Rows over immigration which blame migrants for everything from lack of services to housing shortages fail to consider the role that migrants have played in fighting for more for everyone and creating great cities. Lesser – known migrant, but brilliant engineer Marc Isambard Brunel invented the Tunnelling Shield which paved the way for the underground system and the channel tunnel. This is the first of a series investigating the role of migration in the development of civilization.
Recommended links:
- Engineering Timelines: The Thames Tunnel
- London’s oldest underwater tunnel Slideshow
- Book by Harold Bagust: The Greater Genius?
