cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42477732
The ship was launched on this day in 1857.
Credit: Robert Howlett
A truly amazing Engineer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
With a truly amazing name. Isamabard was his dad’s (French) first name, Kingdom was his mom’s last name.
It is one of those names where truth is stranger than fiction. Imagine a protagonist in a novel or movie with that name, everyone would roll their eyes at the author.
This is his statue in Havelock Square, Swindon.
Brunel is an amazing character. Absu-f-ing-genius of his time.
Remember seeing this in a book as a kid and not knowing if it was real or not. Must have been a Disney-themed encyclopedia I think.
I don’t know why, but he reminds me of an old timey Alec Baldwin