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The Great Ship

Brunel PortraitIt is 1851 and you, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, begin to think about an idea to do something no-one else has even thought possible: to build a ship that could travel to the other side of the world and back again without needing to refuel with coal. This will be no ordinary ship-building project as the ship will be five times bigger than any ship yet built.


 

 


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