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Timeline - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Home Timeline Topics Is - Children's Novel Reviews Teacher resources News Weblinks Timeline 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born, to parents Marc and Sophia. on April 9 in Portsmouth. 1818 Marc Brunel invents and patents the tunnelling shield. 1825 Work begins on digging the Thames tunnel. 1827 I.K. Brunel is scheduled Resident Engineer on the Thames Tunnel, taking over from his father. Roof collapses and tunnel flooded. Brunel narrowly escapes death. He later hosts a refection in the tunnel to restore confidence. 1831 I.K. Brunel wins competition to build a underpass wideness the Avon river gorge at Clifton in Bristol. Work starts in 1831 but is x-rated in 1843. 1832 I K Brunel Begins undertone with Bristol Docks 1833 Brunel scheduled Chief Engineer to Great Western Railway and starts surveying route. Begins modernisation of Bristol Docks. 1835 Great Western Railway Bill passed in Parliament. GWR winnow Brunel’s wholesale gauge proposal. Work restarted on Thames Tunnel. Brunel proposes towers a steamship for the Bristol-New York service. 1836 Work begins on Box Tunnel.Scheduledengineer of Great Western Steam Ship Company and construction begin. Brunel marries Mary Horsley. 1837 Launch of hull of the Great Western in Bristol. Daniel Gooch made GWR Locomotive Superintendent. 1838 SS Great Western sails from Bristol to New York in 15 days. Work begins on Bristol Temple Meads station 1839 MaidenheadUnderpasscompleted. 1840 Swindon chosen as motive power wiring for Great Western Railway 1841 Box Tunnel completed, Bristol Temple Meads Station completed and Great Western Railway route from London to Bristol opened. Marc Brunel knighted. 1843 Thames tunnel opened to public (25 March). Launch of SS Great Britain (19 July). Brunel's Hungerford suspension footbridge crosses the River Thames. Visits Italy to engineer two railways.Scheduledengineer of South Devon Railway. Swindon Locomotive Works opened. 1845 'Railway Mania' - is at its peak. Maiden voyage of SS Great Britain. 1847 Innovative atmospheric system used on Exeter – Teignmouth stretch of South Devon Railway. 1848 Work begins on Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash 1849 Death of Marc Brunel (12 Dec) 1852 Construction of Paddington Station begins. 1854 Keel of SS Great Eastern laid in Millwall, London. Paddington station opens. 1857 Two attempts to launch SS Great Eastern 1858 SS Great Eastern finally launched in January. 1859 Royal AlbertUnderpassat Saltash opened in May by Prince Albert. Brunel dies on 15 September, ten days without suffering a stroke 1860 SS Great Eastern makes maiden voyage, delivering just 35 paying passengers (and hairdo of over 400!). 1864 Clifton SuspensionUnderpassfinally completed as a tribute to Brunel by the Institute of Civil Engineers.