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Brunel's plan for the US Capitol: Legendary engineer's design that was rejected for being [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| November 14, 2017
| Kelly McLaughlin
Posted on 11/14/2017 6:08:00 AM PST by C19fan
Famed engineer Marc Isambard Brunel lost a bid to design the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, 224 years ago. Now, his design has been revealed after being tucked away in a large album in the Brunel family archive for more than 150 years. The drawing is tipped to sell at the auction in London on Wednesday for $19,600 (£15,000).
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: architecture; capitol; clickbait; marcisambardbrunel; victorian; washingtondc
Knowing Brunel's tendency for cost overruns and delays probably a good choice to reject his design.
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:08:00 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
His son, Isambard K., was a fascinating figure. Built the “Great Eastern.”
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:20:13 AM PST
by
Buttons12
To: C19fan
Looks like a birthday cake....................
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:21:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: C19fan
In spite of any “tendency for cost overruns” (and they did happen), the Thames Tunnel was a very important forerunner for tunneling under rivers, pioneering the shield method.
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:22:19 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: C19fan
His plan obviously influenced the actual design:
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:23:31 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: Buttons12
Also built the Great Western Railway. Originally had 7’ ¼” gauge tracks.
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:27:35 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Red Badger
Bi-cameral design?
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:28:22 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
Grande Tetons..........................
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:29:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
I had that on the tip of my tongue...
;>)
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:32:00 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
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posted on
11/14/2017 6:39:11 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
Yep. Just like the Hefner collection.
To: C19fan
With a name like Islambard, I expected something more like:
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posted on
11/14/2017 7:21:09 AM PST
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Covenantor
To: Buttons12
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posted on
11/14/2017 8:13:33 AM PST
by
OregonRancher
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
To: Doctor DNA
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posted on
11/14/2017 8:13:55 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Red Badger
The Parliament building in Lutyens’ New Delhi is similarly neoclassical and round.
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