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Meet, and be inspired by, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great British genius of civil engineering, as he tells his own incredible story. Isambard was taught by his father, the eminent engineer Marc Isambard Brunel, who he worked with on the famous Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel underneath a navigable river. Isambard went on to become a great innovator in civil engineering, creating many famous ‘firsts’ including the incredible Clifton Suspension Bridge and the ‘SS Great Britain’. He was also the great mind behind the Great Western Railway.
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