The亚搏彩票软件官网网络轨道存档is the custodian of a vast collection of historic documents and plans relating to today’s railway infrastructure.
它代表了19世纪到现在的铁路最重要的结构，工程师和创新的发展。
每个月我们都将深入研究档案，以通过年龄亮了我们网络的开发。
December: Brunel and Stephenson’s Christmas in Cairo – two giants’ last rail projects
埃及开罗，1858年 - 两个伟大的工程竞争对手和亲密的朋友一起度过最后的圣诞节。
向外人员，Isambard Kingdom Brunel和罗伯特斯蒂芬森在维多利亚时代的铁路革命期间，在整个接地工作中都是对手。他们的世界知名的结构和技术将改变工程 - 和世界 - 永远。
The competition to each establish Brunel's broad gauge and George Stephenson's gauge as the industry standard for track would divide them, with Robert Stephenson taking his fatherGeorge’s side – and winning.
对于那些了解他们的人，他们共同分享了长期友谊，在此期间他们咨询了重要的项目。
In December 1858, they were each very ill and had separately gone to Cairo, hoping the warmer weather would improve their health. For Brunel, this meant leaving his last big projects – the construction of theRoyal Albert Bridge德文郡和康沃尔和船之间的船之间。
According to Brunel’sSS英国, a museum of Brunel’s pioneering ship,他写信给他的妹妹, Lady Sophie Hawes, that he arrived in Egypt to “a continuation of the river, with distant islands shut in by mountains, of beautiful colours, some a lilac sandstone, some of the bright red yellow of the sands of the desert”.
他们花了那个圣诞节 - 他们最后用餐在一起，也许知道这将是他们的最终会议之一。布鲁内尔于1859年9月15日从中风去世，年龄53岁。斯蒂芬森在10月12日在伦敦去世不到一个月后。他是55岁。
The story of their final Christmas is shrouded in mystery
两个巨人在他们的生活结束时谈到了什么？
John Page, a records assistant at the National Records Group at Network Rail, said: “Brunel and Stephenson in Egypt in 1858, it’s a very tantalising piece of their joint history as no-one knows what was said or any real detail except, they spent Christmas Day together.
“Brunel was in Egypt during the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge as he was told by his doctor to take some time off and the Royal Albert Bridge was a massive project.”
一个惊人的网站 - 皇家阿尔伯特桥梁绘图，显示第二管如何漂浮到位。
“虽然伟大的工程竞争对手，但是，布鲁内尔和斯蒂芬森也是很棒的朋友......人们认为他们是竞争对手，但他们在彼此的景区之后。根据Stephenson从1864年的传记，Robert邀请邀请主和女士在开罗的圣诞节与他们一起用餐，但他把它们转向与布鲁内尔一起用餐。“
The SS Great Britain museum has speculated the SS Great Eastern “would have been a charged topic of conversation”.
Final works
Their careers, intertwined for much of their lives, remained so towards the end. John said: “[The Royal Albert Bridge] was [Brunel’s] last railway work – he was occupied by the SS Great Eastern at the end of his life.
“He was abroad a lot when it was being constructed and couldn’t attend the opening through ill health. The first and last time he saw the bridge completed was laying on a bed in a train going over it. Stephenson was also present at a lot of the Royal Albert Bridge works and consulted with Brunel’s chief engineer Robert Pearson Brereton.”
至于Stephenson，他侧重于公路桥梁，加拿大铁路桥梁在大型干线铁路和挪威铁路 - 但是Britannia Bridge威尔士的Conwy铁路桥是英国铁路的最后一个项目。布鲁内尔在建造期间存在。
这个布兰尼亚桥梁绘图显示了从未建造的原始设计中的雕像
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