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Description
THE GREAT IRON SHIP
by James Dugan
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: The Non-Fiction Book Club, undated
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 20 d
Pages: 224
SKU: A5/2503/0365/K575
ABOUT
A delightful account of the terribly unfortunate steamship Great Eastern - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's final and perhaps fatal adventure.
SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall on the River Thames, London. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling.
Brunel knew her affectionately as the "Great Babe". He died in 1859 shortly after her ill-fated maiden voyage, during which she was damaged by an explosion.
Includes monochrome images.
CONDITION
Excellent with light wear on dust jacket and marks on end papers and foxing on pages edges. Images depict all need to know detail.
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