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SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London, England. Powered by both sidewheels and screw propellers, she was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 February 2025. British mechanical and civil engineer (1806–1859) "Brunel" redirects here. For other uses, see Brunel (disambiguation). Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett, 1857 Born (1806-04-09) 9 April 1806 Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern is a photograph taken by Robert Howlett in November 1857. It shows Brunel, the British engineer, during the troubled first attempt to launch the SS Great Eastern, by far the largest ship constructed to that date. Brunel stands before a drum of chain used during ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern by Robert Howlett (1857) Howlett was the second of four sons of Reverend Robert Howlett and Harriet Harsant. Two brothers died in infancy and his younger brother Thomas became a farmer. [1]
John Scott Russell (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
William Harrison, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and others before the launch of the SS Great Eastern, 1857. William Harrison (October 1812 in Maryport, Cumberland – 21 January 1860) was a British merchant navy officer. He was the son of a master in the merchant navy.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern; S. Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment ...
File:Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (cropped).jpg, Original cropped JPEG This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.