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Isambard Brunel
Isambard Brunel was a great engineer. He built bridges,
railways, tunnels, and boats. But what do we know about his
life and work?
Brunel was born in Portsmouth in the south of England on
April 9, 1806. His mother was English, but his father, Marc
Brunel, was French. His father was a famous engineer in
France, but he left his country in 1793. First he went to the
United States and then to England, where he married an
English woman in 1799. Isambard went to school in England
and France, and spoke English and French.
When he returned to England from school in France, Brunel
went to work for his father. For his first job, he and his father
built a tunnel under the River Thames in London. Then, in
1831, Brunel won a big competition. It was for a bridge across
the River Avon in Bristol in the south of England. The Clifton
Suspension Bridge took 30 years to build, but today it is one
of the most beautiful bridges in the world.
In 1833, Brunel got a new job. He became chief engineer for
the Great Western Railway Company, and work began on the
train line from London to Bristol. Today, when you travel to
Bristol by train, you go over beautiful bridges and through
fantastic tunnels – Brunel built them all. In addition to bridges,
tunnels and railways, Brunel designed some famous boats.
The Great Western, built in 1837, was the first steamship to
go across the Atlantic Ocean to the US. And the Great Eastern,
built in 1859, was the biggest boat in the world.
Brunel wasn’t a good businessman. The Great Eastern was
very expensive to build and he lost his money. He also
smoked a lot every day and
worked very hard. He was only 53
when he died on september 15.
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