Isambard Kingdom Brunel1859
Brunel combines tubular compression arches with suspension chains to create the bridge's distinctive bowstring structural system.
Great Britain · Science / Civil Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Brunel combines tubular compression arches with suspension chains to create the bridge's distinctive bowstring structural system.
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