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Industrial Revolution History Summary Notes: Brunel

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Edexcel Paper 3 A-level History notes which summarises the chapter of Brunel from the textbook. The table is condensed quickfire notes highlighting statistics and is most useful for triggering key information of the book for which the exam demands.

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Brunel
Name Statistic Impact

Charles Saunders support from
1833 bristol to london Brunel
Stephenson bill initially defeated
chief engineer of project lobbied
Great western railway in House of Lords revievd royal
leading members of board No
assent in 1836 as it raised new
experience in railway building
capital and was better organised

Construct straightest route to
maximise speed improve
Plan for the GWR
comfort for passenger building
of additional bridges and tunnels

Stagecoach operators canal
Farmers feared ability to bring
Opposition to the GWR bill companies farmers close to
cheaper produce to london
london LAND OWNERS

Standard: narrow gauge
Rails: standard Stephenson Darlington railway
1.4 metres apart

Advantages: greater stability Wider rails largers wheel Lower
Rail: broad Higher speeds wider carriages centre of gravity 2.1 metres ca:
more passengers increased costs

Lacked power Mechanically
Problems of the GWR unreliable criticism of broad
construction gauge: popular press discomfort
by passengers

Persuaded Brunel to purchase 2
locomotives from Stephenson’
devleoped more efficient boilers
1837 development of engines
Daniel gooch power permitted engines to
rolling stock
travel faster and not break
constantly dealing with bends
and inclines

Locomotives North Star Dog Star converted Development of efficient boilers
to run on broad gauge led to a firefly class of
locomotives beat broad gauge
rivals shows impact of gooch



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