Brunel: Building a Great Britain

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3:00 AM to 4:40 AM

Tuesday 9 September

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Rob Bell tells the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's two masterpieces of ship design - the SS Great Britain, the great-great-grandmother of all modern ships, and the SS Great Eastern. By the time he had finalised the latter's design, the ship was 692ft long and weighed nearly 19,000 tons. The biggest vessel afloat of its era, it dominated the final years of Brunel's life, generating great controversy at the time. It has even been blamed for causing his death