Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell and Co. at Millwall Iron Works in the Isle of Dogs on the River Thames, London
Picture No
11939443
Media ID
47659491
Size
5415px x 4218px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From a Photograph by J Cundall after engrvaing in The Illustrated Times', 16 January 1858, page 57
Date
21 September 1855
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