Brunel’s iron giant
Nov 25, 2021
2 minutes
n a summer’s day in 1970, the corroding hulk of SS was towed into Bristol’s Floating Harbour. The pioneering steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, had spent several decades rusting away in the Falklands, but thanks to a feat of engineering brilliance befitting of Brunel himself, the vessel was roused from its ocean slumber and transported nearly 8,000 miles back to its West Country
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