Brunel, Britain’s most famous engineer, left a truly magnificent legacy of industrial architecture and design throughout London, the South West and South Wales, as well as the magnificent SS Great Britain, in Bristol. Using many new images, as well as archive photos, John Christopher tells the story of Brunel and his fabulous railways, stations, bridges and ships. Contrasting old and new, he shows just how Brunel’s designs have stood the test of time and just how many are still in use today, a good 160-180 years after they were designed and built by Brunel.
From Paddington, the Great Western Railway’s London terminus, to Temple Meads, from the SS Great Britain to the extensions of Bristol’s City Docks, from the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, near Plymouth, to the GWR’s flat-arched bridge over the Thames at Maidenhead, the complete spectrum of Brunel’s finest work is shown here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Christopher is one of the acknowledged experts on Isambard Kingdom Brunel and has just written Paddington Station Through Time for Amberley Publishing.
He lives in Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, close to one of Brunel’s original main lines.
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| Publication: |
April 2010 |
Extent: |
96 pages |
| Availability: |
In stock |
Images Sepia: |
90 |
| Format: |
235 x 165 mm |
Images Colour: |
90 |
| Binding: |
Paperback |
