Isambard Kingdom Brunel was, by far, one of the greatest engineers of the 19th century- if not all time- and throughout his life, he maintained a close association with London.

In this video, we'll be exploring the sites in the capital associated with Brunel, including family homes, worksites, long lost landmarks and more...

Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:06 Somerset House & Holborn
03:13 Chelsea & The King's Bench
06:00 Poultry & Lambeth
07:24 The Thames Tunnel
11:05 Blackfriars
12:52 The Great Western Railway (Wharncliffe Viaduct & Three Bridges)
16:26 Paddington & Crystal Palace
18:33 Westminster (Hungerford Bridge, Brunel's Statue & The War Office)
21:03 The SS Great Eastern
25:59 St James's Park & Kensal Green Cemetery
28:59 Outro

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Links for this video:

Somerset House
https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/

St Andrew's Holborn
https://www.standrewholborn.org.uk/

The Brunel Museum
https://thebrunelmuseum.com/

The Viaduct Pub
https://www.viaduct-hanwell.co.uk

The Crystal Palace Museum
https://www.crystalpalacemuseum.org.uk

The SS Great Britain Museum
https://www.ssgreatbritain.org

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Credits

Footage & Images:

Great Western Broad Gauge, 1892: didcotrailwaycentre.co.uk

Great Western Railway channel (Bristol to London)    • Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddin...  

Clifton Suspension Bridge footage: BBC

Britain Street: www.portsmouth.co.uk

Wooden Pulley Block (Joe Ross): https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeross...

Louis Breguet watch: Michael Vainshtein (Creative Commons)

Crossrail Tunnelling Machine: Crossrail Project Channel:    • Crossrail tunnelling: Drone's eye vie...  

Avon Gorge: RichTea

1830 Railway Documentary:    • The Grand British Experimental Railwa...  

Brunel 1848 portrait: Science Museum

openstreetmap.org

David Rumsey Maps

Brunel University Statue: Matt Brown (Creative Commons)

Hungerford Suspension Bridge 1845: met museum.org (Public Domain)

Whistler Sketch: Royal Museums Greenwich

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Sound Effects (all via Freesound.org):

Angry Crowd: mrrap4food

Guillotine: jameswrowles

Coughing: Joedeshon freesound

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Music:

Danse Macabre - Isolated Harp by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://freepd.com/Classical/Danse%20M...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/


In Memory of Jean Talon (Mini Vandals)

Sonatina No 2 in F Major Rondo

Allemande, Wahneta Meixsell

Prelude No. 12 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Boreal, Asher Fulero

Fractal of Light (Chris Haugen)

Bluesy Vibes (Sting), Doux Maxwell/Media Right Productions

No. 9 Esther’s Waltz (Esther Abrami)

Sound Effects:


Vaquero Perdido (Mini Vandals)



Life in Romance by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/


No. 6 In My Dreams (Esther Abrami)

The Thought of You (TrackTribe)

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