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Drawings of the Great Eastern steam ship: Plan of spar deck

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1850-1859

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https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110069355/drawings-of-the-great-eastern-steam-ship

Description

Probably commissioned by the Eastern Steam Navigation Co. for promotional purposes.
Collective Title: Colour lithographs of the S.S. 'Great Eastern', designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell
More details about the album and its contents can be found on the collection website

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CC BY-NC-SA

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Courtesy of the Science Museum

Location

Millwall Iron Works, London, England

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Ships

Category

Travel & Transport

TWW Comment

SS Great Eastern was constructed at Millwall Iron Works on the Thames, by J. Scott Russell & Co. Her designer, the great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, referred to her as the 'Great Babe'.

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