SS Great Britain

We took the boys to see this "brilliant" (to use a British term) ship called the SS Great Britain. It really was brilliant. A brief history...

"The ss Great Britain was a world first when she was launched in Bristol in 1843. This uniquely successful ship design brought together new technologies in a way which transformed world travel.Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the most daring of the great Victorian engineers, conceived the groundbreaking combination of a screw propeller, an iron hull, and a massive 1000-horsepower steam engine.She was immediately successful - on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic the ss Great Britain easily broke the previous speed record.Although effectively a prototype, she continued sailing until 1886, and travelled thirty-two times around the world and nearly one million miles at sea.She was finally abandoned in the Falkland Islands, in 1937, after more than 40 years use as afloating warehouse.In 1970 an ambitious salvage effort brought her home to Bristol, where today she is conserved in the dry dock where she was originally built." (from www.ssgreatbritain.org)

Here we are holding up the hull...

Buzz Lightyear obviously doesn't need any help and can easily do the work of 2 with 1 hand.

A couple of pictures to give you a better perspective of it's size.

Rudder and propeller.

In the dry dock.

On deck.

This picture is to prove once again, that Nathanael sleeps through all the good stuff.

Below deck.