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Engineer Collection

Background imageEngineer Collection: Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles

Background imageEngineer Collection: Newport Bridge 1906

Newport Bridge 1906
Newport Transporter Bridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, is one of the worlds few surviving aerial ferries. It was completed in 1906 by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. Date: 1906

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph Bazalgette
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design
Isambard Kingdom Bunel portrait with Union Jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design IKB

Background imageEngineer Collection: Hammersmith Bridge

Hammersmith Bridge, west London, was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. It was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: completed 1887

Background imageEngineer Collection: Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Glasgow

Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Glasgow
Advert for A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageEngineer Collection: Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Loco

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

Background imageEngineer Collection: The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
The Newport Transporter Bridge - a transporter bridge crossing the River Usk in Newport, South Wales (Monmouthshire). A Grade I listed structure, designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin

Background imageEngineer Collection: Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1

Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1
A Royal Engineer reading a message brought by a messenger dog by swimming a canal, near Nieppe Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageEngineer Collection: Bridgewater Canal Map

Bridgewater Canal Map
Map showing the route of the proposed canal from Worsley to Manchester and thence to the Mersey, to be built by engineer James Brindley for the duke of Bridgewater

Background imageEngineer Collection: The brave Titanic engineers, including 14 of whom were lost

The brave Titanic engineers, including 14 of whom were lost
The Titanic engineers; fourteen of whom were lost in the 1912 disaster. 1. W. D Mackie junior fifth. 2. F. A Parsons, senior fifth. 3. P. Sloan, senior electrician. 4. H. Jupe, assistant electrician

Background imageEngineer Collection: Invention of the Cube Car

Invention of the Cube Car. This box-like car, designed by French-Vietnamese designer and engineer Quasar Kahn, was produced in limited numbers between 1967

Background imageEngineer Collection: CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer

CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer
" CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer and town planner. " Plan de Reforma Interior y Ensanche de la ciudad de Barcelona", urban planning of the city of Barcelona (1859)

Background imageEngineer Collection: Victorian inventions in The Engineer

Victorian inventions in The Engineer
A page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856

Background imageEngineer Collection: Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby

Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby
The Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby, with a fountain (left) and a statue of Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), the English engineer and automobile manufacturer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage
CHARLES BABBAGE Mathematician and engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: F. C. Lowthorp, civil engineer

F. C. Lowthorp, civil engineer
F.C. Lowthorp, civil engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Telephone Exchange 1929

Telephone Exchange 1929
Londons new Automatic Telephone Exchange, showing an engineer testing the new revolutionary system, whereby subscribers were connected without an operator

Background imageEngineer Collection: Wm Armstrong / Cragside

Wm Armstrong / Cragside
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturers home, Cragside, Rothbury

Background imageEngineer Collection: Ernst Werner Von Siemens

Ernst Werner Von Siemens
ERNST WERNER VON SIEMENS German engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Thomas Telford / Holl / Lane

Thomas Telford / Holl / Lane
THOMAS TELFORD, engineer, bust portrait

Background imageEngineer Collection: Humphry Davy / World Invt

Humphry Davy / World Invt
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY Engineer and inventor

Background imageEngineer Collection: Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick
RICHARD TREVITHICK Railway engineer, in 1816

Background imageEngineer Collection: Robert Stephenson / Lucas

Robert Stephenson / Lucas
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer and designer of the Menai Bridge Depicted leaning against a rock with the bridge in the background

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir Jospeh Bazalgette

Sir Jospeh Bazalgette
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE engineer who embanked the Thames, and gave London its drains

Background imageEngineer Collection: Locomotive Maintenance

Locomotive Maintenance
A maintenance man checking over The White Knight steam locomotive at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Background imageEngineer Collection: Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

Background imageEngineer Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c. 1855

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c. 1855
Engraved portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), the English engineer and inventor, pictured c.1855

Background imageEngineer Collection: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer at the summit of Mount Corcovado. Created by French sculptor Paul Landowski

Background imageEngineer Collection: Survivors of the Empress of Ireland

Survivors of the Empress of Ireland. 1. Mr Edward Bamford, junior wireless operator on the Empress of Ireland. 2. The Rev J. Wallet, of the United Methodist Church, Westcliff-On-Sea. 3

Background imageEngineer Collection: Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen
Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya

Background imageEngineer Collection: Joseph Whitworth

Joseph Whitworth
SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH English mechanical engineer and inventor Date: 1803 - 1887

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Charles Floyd CEng FRAeS (1914- )

James Charles Floyd CEng FRAeS (1914- )
James Charles Floyd, CEng, FRAeS (1914- ), former chief design engineer at Avro Canada during the Jetliner, CF-100 and CF-105 Arrow programmes. Date: 1914

Background imageEngineer Collection: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen, Nissen hut inventor

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen, Nissen hut inventor
Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen(1873-1930), mining engineer, and inventor of the Nissen hut, and the Nissen stamp for crushing gold ores

Background imageEngineer Collection: CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805

CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805
CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille

Background imageEngineer Collection: Da Vinci / Self / London

Da Vinci / Self / London
LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist

Background imageEngineer Collection: Recording Studio 1980

Recording Studio 1980
A sound engineer gets the balance right at John Wood Studios, London

Background imageEngineer Collection: Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water

Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water
Diagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories. City Electrical Engineer of Norwich

Background imageEngineer Collection: In No Mans Land

In No Mans Land
" In No Mans Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers, working in the dark of No Mans Land to construct barbed wire barriers in front of British

Background imageEngineer Collection: William Low

William Low, surveyor and civil engineer. Low formed the Channel Tunnel Company and was the first to make realistic plans for the construction of a tunnel

Background imageEngineer Collection: Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

Background imageEngineer Collection: Front Page of The Engineer

Front Page of The Engineer
Front page of The Engineer, a mid-19th century British periodical devoted to reporting on inventions and industrial and scientific advancements. Date: 1856

Background imageEngineer Collection: England / Canvey Island

England / Canvey Island
The old sea wall which encircles Canvey Island, Essex, at the mouth of the River Thames. The wall was built about 1623 by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyder

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Brindley / Holl

James Brindley / Holl
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Brindley / Parsons

James Brindley / Parsons
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: John Rennie / Sepia Anon

John Rennie / Sepia Anon
JOHN RENNIE Scottish civil engineer



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