how important was the work of isambard kingdom brunel in improvment transport in devon in the mid 19th centry?

Answer 1

Oh loads, my dear. He did that there lovely big bridge over the river severn, which helped you to get into the west country - and opened up the railways too ....

Answer 2

Brunel first surveyed a route from Exeter to Plymouth in 1836. The South Devon Railway Company was not formed until 1844 with him as chief engineer. He experimented with the atmospheric railway (failure) but his work opened up the South West and was critical to the economies of Devon and Cornwall.

Answer 3

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the only son of the French civil engineer, Sir Marc Brunel, was born in Portsmouth on 9th April, 1806. He was educated at Hove, near Brighton and the Henri Quatre in Paris. In 1823 Brunel went to work with his father on the building of the Thames Tunnel. He was later to be appointed as resident engineer at the site.

In 1829 Brunel designed a suspension bridge to cross the River Avon at Clifton. His original design was rejected on the advice of Thomas Telford, but an improved version was accepted but the project had to be abandoned because of a lack of funds.

After being appointed chief engineer at the Bristol Docks in 1831, Brunel designed the Monkwearmouth Docks. He later went on to design and build similar docks at Plymouth, Cardiff, Brentford and Milford Haven.

In March 1833, the 27 year old Isambard Brunel was appointed chief engineer of the Great Western Railway. His work on the line that linked London to Bristol, helped to establish Brunel as one of the world's leading engineers. Impressive achievements on the route included the viaducts at Hanwell and Chippenham, the Maidenhead Bridge, the Box Tunnel and the Bristol Temple Meads Station. Controversially, Brunel used the broad gauge (2.2 m) instead of the standard gauge (1.55m) on the line. This created problems as passengers had to transfer trains at places such as Gloucester where the two gauges met.
While working on the line from Swindon to Gloucester and South Wales he devised the combination of tubular, suspension and truss bridge to cross the Wye at Chepstow. This design was further improved in his famous bridge over the Tamar at Saltash near Plymouth. In 1859, shortly after the bridge's completion, Isambard died

See link for futher information about him.

Answer 4

Extremely. Now go and do your own research like a good little girl.

Answer 5

Really, really important.