Cantilever Collection

Connel Ferry Bridge
The Connel Ferry Bridge, the worlds 2nd largest steel cantilever bridge, Argyllshire, Scotland, opened in 1903. The Ballachulish railway line closed in 1966

The Forth Bridge: Fife Pier. Free cantilever completed and central girder commenced; fixed cantilever not quite completed

Dursley-Pedersen Bike
The Dursley-Pedersen cantilever bicycle

Albert Bridge London
Connecting Chelsea and Battersea : built 1871-3 by R M Ordish using a hybrid cantilever and suspension technique. Date: circa 1880

Finnieston Cantilever Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Building the Forth Railway Bridge - Cantilever Pier -Victorian period

Demonstrating the cantilever principle of the Forth Railway Bridge

Clyde Cessna with his monoplane The Comet, lauded as the first aeroplane with cantilever wings in the United States. Date: 1917

View of the Queensboro Bridge from The Times Tower, New York, USA Date: circa 1911

Forth Bridge Construction demonstrating cantilever principle
Forth Bridge Construction, demonstrating the cantilever principle Date: 19th century

Construction of Forth Railway Bridge - cantilever principle
Construction of the Forth Railway Bridge - demonstrating the cantilever principle - Victorian period Date: 19th century

The Cantilever Bridge, Latchford, Victorian period

Marcilhac-sur-Cele - The Kings House - France
Marcilhac-sur-Cele - a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It has many historic buildings, including the Maison de Roi (Kings House)

Queensboro Bridge, Blackwells Island, East River, New York, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Forth Railway Bridge over Firth of Forth, Scotland
Forth Railway Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland -- it opened in 1890. Date: circa 1960s

Vickers, Sons & Maxim Shipyard, The Docks, Cumbria
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Shipyard, The Docks, Barrow-in-Furness, near Walney Island, Cumbria, England. Showing the HMS Natal & Cantilever Crane Date: 1907

Lovell House Newport Beach
The steel framed Lovell House by Richard Neutra. The Health House built ion 1929 at 4616 Dundee Drive, Los Angeles

Connel Bridge, near Oban
The impressive steel cantilever bridge, the Connel Bridge, at Oban, Argyll, Scotland - on the west coast. Formerly painted in red, now a steel grey in hue

Poughkeepsie Bridge, Dutchess County, NY State, USA
Poughkeepsie Bridge across the Hudson River, Dutchess County, New York State, USA, linking Poughkeepsie and Highland. Previously a railway bridge, now a walkway. Date: circa 1905

Anna Pavlova - Cantilever Shoes advert
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina - Cantilever Shoes advert. circa 1920s

Niagara Cantilever Bridge
A freight train cross the cantilever bridge over the Niagara River, constructed in 1883-84. It was built for the Michigan Central and Canadian Southern railways. Date: circa 1895

Cantilver Shoes Advert, 1927 - perfect comfort means better golf Date: 1927

Shipyard Crane Accident, The Docks, Cumbria
Shipyard Crane Accident, The Docks, Barrow-in-Furness, near Walney Island, Cumbria, England. Showing the 150 ton cantilever crane before & after the accident Date: 1907

Design for Tower Bridge by Joseph Bazalgette
Design for cantilever bridge (Tower Bridge) by Joseph Bazalgette, 1878 Date: 1878

Aircraft construction
Cantilever Aero Co. exterior, wooden frame of wing of aeroplane. Men working on the wooden framework of an aeroplane wing at the Cantilever Aero Co. factory in Babylon, L.I

Old Houses at Lannion, Brittany, France
Old Houses in the Central Square at Lannion, Brittany, France - displaying cantilever upper flooers, projecting out from the lower levels of a building

Central Square at Lannion, France
Old houses in the central Square at Lannion, Brittany, France

Post war housing / W H Robinson
Post War Town planning. A neat post war villa built on the cantilever principle. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

Quebec Bridge, Canada - Centre section prior to collapse
The centre section of the Quebec Bridge being raised into position on 11th September 1916. This photograph was taken just prior to the span collapsing in a tragic construction accident which claimed

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping