0719552826, 1993.

 
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