Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, Robert Howlett, 1857, printed 1863–64

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863–64, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: x cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.), Photographs, Robert Howlett (British, 1831–1858), Four years in the making, 692 feet in length and weighing 22,500 tons, the Great Eastern was six times the tonnage of any ship yet built and was to be propelled by all the technology then available-screw, paddle, and sail

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Size: 3706px × 4838px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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