Monthly Archives: April 2018

Cafes, restaurants and a marina are wanted for a historic Welsh dock

Plans to restore the historic Brunel Dock at Briton Ferry and turn it into a waterfront area and marina have been revived. The project – still in its very early stages – first needs to get funding for dredging and repairs to the dock, which would then open up the way for further development. Working on the […]

£7.2m Brunel museum opening for first time

The £7.2 million Being Brunel visitor attraction on Bristol’s harbourside will celebrate the life and legacy of the engineering genius who helped build Britain and shape the world. It will feature six galleries setting out 150 of Brunel’s personal artefacts – many never seen in public before – to provide unprecedented insight into his life, […]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The engineering giant with ‘short man syndrome’

Allowing nothing to stand in his way, Isambard Kingdom Brunel built across gorges, tunnelled under rivers and through hills to construct railway lines, stations, bridges, viaducts and docks. His three ships, the Great Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern, were the biggest, fastest and most advanced vessels ever seen. Yet the man who built the […]

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