Brunel and British Industry
A global power1714 to 1901
Isambard Kingdom Brunel came from Portsmouth, England, and grew into one of the era's great engineers. His Great Western Railway linked London with the south west, the West Midlands and Wales, and many of his bridges are still used today.
British industry led the world at the time. British industry in the 19th century produced more than half the world's supply of iron, coal and cotton cloth. The Empire was of enormous reach too: during the Victorian period its lands stretched to cover India, Australia and large parts of Africa.
Abroad, the end of the Crimean War came in 1856. Four years later, in 1860, Florence Nightingale opened the Nightingale Training School in London, at St Thomas’ Hospital, for nurses.
What to remember
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Portsmouth, England The handbook says originally from, not born in. |
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| British industry in the 19th century | producing more than half of the world's iron, coal and cotton cloth It led the world, the handbook says. |
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| The lands the British Empire grew to cover in the Victorian period | all of India, Australia and large parts of Africa The largest empire the world had seen, with more than 400 million people. |
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| The end of the Crimean War | 1856 Britain fought with Turkey and France against Russia. |
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| Florence Nightingale establishing the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital in London | 1860 |
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