The Steam Ship (SS) Great Britain was an advanced Atlantic liner designed by Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company’s Bristol-New York service. In 1970, the vessel was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was first built. It now attracts between 150,000-170,000 visitors annually.The SS Great Britain, designed by the 19th Century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is using a sophis …[more]