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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Isambard Brunel
built 654 days ago
Although there was some doubt that Brunel's birthplace had been correctly identified, a plaque had been fixed to it's front wall. It was of the same size and shape as the current plaque but it is not known for sure that they are one and the same.
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!['[I am] opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today. ' -- Isambard Kingdom Brunel](http://retrieverimages.lycos.com/images/i/s/a/isambard-kingdom-brunel/i/062.gif)
Then the battle of gauges was lost by Brunel. Four foot 8 inches plus two odd defined quarters, (Based on the width of an ancient warhorse's hindquarters) Could not be replaced by something far better That Stephenson won makes the world his sad debtor Bureaucracy, bah, and not for Brunel
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