That changed the world

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

gHH

"The man was a compulsive innovator."

Gordon Masterton, President, Institution of Civil Engineers

gHH

Brunel was an ingenious engineer. He built under rivers and through hills, creating the longest tunnels, the biggest bridges and the speediest ships the world had ever seen. He pioneered a prefabricated hospital for use in the Crimean War in response to a plea from Florence Nightingale. He was burnt, broken and buried under his constructions but nothing stopped Brunel. He died aged 53, but his contributions to the world of engineering live on.

Clifton Suspension Bridge

"The design was one thing, but building it was something else."

Jeremy Clarkson, 2014

Photo: Robert Howlett//Wikimedia/Metropolitan Museum of Art

Believed to be in the Public Domain (Age - Copyright expired)