Scaffolding Collection (page 2)

New Coal Pier No. 9, Newport News, Virginia, USA
C&O Railway Companys New Coal Pier No. 9, Newport News, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Battleship launch, Newport News, Virginia, USA
People gathered for a battleship launch at the shipyards, Newport News, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

A gift to Exeter Cathedral - statues being hoisted into plac
Statues of patron saints, donated anonymously in thanksgiving for the end of the Great War, are hoisted into position in the empty niches round and above the north porch of Exeter Cathedral

Metropolitan Extension under construction 1864
Metropolitan Extension Railway under construction at Smithfield, London. 1864

Repairing bomb damage to the Royal College of Physicians
Page from The Sphere showing repair work being carried out to the bomb-damaged Royal College of Physicians in their building on Pall Mall East on the north west corner of Trafalgar Square

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

Big Ben under repair - Scaffolding - Houses of Parliament, London. The scaffolding was erected in 1933 to enable renovation work to the clock tower. Date: 1933

A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the progress of the new Victoria Tower, at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London

Present state of Clock Tower, Westminster 1856
Construction of the Clock Tower at the Tower of Westminster. Date: 1856

Leviathan later named SS Great Eastern under construction
Front cover for The Illustrated Times, dated 7 November 1857. Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Progress on Thames Embankment 1866
Progress on Thames Embankment, near Arundel Street, London. Date: 1866

SOCIAL SCENE / WAPPING
Working class children playing in a cobbled street in Wapping, east London. Date: 1933

Cartoon, Mr Briggss Pleasures of Housekeeping -- Irish labourers employed to build a house. Date: circa 1850

Scaffolding & observatory on St Pauls
It was when the cross of St Pauls was taken down in 1821 to be repaired and reguilt, that the noted surveyor, Thomas Hornor

The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane nearing completion
The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane, pictured nearing completion with hoardings announcing three stages in one. Designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham for the impresario Oswald Stoll

Paris, France - Statue of Joan of Arc by Chartrousse. Date: 1909

The Parthenon, Athens, Greece (with scaffolding)
The Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece (with scaffolding). Date: circa 1920s

Avenida Central - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - photograph taken on 15th December 1905. Date: 1905

Arab dhow under construction, Bombay Harbour, India
Arab dhow under construction, Bombay (Mumbai) Harbour, India. Date: circa 1920s

Construction of the Palacio Salvo - Montevideo, Uruguay - the scaffolding is bedecked with a wide variety of advertising hoardings and billboards. Date: 1928

Fort Boma, Tabora, Tanzania, East Africa
Fort Boma, a new fort under construction at Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The building, viewed here from the west, is still in use today. Date: circa 1901

Scene of fire at Crowlands Primary School, Romford
Fire at Crowland Road School, in Crowland Road, Tottenham N15. A hydraulic lift in action

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

Renovation of Buckingham Palace, 1913
Photograph showing scaffolding encompassing the facade of Buckingham Palace, London, during renovations in 1913. At that time this facade was refaced in white stone

RMS Titanic in the stocks, Harland & Wolff, Belfast
RMS Titanic - rare cabinet style photograph of the Titanic in the stocks at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. In the foreground a sign reading White Star Royal Mail Steamer can clearly be read

House building, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Restoration of a windmill, Polegate, East Sussex
Restoration of a windmill, Ovendens Mill (also known as Mocketts Mill), Polegate, East Sussex. It is a Grade II* listed tower mill, now a working museum. Date: circa 1960s

View of Cathedral, Aguascalientes, Mexico
View of the Cathedral (Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion) in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Date: circa 1940

Miseries of London by Rowlandson

Snail Haunted House
A hornted house! The Snail Haunted House at Dreamland, Margate, Kent, England, being rushed to completion in order to be ready for the forthcoming Easter Holidays. Date: 1930s

Malaysia - Men of the Sakai tribe
These men of the Malaysian Northern Sakai tribe have built a scaffolding system enabling them to cut down a tall (and very wide!) tree at an easier higher level

Building a Rollercoaster at Ramsgate
Huge scaffolding erected for the construction of a rollercoaster, part of the Merrie England funfair at Ramsgate, Kent, England. early 1930s

Buckingham Palace prior to Renovation, 1913
Photographs showing two views of the facade of Buckingham Palace as scaffolding began to rise for the renovation of 1913. That year the whole of the facade was re-faced with white Portland stone

St Pauls constractor, by William Heath Robinson
In 1913 the major architectural journals were reporting about the possibility that the dome of St Pauls could collapse due to subsidence and the weakness of the supporting piers

Electric train with Big Ben in the background, London
Electric train on a railway track with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background, London. Date: circa 1960s

Building a house, Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
Building a house, Accra, capital of Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Durham, County Durham, North East England - The Castle viewed from the banks of the River Wear (now University College, Durham University, but still known as Castle College). Date: circa 1910s

Soho, London - Westminster City Council building works - to contain 52 dwellings, plus office and showroom accommodation. 1973

San Francisco Earthquake - St. Francis Hotel, Dewey Monument
San Francisco Earthquake, California, USA - 18th April 1906 - the gutted shell (apparently a very attractive interior) of the St

Statue of Liberty being made in Paris 1884
The Statue of Liberty being made in Paris, before being shipped to New York. Date: 1884

The Main Street of Mersin, Turkey - Hovouz-Bachi Quarter. Date: circa 1910s

London in Splints Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral
London in Splints - Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral during repairs in 1928. Date: 1928

Ecksteins Building, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ecksteins Building, Corner House, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1902

Knightsbridge - view of busy street -people, hansoms, house with scaffolding. Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Spain and Portugal - Bussaco - Hotel - Ornate doorway - Scaffolding inside. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. Date: circa 1900

Ostia Antica. Ruins
Ostia Antica. Roman city. Ruins. Italy

La Progresista Theatre, La Vega, Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo), West Indies. Date: circa 1908

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