Industrial Revolutionary | The Life & Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Why did Isambard Brunel name his ship after Great Britain? Because Kingdom was his middle name! I forgot to work that one into the script but couldn't let it go to waste. Beyond having a mouthful of a name, Isambard just seems to enhance everything his touches, somehow this guy never seemed to work on "just a bridge" or "just a ship", no, it has to be revolutionary. Betcha there are a lot of fresh engineering graduates wishing they could get hired for the X-est Y's in the world. Oh, and I got my own mic but recorded this before I got a pop filter, so pardon the plethora of problematic plosives, please.

Footnotes:

0:50 I could've sworn I read something about a bridge in China breaking the record first, but couldn't seem to find it. Luckily Switzerland definitely broke the record and there are photos of it.

3:39 You could also turn Brunel's life into a drinking game, but I wouldn't recommend it.

4:25 This also terminated the SS Great Western's service with the company, and she was dismantled in 1856.

4:30 But after rotting in the Falklands for a century, the SS Great Britain returned home to Bristol where she'd been built in order to become a museum, making her the only of Brunel's ships still around today.

4:57 + 5:05 Yeah, look at all those topical references that I totally had planned!

Music (in order of appearance):

Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past

Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 1 movement III

Kevin Macleod - Bossa Antigua

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