Bridges Collection (page 5)

The demolition of Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1934

Tower Bridge - the High Road and the Low Road
The High Road and the Low Road: a striking view of the Tower Bridge and its useless superway. The high level footway of Tower Bridge, London

Tower Bridge was designed by Sir Horace Jones and Mr. Wolfe Barry, comprises a permanent footway 142ft above high-water level and a drawbridge for passing ships

London & North Western, Wrexham Mold & Connors Quay, Mersey Tunnel, Taff Vale, Rhymney and Festiniog Railways locomotives, 1859-1885. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Victorian scrap, Railway Bridge. circa 1890s

Map of London, 1952
Map of London in 1952. 1952

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia. circa 1950

Pont Caulaincourt, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900s

101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland
Operation Market Garden depended upon the capture by airborne forces of a sequence of bridges over rivers and canals in Holland

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the airborne forces were charged with capturing a series of bridges over waterways that impeded the ground troops advance

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Aberdeen Railway-Dee Bridge and Aberdeen terminus 1850
Opening of the Aberdeen railway, Dee and Aberdeen terminus. Date: 1850

Original Bailey Bridge over the River Dives, Robehomme
This is one of the few remaining, perhaps the only one, of the bridges built by the Engineers to replace original structures over the River Dives that were destroyed at dawn on D-Day

3rd Para Sqn & 3rd Canadian Para Bn Plaque, Divette stream
On the extreme left flank (that is as seen from the sea) of the Landings, were a number of small rivers and streams over which were road bridges

Plaque to 3rd Parachute Squadron RE, Troarn, Normandy
This is on the wall of the Tourist Office and was put up by the citizens of Troarn in honour of the officers and men of the Squadron who at dawn on the 6 June 1944

Victoria Jubilee Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Victoria Jubilee Bridge on the GTR (Grand Trunk Railway), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Date: circa 1897

Thurmond and New River, West Virginia, USA
General view of Thurmond, Fayette County, and New River (looking east), West Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1906

Tupa or Lobelia species
Common tupa, Lobelia tupa, Mr. Bridges tupa, Lobelia bridgesii, many-leaved tupa, Lobelia polyphylla, and blue American lobelia, Lobelia syphilatica

Tuckton Bridge and Christchurch Priory, Dorset
Tuckton Bridge, Bournemouth, and Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset

Suspension Bridge, Newton Stewart, Scotland
Suspension Bridge, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 1942

Leaderfoot Railway Viaduct (Drygrange Viaduct)
Leaderfoot Railway Viaduct, also known as Drygrange Viaduct, over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders. circa 1900

Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral, London. circa 1900

Third Street Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Third Street Bridge, showing Milling Section, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

Mendota Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

Portland-South Portland Bridge, Portland, Maine, USA
The Portland-South Portland Bridge, Portland, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1915

Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove Station, West London, railway bridge across the road. Date: circa 1905

Wades Bridge, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
General Wades Bridge (built in 1733), crossing the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Date: circa 1880s

Carrbridge Hotel and River Dulnain, Inverness, Scotland
Carrbridge Hotel with packhorse bridge over the River Dulnain, Inverness, Scotland. Date: circa 1880s

General view, Bilbao, Spain. Date: circa 1908

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, at Whitsun 1938
Knaresborough, market and spa town in North Yorkshire, seen here at Whitsun 1938. 1938

The River Seine, Paris, France
View of the River Seine, Paris, France. circa 1788

Vizcaya Bridge, Bilbao, Spain. Date: circa 1940

Bridges and reversible falls, St John, New Brunswick, Canada. circa 1910s

Underground railroad, Brooklyn Bridge Terminal, New York
Underground railroad and Brooklyn Bridge Terminal, New York, USA. Date: circa 1905

Conway Castle Bridge, Gwynedd, North Wales
Conway (Conwy) Castle suspension bridge, Gwynedd, North Wales, designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Date: circa 1930s

Demolition of the old London Bridge 1832
Demolition of the Great or Chapel-Pier of old London Bridge in 1832. March 1832

Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926
Cannon Street Station was being widened in order to allow the construction of two new lines of railway track and new system of electrical signalling Date: 1926

Chief Engineer of Tower Bridge, London 1926
Chief Engineer John Gass in the control house at Tower Bridge, seen here actuating the levers which control the 1000 tonne bascules. Date: 1926

View of the Richest Spot in the Whole World 1906
Skyline of London, at the time the richest city in the the World. Date: 1906

different Buildings and Bridges in London
drawings of different buildings and bridges in London, The New London - Great Buildings of the present and Future 1906

Unterseen near Interlaken with Niesen, Bern, Switzerland
Unterseen near Interlaken with the Niesen mountain in the background, Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Aerial view of The Quays, Dublin, Irish Republic
Aerial view of The Quays (from O Connell Bridge), Dublin, Irish Republic. Date: circa 1940s

New Lambeth Bridge, River Thames, London
The new Lambeth Bridge across the River Thames, shortly before it was opened, 19 July 1932. On the opposite bank is the Grade II listed Thames House. 1932

River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Reflections of the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, May 1939 - the bridge was built in 1733. 1939

Procession over London Bridge, day after Coronation
The procession the day after the coronation, with King George and Queen Mary crossing London Bridge the main entrance to get to South London in an open carriage. Date: 23 June 1911

Pulley Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Pulley Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Cover design, Black and White magazine, Christmas 1898, white-faced clown in red costume. 1898

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