Yes - he never saw the Great Eastern sail properly nor the house he was having built in Devon for his retirement. I do think that statue needs a top hat though.
Yes - he never saw the Great Eastern sail properly nor the house he was having built in Devon for his retirement.
I do think that statue needs a top hat though.
Random IKB fact alert! Great Eastern was six, yes, that's six, times bigger than anything else man-made and floating at that time
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Random IKB fact alert!
Great Eastern was six, yes, that's six, times bigger than anything else man-made and floating at that time