stackyFACTSWhile most engineers looked at rocks, Marc Isambard Brunel allegedly found structural and conceptual inspiration for his groundbreaking Thames tunneling shield by studying the classical Portland Vase, proving that Victorian transit engineering was equal parts brilliant mechanics and pretentious art history.
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