A newly-discovered letter written by Isambard Kingdom Brunel has revealed what the Clifton Suspension Bridge could have looked like without his guidance on its final design. The Clifton Suspension ...

A newly-discovered letter written by Isambard Kingdom Brunel has revealed what the Clifton Suspension Bridge could have looked like without his guidance on its final design. The Clifton Suspension ...

No engineer in history has come close to rivalling the fame of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. His career reads like fiction. At nineteen, he worked for his father on the first tunnel to pass beneath the ...

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A sculpture honouring a Swindon icon has been unveiled in a town centre park. An impressive artwork carved by hand out of a ...

Trish Johnson, Bridge Master at Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust, reflects on her career and the continuing gender gap ...

Sir Daniel was a key figure in the development of the Great Western Railway, who, at the age of 24, recommended to build the line in Swindon in a letter to Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Graham Derham ...

The contracts are written in plain English with a straightforward structure and are designed to be easily understood ... Like other engineers at the time, Victorian super-engineer Isambard Kingdom ...

At the South Eastern tip of Millwall, near Canary Wharf in the East End of London, lie the remains of the SS Great Eastern’s launch ramp. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the SS Great Eastern was ...