SS Great Eastern. Unlike other ships I've built, this one has no deck plans available and, maybe, four total photographs of the interior were ever taken. I don't feel the need to be historically accurate with it. What shall I do? Party ship with a concert stage? Something else? Ideas welcome! reddit.com/gallery/qh1jeh
A cross-section of a transatlantic cable from 1866 laid down by the SS Great Eastern. It went from Ireland to Newfoundland.
Men at work during the construction of SS Great Eastern at London’s Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, 1857
I restored this photo of the SS Great Eastern in the 1870s reddit.com/gallery/k9badt
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) in front of the launching chains of his steamship SS Great Eastern, the biggest ship ever built at her launch in 1858 (pic from 1857)
I restored this photo of the SS Great Eastern in the 1870s reddit.com/r/estoration/c…
A cross section of one of the first transatlantic cable from 1866 that went from Ireland to Heart's Content, Newfoundland. Made before we had plastic, this was laid down by the SS Great Eastern. [4800x2800]
Progress update on the SS Great Eastern: frame and propeller are done, I’m now starting on the plating which I decided to roughly recreate from plans. Her plating is around 1/8th done now as I have to factor in the second layer. Wish me luck!
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (in top hat) overseeing construction of SS Great Eastern, a ship that would be the largest in the world for over 40 years, in 1857 or 58. [1280x971]
Men at work beside the launching chains of SS Great Eastern while under construction at London’s Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames. Nov. 18, 1857. [1250 x 850]
A Waffen-SS soldier fires his rare Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) from his trench on the Eastern Front. WWII [1000 x 900]
The Ship "Transylvania" Is Based On the SS Great Eastern en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_…
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most prolific British engineers of the Victorian era, standing in front of the chains of the SS Great Eastern in 1857. He would die of a stroke 2 years later in 1859 at age 53 just before the SS Great Eastern made it's maiden voyage. [4368×6686]
The impossible ship: SS Great Eastern a.k.a. Leviathan stolenhistory.org/threads…
SS GREAT EASTERN under construction at Napier Yard, Isle of Dogs, London, 1857. World's largest ship at time of her launch. [1511×1145]
Dining Room on the SS Great Eastern, c 1887 [2000 x 1516]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel with the chains of SS Great Eastern- 1857
SS Great Eastern, apparently beached to be broken up at Rock Ferry, 1889 [935 × 613] imgur.com/9Ehk9yM
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, William Harrison, John Scott Russell and others at the launching of the SS Great Eastern, London 1857.
November 1857 - Observing the nearly complete SS Great Eastern with designer Isambard Brunel, shipbuilder John Scott Russell and his crew (colorization attempt)
SS Great Eastern beached for breaking. Circa 1889. A decade would pass before larger ships appeared. [935 × 613]
Time Team Special 47: Brunel's Last Launch (2011) - Tony joins archaeologists in London as they discover why what went wrong with Brunel's SS Great Eastern in 1858. youtu.be/Y6hDz8ofQgA
Isambard Kingdom Brunel photographed during construction of SS Great Eastern, 1857 or 58. [1280x971]
TIL autistic savant James Henry Pullen built a highly detailed replica of the SS Great Eastern with 5,585 rivets, 13 lifeboats and interior furniture in miniature over 7 years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam…
SS Great Eastern before launch, 1857. Largest ship in the world for 42 years. Designed to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refueling. [1511x1145]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, William Harrison, John Scott Russell and others at the launching of the SS Great Eastern, London 1857.
Isambard Brunel by the launching chains of his SS Great Eastern. He created a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship!
The SS Great Eastern, Brunel's "Great Babe" and largest vessel in the world for nearly half a century, berthed in New York at the completion of her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage in 1860.
RMS Oceanic. The largest ship in the world by length when she was launched in 1899 (the displacement record was still held by SS Great Eastern) until being surpassed in 1901. As with all White Star liners she had the 'ic' end to her name. 704ft in length, 17,000 tons & 17 knots. [4464x3372]
The father of the ocean liner: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, shown during the construction of SS Great Eastern. A mechanical and civil engineer, Brunel constructed ships, bridges, tunnels, railroads & many other works. In the picture he is, of course, the one with the huge stove top hat. [1280x971]
RMS Celtic, the first of White Star's 'big four', launched in 1901. She was the first liner to exceed SS Great Eastern in gross tonnage. Converted to a troopship during the War, she survived both hitting a mine and being hit by a torpedo. She ran aground off Cobh in 1928 & was scrapped. [1500x1180]
The SS Great Eastern, the largest ship in the world from 1858 to 1899, being broken up at Rock Ferry, UK. [350x207]
SS Great Eastern before launch, 1857. Largest ship in the world for 42 years. Designed to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refueling. [1511x1145]
Cable Laying Machinery on the SS Great Eastern imgur.com/a/9vrXa
SS Great Eastern The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship darkroastedblend.com/2008…
