Brunel's ship wins eighth award
Victorian British engineering at its finest - the SS Great Britain, now based in Bristol, was the world's first iron-hulled, steam-powered ship and is an example of how Victorian Britain lead the rest of the world in engineering
British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859)
The ss Great Britain has been named "outstanding visitor attraction" in the South West Tourism Awards.
The prize is the eighth major award won by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's revolutionary ocean liner this year.
It has also won this year's prestigious Gulbenkian museum of the year award and has picked up prizes in the Museum and Heritage Awards.
Having won the regional heat, the ship now goes through to the national awards for tourist attraction of the year.
ss Great Britain was the world's first iron-hulled, steam-powered ocean going ship.
Now, after years of renovations, it has been fully restored and sits in dry dock in Bristol, Avon where it was built.
The new experience for visitors includes an illusion created with water over fibreglass, which gives the impression that the ship is afloat.
Nancy Chambers, deputy director of ss Great Britain, said: "To have won our category which was for large visitor attraction of the year for the whole South West region is something to achieve - we've pipped the post for the Roman Baths, Paignton Zoo and Terrano Gardens in Cornwall, so it's fantastic. "And next year we're going for European museum of the year, so there's no slowing down," she added.
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Victorian British engineering at its finest - the SS Great Britain, now based in Bristol, was the world's first iron-hulled, steam-powered ship and is an example of how Victorian Britain lead the rest of the world in engineering
British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859)
The ss Great Britain has been named "outstanding visitor attraction" in the South West Tourism Awards.
The prize is the eighth major award won by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's revolutionary ocean liner this year.
It has also won this year's prestigious Gulbenkian museum of the year award and has picked up prizes in the Museum and Heritage Awards.
Having won the regional heat, the ship now goes through to the national awards for tourist attraction of the year.
ss Great Britain was the world's first iron-hulled, steam-powered ocean going ship.
Now, after years of renovations, it has been fully restored and sits in dry dock in Bristol, Avon where it was built.
The new experience for visitors includes an illusion created with water over fibreglass, which gives the impression that the ship is afloat.
Nancy Chambers, deputy director of ss Great Britain, said: "To have won our category which was for large visitor attraction of the year for the whole South West region is something to achieve - we've pipped the post for the Roman Baths, Paignton Zoo and Terrano Gardens in Cornwall, so it's fantastic. "And next year we're going for European museum of the year, so there's no slowing down," she added.
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