Viewing Brunel’s SS Great Britain in Bristol docks, you can’t
help being struck by the achievements of a man who died at the age of only 53. He
was, perhaps, better known for his work on the Great Western Railway, than for
his three distinctive steam ships.
The Great Britain made her maiden voyage from Liverpool and
now survives as a major tourist attraction. The Great Western lasted only until
1856. The Great Eastern was towed onto sand banks at Rock Ferry in the Mersey,
where she, too, was broken up for salvage. My great grandfather
photographed her there in 1888 or 1889.
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