Brunel's Launch Ways

Abstract

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a builder of bridges, tunnels, steamships, steam locomotives, railways, and gas engines. He was Briton's most famous engineer, and voted second Greatest Briton (after Winston Churchill) in a BBC poll. Like Churchill, he was also the son of an American. When his massive vessel, the Great Eastern, was launched in January 1858, she was six times larger than anything else afloat, and sometimes called Leviathan or sea monster. The launch site in London is now recognized as the birthplace of modern shipping and is a scheduled ancient monument, and recently nominated as an international civil engineering landmark. Sadly, this monumental enterprise was also Brunel's last spectacular project, and the ship that killed him.

Meeting Name

16th World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Professional Development, Innovative Technology, International Perspectives, and History and Heritage (2016: May 22-26, West Palm Beach, FL)

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Engines; Environmental Technology; Innovation; Ships; Steam Engines; Launch Sites; Scheduled Ancient Monuments; Water Resources

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-0784479841

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2016

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