Chapter 34: Brunel and Vanderbilt

Published: Nov. 5, 2019, 6 a.m.

b'This week we explore the lives and careers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Cornelius Vanderbilt \\u2013 two of industrial history\\u2019s most prolific individuals. One was from the UK, one was from the US. One cared little about profits, the other cared for nothing but profits. But both men had a major impact on the Transport Revolution, spreading railroads across their respective countries and steamships across the world.Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon:\\xa0https://patreon.com/indrevpod

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