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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Bridges
built 655 days ago
In 1829 Brunel designed a suspension bridge to cross the River Avon at Clifton. His original design was rejected on the advice of Thomas Telford. After considerable scandal, a second competition was held and one of Brunel's designs (improved) was selected, though lack of money delayed construction until after Brunel's death.
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Kenneth Clark wrote of Brunel in his landmark book Civilisation that he ‘remained all his life in love with the impossible’. Even though some of Brunel’s projects failed – often spectacularly – and he was not to see the completion of one of his greatest achievements, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, he remains widely acknowledged as an engineering genius. As an indication of his continuing appeal, Brunel came a close second in the BBC’s Great Britons contest in 2002.
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