Transport and Communication

Here can be found material on all forms of transport from steam engines to trams and sailing ships. Transport engineering and famous engineers such as Brunel may also be found here.

Choose one of the following items:

• The Great Eastern Steamship - Launching - 1857
  • Brunel standing in front of giant chains wound onto a winch drum during the launching of t ...
• Biography
  • Brunel was born on 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth. He grew up to be a great engineerand was ...
• Brunel's Life and Work
  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel was most well known for the development of British railway bridges ...
• Brunel,his ships and bridges
  • Isambard Kingdom was the only son of the French engineer Sir Marc Brunel. Isambard Kingdom ...
• Confident?
  • Brunel was a non smoker so this cigar was touched in to make him look more confident. ...
• The Great Eastern Launch
  • Millwall docks sold tickets for people to come and watch the ship being launched. Brunel ...
• This great engineer’s name is Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
  • This man made the peak of technology. He was engineer for the Great Western Railway. Here ...
• The Great Eastern Steamship - Launching - 1858
  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Stephenson and John Scott-Russell awaiting the final succe ...
• [1d tram fare ticket]
  • Early fares in pre-decimal curency for Torquay Tramways Co Ltd ...
• [1½d tram fare ticket]
  • Early fares in pre-decimal curency for Torquay Tramways Co Ltd ...
• [2d tram fare ticket]
  • Early fares in pre-decimal curency for Torquay Tramways Co Ltd ...
• [GWR bus with passengers outside the Gerston Hotel in Paignton]
  • A bus (T-490) from GWR with some passengers inside and some with outside seating. A dog on ...
• On the Site Of Woolworths
  • This picture is placed outside what is now Woolworths. The architecture above the shop is ...
• The Building In the Background
  • The Gerston Hotel was built by one of Paignton’s entrepreneurs Hyde Dendy around 1870. ...
• [No money to be taken - ticket clipped for dog]
  • Early fares in pre-decimal curency for Torquay Tramways Co Ltd ...
• [The Tank at Chelston Cross, designed by William Froude]
  • Looking along the length of the ship hull testing tank built, by William Froude, at Chelst ...
• What the tank was used for
  • This was the testing tank built at Chelston Cross, Seaway Lane, Torquay. The idea was that ...
• [William Froude]
  • A portrait of William Froude, assistant to Brunel and ships architect and engineer. ...
• A Portrait of Froude as an older man
  • Froude was born in 1810 and lived unti1 1879. He was the son of the rector of Dartington. ...

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