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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1474: Beach’s Secret Subway

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 28, 2018 · Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City. Today, a secret subway.

Tags BMT line brunel graft Nast Thames Tunnel transportation tunneling Tweed urban rail

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1473: Titanic and Great Eastern

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 26, 2018 · Episode: 1473 Two unsinkable ships: the Titanic and the Great Eastern. Today, a story of two ships. One sank. One didn’t.

Tags accidents brunel failure passenger liners safety shipbuilding success

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1366: Rain, Steam, and Speed

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 28, 2017 · Episode: 1366 Rain, Steam, and Speed: Turner’s vision of modern times. Today, a painting tells the coming of rail.

Tags art brunel Bury Innes machine as metaphor painting railways steam locomotives trains transportation Trevethick

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1200: London’s Secret Museums

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 3, 2016 · Episode: 1200 London’s secret museums Today, we visit London’s secret museums.

Tags bridge brunel engines hospitals music nightingale steam tay watt

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1158: The Crystal Palace

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on May 4, 2016 · Episode: 1158 The Crystal Palace, the 1851 exhibition, and Victorian art Today, we look for art to equal the building that holds it.

Tags architecture brunel design impressionists paxton queen victoria

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