After 35-years, an £11m conservation programme on Brunel's iconic steamship, the ss Great Britain, is complete.
The Victorian ship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
When the ship returned to Bristol in 1970, she was an iron hulk. Now she sits in a Grade-II listed dry dock next to a new museum charting her history.
At her launch in 1843 the vessel was the world's first iron-hulled, steam- powered ocean going ship.
Now she appears to float on a glass sea which seals the ship's hull and prevents it from rusting.
Project Director Richard Baster said: "Its been a technical challenge because it has to work but it also has to display the ship correctly.
We've put some high-class engineering into the project."