Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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In 1950 Leo helped build Clun Castle: now he rides behind it!
FOR 68 years, Leo Leeney kept a very dark secret all to himself. During his five years with the Royal Engineers, Leo served a three-year apprenticeship as a boilersmith. That work would see him labouring inside the blackest interiors of brand new boilers, riveting them, with only a pair of earmuffs to drown out the…
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Great Steam Engineers of the 19th century: Part Four
In the 1850s, railway companies grew bigger through new construction and mergers.
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