Builder Collection (page 4)

Henry Meiggs / Engineer
HENRY MEIGGS American businessman and railway engineer; builder of railways in Chile and Peru. Date: 1811 - 1877

E Beesley & Son, Homer Street, London
E Beesley & Son (C Beesley), builders and decorators, Homer Street, off Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1910

Sukhoi, Pavel Osipovich, aircraft builder

Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington, USA
The Smith Tower, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, it is the oldest skyscraper in the city. It is named after its builder

BBC Broadcasting House, Langham Place, London
Broadcasting House, the newly built headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), with the builders signs (Ford & Walton) still on display

Workmen at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Two workmen looking at an architectural plan on the site of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. They are Stan Strowbridge (left)

Railway workers stop for a group photograph

London Railway under Construction
A group of navvies working on an elevated section of an inner London railway. Date: 19th century

Gustavus Hesselius
GUSTAVUS HESSELIUS Swedish-American artist and organ builder. Date: 1682 - 1755

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

The Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
The Suleymaniye Mosque (Suleymaniye Camii) - an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey - Suleymaniye Mosque & Golden Horn
Istanbul, Turkey - Suleymaniye Mosque and Golden Horn Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Suleymaniye Mosque Date: 1927

The Sniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey The S�niye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
The Suleymaniye Mosque (Suleymaniye Camii) - an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul

CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752-1832). Italian composer, pianist and piano builder. Engraving

Mile End Scandal - Guardians in Court
In 190, builder James Calcutt was convicted of fraud after regularly overcharging the Mile End Old Town Board of Guardians for work he had carried out

Mile End Scandal - Three Crowns Public House
In 1907, builder James Calcutt was convicted of fraud after regularly overcharging the Mile End Old Town Board of Guardians for work he had carried out

Mile End Scandal - James Calcutts premises
In 190, builder James Calcutt was convicted of fraud after regularly overcharging the Mile End Old Town Board of Guardians for work he had carried out. This is a view of his business premises

The Bricklayer
People You See: The Bricklayer. From Teddy Bear (2 May 1964)

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

Steamship Adriatic 5, 888 tons, 1350 horse power: George Steers naval constructor & builder engines built at Novelty Works New York. Date c1860

Hopeless Plumber - Flooded House
" What is home without a Plumber." He leaves the water tap runnning... A family wakes up in the morning to discover that the rather hopeless plumber

Mr Mohamed Othman Shabel, building contractor for the South Arabian Boy Scout Headquarters, proudly displays his Thanks Badge in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

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

Brisben-Walker motor factory
Autos, Mobile Auto Factory (Brisben Walker) Builder & Proprietor. Steam engine room at the Mobile Automobile factory at Kingsland Point, Hudson River (near Tarrytown, NY) with larg

Building a fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall
Andrew Besley, boat builder, building a 20 foot traditional wooden fishing boat at St Ives, Cornwall. It is designed to work off a steep pebble beach of the kind found in East Devon

Ismalia, Egypt - The Home of Ferdinand de Lesseps
The Home of Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, (1805 - 1894), French developer/engineer of the Suez Canal at Ismalia, Egypt"

Model boatbuilder
Model boat builder aholding up a finished example of his craft

Azerbaijan - Transporting bricks
An Azerbaijani builders merchant with his horse-drawn wagon filled with red bricks

Modern Athenians plate 39 - Edinburgh
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874) Scottish judge, passing John Learmonth (1789-1858) politician, coachbuilder and builder of the Dean Bridge at at personal cost of 30, 00"

Mr John Kelk(1816-86)
Mr John Kelk(later knighted), one of the contactors in the responsible for the erection of the 1862 International exhibition building

Rolls-Royce chassis
Four Rolls-Royce chassis leaving the factory to be delivered to Geneva. In the 1920s the car manufacturer made the engine and the chassis and the body would be fitted later by a coach builder

Battle of Valmy (Vernet)
BATTLE OF VALMY The French defeat the Prussians : the victory is a major morale-builder for the Revolutionary government

King Menkaure
MENKAURE, PHARAOH also known as Mycerinus son of Khafre builder of the Third Pyramid of Giza

Rameses Ii / Brunton
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) also known as Meryamun or Usermaatre (19th dynasty) A powerful ruler and a prolific builder

Deva / Builder of Form
the Builder of Form

I K Brunel / Mayall
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

Household / Collapsed Wall
Indignant houseowner complains to builder about collapsed wall

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