Two new lenses

Well, I'm not quite happy with either of them, but since its been tipping it all morning, I thought I might as well put them live.

#127 GWR Star class Steam Engines
http://www.squidoo.com/star-class-steam-engines
About the Star Class, the first steam engines created for the Great Western Railway after their initial issues with the engines built to Brunel's specifications. These engines gave rise to the successful Firefly class.

The BAC prototype

#128 English Electric Canberra (the B57)
http://www.squidoo.com/english-electric-canberra
Done at the suggestion of Spook, another lensmaster, this one was tricky. The Canberra is still in service with airforces around the world, while most of the aircraft I write about have been long retired. Also, it has a very long service history, 57 years. Rather than try to cover this in detail - it's been done better elsewhere by people more familiar with the plane - I've tried to create the lens as an intro with links to the relevant sites and resources.

#124 Brunel Lensography

#124 Brunel Lensography
http://www.squidoo.com/brunel

This is live but unfortunately still a work in progress. The same thing delaying my Thames tunnel lens is affecting the lens image for this - the requirement to get to the Brunel Museum with a camera...

Unfortunately this is largely down to the recent rainfall, and the effect on British Rail. You'd think British trains would be used to the weather but apparently not. f course, I'm not keen on going out myself in this weather either.

Anyway, I've put it up as it's a quick reference to the Brunel lenses - and to be honest there are already quite a few of them. Its also up becase I am tackling a difficult project as a new lens, I don't want to get distracted and I'm not sure I can do it justice.

The new one's going to be toughter than GWR to write. Fingers crossed it's as well received.

Brunel's Great Ships

The Steamship of Brunel and Scott Russell in Full Steam
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Top 100 Progress today has largely been tuning my existing lenses.

The three Brunel lenses about his Great Ships have been updated, so I am happier with them. The legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel built three ships during his career, each of which represented a leap forward in ship design. His last, the Great Eastern was too far ahead of its time, and was eventually dismantled because no practical use could be found for its unique design.

The SS Great Western
The SS Great Britain
The SS Great Eastern

For anyone interested in naval history, these three ships are definitely something to look into. The SS Great Britain, the sole survivor, is displayed at Bristol Docks. The Great Eastern, the largest was scrapped in the 1890's, but art.com has a really nice image of her, sails, paddlewheels, and screw propellers so I've linked it on the right.

I might try article marketing to promote them, but the only site that pays wants my tax details, and strangely enough I'm not happy handing those out so that's on the back burner for the moment.