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| Who's the Guy in the Top Hat? Abraham Lincoln? No - an ENGINEER! |
For those that are not engineers (or a few architects), Brunel was a giant of the Victorian age. He broke new ground in railways and railway construction. He also did the same in other construction with ships such as the "Great Eastern."
I had to argue a bit with my kids as they only knew the actor as Hamlet. Well, he played an engineer as well this last week. Thanks, Brits, YOU ROCK! There is a reason many polls list IK Brunel as the #2 Brit of all time - after Winston Churchill and before any "Royal."
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| Passing of the Torch - Another Brunel Connection |
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| Brunel - In a Classic Photo as Shown in Wikipedia. Compare With the Actor at the Top Shot |
3 comments:
I've always loved that picture of Brunel in front of the chains. "Yeah, we can build that."
As an engineer (and a British one at that), I too relished seeing old IKB at the Olympics - and I thoroughly enjoyed explaining to my wife and daughter who he was.
And now, Bradley Wiggins. Sometimes, it is damn good to be British ;-)
Notice.... they BOTH have sideburns!!
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