| | The bicentenary events of 2006, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most innovative of all Victorian Engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, has raised the profile of the engineer. Much of the spotlight on his achievements, however, has fallen outside Wales, concentrating on Bristol and the West Country. Brunel in South Wales is an attempt to address this historical neglect by looking at Brunel's work in Wales and the impact of his engineering contribution here in a contemporary context. Communications and Coal looks at Brunel's return after the completion of the Taff Vale Railway, which included schemes for an alternative Irish route through mid- and north Wales and a direct crossing of the river Severn. The latter was intended for his broad-gauge South Wails Railway, on which his pioneering Wye Bridge at Chepstow and his longest timber work at Landore would be built. The Final choice of the SWR terminus at Neyland was not without problems for Brunel who was also engaged on the ‘insurmountable' difficulties faced by the Vale of Neath Railway, Tramroad conversions in the Forest of Dean and the final phase of the broad gauge in south Wales which included the Llynvi Valley Railway and the South Wales Mineral Railway. Contents:
- Introduction
- Foreword to Vol.2 Communications and Coal
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1 – Achievements and Aspirations
- 2 – Celtic Crossover
- 3 – A Line of Communications
- 4 – Westward to Wales
- 5 – Capital Creation
- 6 – Through the Garden of Wales
- 7 – Final Destination
- 8 – Return to the Iron Capital
- 9 – Landscape and Industry
- 10 – Last Lines
- 11 – Beyond Brunel
- Index
Continent: Europe
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