Scaffolding Collection (page 5)

LCC-LFB Fire at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
A serious fire occurred in this building belonging to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, SE London, during refurbishment of the roof

Building a new NFS fire station, Rudolph Road, Bushey, WW2
With the longer lulls in enemy bombing following the Blitz on London, fire service personnel were put to more productive work in addition to their normal training and drills

View of full moon from the scaffolding beneath a bridge, with city on the left. Date between 1890 and 1940

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Scaffolding on Westminster Abbey
Scaffolding crows nest on Westminster Abbey Date: 1848

Preparing for the Unveiling of the Victoria Memorial
Officers and banner bearers standing in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, still covered in scaffolding but due to be unveiled on 16th May 1911 in the presence of King

Postwar reconstruction, Lambeth, south east London
Postwar reconstruction taking place on the corner of Norfolk Row in Lambeth, south east London. Date: circa 1950s

Childrens Playground - Bad Munster am Stein-Edernburg
Childrens Playground at Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, district of Bad Kreuznach. Date: circa 1910s

Construction of the Tabernacle - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Construction of the Salt Lake Tabernacle - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Date: circa 1866

Framing and plating the hull of a ship, WW1
Framing and plating the middle portion of a ships hull during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Chinese Carpenter building a house
A Chinese Carpenter building a house using traditional techniques. Date: circa 1910s

French Underground slate quarrying at Laval Date: circa 1910s

Building a Marquee

Building a House 1930S
An " all timber" private detached house being constructed in the open countryside. Date: 1930s

Training in an American army camp, France, WW1
A training exercise in an American army camp in France during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Empire House, Kingsway / Aldwych, London
Empire House on the corner of Kingsway and Aldwych, London (No.2 Kingsway). The Air Ministry relocated here in 1919, leaving in 1954

Damaged bridge at Dun sur Meuse, France, WW1
A damaged bridge at Dun sur Meuse (Dun an der Ms) between Verdun and Sedan in north eastern France during the First World War. Date: 22 November 1914

British destroyers under construction, WW1
British destroyers under construction at a shipyard during the First World War. Date: 1917

Erecting the double bottom of a ship, WW1
Erecting the double bottom of a ship during the First World War. Date: 1917

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

South Africa - Kenhardt - Mission Church
Construction of Kenhardt Dutch Reformed Mission Church, South Africa. Built in 1889, although this card is of a later date (could be a re-use of a much earlier photograph). Date: circa 1910

Collapse of Minaret in Bengaluru, India
The Collapse of one of the Jumma Masjid Minarets in Bengaluru, India Date: circa 1910s

Masonry Equipment 18th C
Equipment used by builders in the 18th century including cranes, saws, winches, scaffolding, etc. Date: Circa 1760

Hotel de Ville, Arras, France - rebuilt
The rebuilding of the historic Hotel de Ville at Arras, following almost totally destruction during the First World War. Photograph from 1929

Building project in Czechoslovakia
A housing project in Czechoslovakia - the whole community is seemingly getting involved in the construction project. To the left is a warning sign in Czech and German

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

Welding an aluminium roof - Liquid Methane tank
A welder seam welds the aluminium roof of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Petra repairs 1962, Jordan
Restorations in the desert: repair work among the monuments of Petra, Jordan. This picture shows the closing stages of repair to fallen column which is part of the facade of the Khazne(treasury)

Installation of the roof for a liquid methane tank
Two welders, standing on a scaffold, use spanners to tighten the nuts securing sections of the centrepoint of a large domed roof for an aluminium liquid methane tank at Canvey Island

Seam welding under arc lighting
A stunning composition photograph of two welders seam welding the domed aluminium roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the framework for a domed roof
A welder seam welds aluminium plate whilst sitting on the edge of a centre section of a domed roof, built to cover a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Underground Pipes
A worker turns a valve, while standing next to two pipes, possibly containing water or gas. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Building the roof of a liquid methane tank
Two welders work on the domed aluminium roof of a large liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Civil engineering project
An unidentified civil engineering project, with water gushing out of two large pipes

The new Houses of Parliament: Central Hall
Workmen sculpturing the bosses on the groined roof of the central hall in the new Palace of Westminster

The mausoleum of Khaje Rabi, Iran
The mausoleum of Khaje Rabi, about 6km outside Mashhad in Iran - now extensively restored. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Rail Construction 1836
An extensive team of navvies build a retaining wall near Part Street, Camden Town, London

Scaffolding / Beverley
A stunning view of the framework scaffolding used to move the North front of Beverley Minster back over its base foundation after it had shifted due to subsidence

Social Scene / Wapping
Working class children playing in a cobbled street in Wapping, east London

Reading Room Brit Museum
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library

French Builders
French builders at work on a stone-clad brick-built house, using some rudimentary wooden scaffolding

BIG BEN IN SPLINTS
Big Ben in splints ! Scaffolding covers the famous London clock tower (Big Ben being the name of the huge bell within it), Westminster, London, during renovation work

Christmas Decorations for a shop, Manchester
Two men prepare some street Christmas Decorations, Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Constructing a House
Many men work on the construction of a house supported by scaffolding: laying bricks; dragging a heavy post using rollers; carving with a chisel Date: 1770

Restoration of Sphinx
Restoring the Sphinx

Building Collapses / 1902
Construction workers fall from the sky as a building and associated scaffolding collapse at Rosy-sous-Bois, France

Big Ben Broken 1858
BIG BEN is broken up to be recast

French Signwriter C18Th
A French signwriter astride a wooden plank pauses from painting a carved inn sign to accept a glass of red wine from a barmaid who leans precariously from a balcony. Date: 18th century

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