In a 2002 poll by the BBC, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton of all time, after Winston Churchill. This prolific and gifted engineer designed railways (Great Western Railway ...
The first steam-powered ships took to the water in the latter years of the 18th century, using paddles for propulsion and often still being fitted with sails. It was Richard Wright’s Experiment, a ...
Inside The World's First Great Ocean Liner | SS Great Britain With Dan Snow' Dan Snow steps aboard the SS Great Britain in Bristol to tell the story of one of history's most important ships. Designed ...