Picture of the day Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing before the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern. The ship was launched on this day in 1858. #ImageOfTheDay

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span><a href="Robert_Howlett_(Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_Standing_Before_the_Launching_Chains_of_the_Great_Eastern),_The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_-_restoration1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/picture-of-the-dayisambard-kingdom-brunel-standing-before-the-launching-chains-of-the-ss-great-eastern-the-ship-was-launched-on-this-day-in-1858-imageoftheday.jpg" width="300" height="392" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="7334"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en">Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing before the launching chains of the SS <i>Great Eastern</i>. The ship was launched on this day in 1858.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>