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SS Great Britain

Behold the dawn of tourism and step on board the SS Great Britain. This revolutionary passenger liner was the world's first iron-hulled, steam-powered ocean-going ship.
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T G Raymondo

Posted 9.12PM
Tue 17 Apr 2007

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I am so pleased that this Great ship was salvaged and restored. It is important that we retain this sort of ground-breaking technology wherever we possibly can, to bring the history books to life.

Ciderads

Posted 10.27AM
Thu 19 Apr 2007

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Absolutely. As a proud Bristolian I am delighted that generations to come can visit and marvel at this amazing piece of engineering from that true genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

David671

Posted 4.06PM
Thu 17 May 2007

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If you are in Bristol you must visit the SS Great Britain. the trust are doing fantastic work,there is so much to see and do she is a great ship thank's Mr Brunel.