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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64
SS Great Eastern, IK Brunels great steam ship, 1858SS Great Eastern, IK Brunels great steam ship, launched from J Scott Russells yard on the Thames in 1858. Chromolithograph published in London at about the time of her launch
View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world
Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865
Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865, 1865
Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames, 1857. View from the stern, showing the vessel in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, c1850sIsambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, c1850s. Brunel surrounded by vignettes of some of his most significant projects - the steamships Great Eastern, Great Britain
SS Great Eastern, 1859. Pictured at the port of Le Havre, France. Isambard Kingdom Brunel proposed to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company the construction of a steamship five or six times the size
The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Creator: UnknownThe Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Railway line running along the sea front in the town of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon
The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage, June 17, (1901). The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott
The Great Eastern, 1886. Isambard Kingdom Brunel proposed to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company the construction of a steamship five or six times the size of any then in use
Arrival of "The Great Britain"Steam-Ship at New York, 1845. Creator: UnknownArrival of " The Great Britain" Steam-Ship at New York, 1845. The SS Great Britain steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
"The Great Britain"steam-ship leaving Cumberland Basin, Bristol, 1844" The Great Britain" steam-ship leaving Cumberland Basin, Bristol, 1844. The SS Great Britain, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Aphrodita Under Construction, ca. 1857. Creator: Robert HowlettAphrodita Under Construction, ca. 1857
Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, November 18Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the " Great Eastern", November 18, 1857
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M.S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory, 1866
The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858, 1865-66
The Settlement and Church of Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866
First Telegraph House at Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866, 1866
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-1858, 1865-66
Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865, 1865-66. Creator: Robert Charles DudleyTelegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865, 1865-66
View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern... 1865-66View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc. 1865-66
Valentia, Ireland, from the Harbor, Opposite Knight s-town, at the Period of Laying the Cable of 1857, 1865-66
Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865, 1865-66
Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich, 1865, 1865
In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple, August 2nd, 1865, 1865
Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on May 23rd, 1865, 1865-66
The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, 1865-66
The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hulk to the Great Eastern, 1865
Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland, 1865-66
The Reels of Gutta-percha Covered Conducting Wire Conveyed into Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, at Greenwich, 1865-66
September 8th at Hearts Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing and testing the Atlantic Telegraph Cables of 1865 and 1866, 1866
Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865-66
Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple... 1865-66Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple for the Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865, 1865-66
The Forge on Deck, Night of August 9th: Preparing the Iron Plating for Capstan, 1865-66
The Paying-out Machinery in the Stern of the Great Eastern, 1865
Getting Out One of the Large Buoys for Launching, August 2nd, 1865, 1865
H. M. S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the LineH.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line, 1865-66
Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern: The Cable Passing Out, 1865-66
The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865, 1865
Launching the Buoy from the Bow of the Great Eastern on August 8th, 1865, 1865-66
Getting Out One of the Great Buoys: The Deck of the Great Eastern Looking From the Forecastle, 1865-66
View of the Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern, 1865-66
View, Looking Aft, from the Port Paddle Box of the Great Eastern, Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc. 1865-66
Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc. 1866, 1865-66
News Received Through the Atlantic Cable From All Parts of the World, etc. 1866
The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866, 1866
[Hungerford Suspension Bridge], ca. 1845. Creator: William Henry Fox Talbot[Hungerford Suspension Bridge], ca. 1845
