Brunel Exhibition
Celebrating 200 years of Brunel with a special exhibition of rare archive material
From December 2006 the exhibition can be visited at the Locomotion Museum in County Durham.
Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s vast achievements and his genius as a designer have made him one of the giants of British history – and the most celebrated engineer of all time.
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Beginning an extraordinary career in the railways aged just 26, he went on to oversee the design and construction of 1,400 miles of track, including elegant and innovative stations, bridges, viaducts, tunnels and routes. Most of the railway and the structures he created remain in use as part of our modern network, 200 years after his birth. The 'Discover the Legacy' exhibition concentrates mainly on one aspect of his extraordinary legacy: the origional Great Western Railway, the 118-mile long line from London to Bristol. Brunel was appointed engineer to the newly-formed 'Bristol Railway' in 1833. |