Note 134 — Chapter IX · STEAM NAVIGATION. THE ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ STEAM-SHIP. A.D. 1838—1847. ÆTATIS 33—42.
Reading edition
‘The “Great Britain” Steam-Ship. Extracts from the letters of Captain Claxton, R.N., to I. K. Brunel, Esq., and the Directors. Bristol, 1847.’
Mr. Bremner’s apparatus is also described in a paper read by him at the Institution of Civil Engineers, and printed in the twenty-first volume of the Transactions, p. 160.
Accurate illustrations of the break-water and floating apparatus will be found in the Illustrated London News of August 21, 1847.
In publishing the correspondence to which reference has been made, the Directors acknowledge their obligations to all concerned in the arduous task of saving the ‘Great Britain;’ and they add—‘to Mr. Brunel above all their thanks are most due, for opening their eyes to what might be accomplished, and for taking upon himself the responsibility of her release, provided that Captain Claxton was employed to carry out his views.’