Construct Collection

Forth Bridge Construct
The Forth Bridge during construction. Designed by Sir John Fowler (1817- 1898) and Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907) and constructed by Sir William Arrol (1839-1913)

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen Huts
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in

Sydney Bridge Construct
The Sydnet Harbour bridge nearing completion : at the time of its opening, it is the largest suspension bridge in the world

Tools of an Architect
A plan for a neo-classical building is rested against the tools of the surveyors architects and builders who will construct this edifice

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Roger Williams Building his Own Home
Roger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, early abolitionist, and Puritan minister, stands looking out at the landscape, holding an axe, a partially constructed log house behind him

ST GOTHARD TUNNEL CONST
Early stages of the construct- -ion of the Saint Gothard tunnel : a countrywoman is not too pleased at the prospect of international express trains rushing past her door... Date: 1874

Children and Boat Pool
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short. Date: circa 1895

GREAT EASTERN CONSTRUCT
Under construction at Millwall. Date: 1857

Paris, France - Sacre Coeur. Date: 1899

Panama Dredger 2 1889
Dredger - possibly a Renfrew - in the River Chagres, used by the French company in their abortive attempt to construct the Panama Canal. Date: 1889

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, construction work. Date: 1889

Peter Deane, expert fly dresser -- close-up as he begins to construct a salmon fly. He taught himself the skill from a book after being confined to a wheelchair by polio

Bruce Lacey, performance artist
Bruce Lacey (b.1927), eccentric performance artist, out shopping with one of his mechanical constructs, together with a toddler. Date: 1962

New NFS sub-fire station, Bushey District 34, 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

Mumtaz-I-Mahal
MUMTAZ-I-MAHAL favourite wife of emperor Shah Jahan : when she died, he employed 20, 000 craftsmen to construct the Taj Mahal in her memory (1630 - 1653)

Construction work at the Bank of England
Rebuilding of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street. In the late 1920s much of John Soanes original building was knocked down and a new

American beaver in the New York Zoological Park
An American beaver constructed a dam in the New York Zoological Park. Date: 1908

Radio for the Blind
This radio has been developed for blind people to make at home. They follow the diagram and instructions which are written in braille. Date: 1930s

Railway works at Dowgate Hill
South Eastern Railway works at Dowgate Hill, London Date: 1864

Sicily - Ancient Quarries at Campobello
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the ancient quarries at Campobello. Two men sit on the Rocks of Cusa, stone that was once used to construct the Greek Selinunte temple

Boy scouts building a wooden jetty, Mauritius
Boy scouts building a wooden jetty in Mauritius

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, Foundations. Date: 1888

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, construction. Date: circa 1889

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, laying the foundations. Date: circa 1889

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, painting. Date: 1889

The Mormons-the formation of a bridge
Mormons construct a bridge. Tents can be seen in the background, with carpenters at work in the foreground

Beavers at Work
Beavers at work on fallen branches which they will gnaw into small pieces from which they will construct their homes. Date: circa 1870

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France
WW2 - British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - shown here building railway sidings. Date: 1942

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909

Pioneer Regiment entrenching in France - WWI
A Pioneer Regiment - British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks - dig trenches on the Western Front - WWI. Date: circa 1915

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

French Soldiers-Bridge
French civil engineering corps construct a temporary wooden bridge out of staves and brushwood on a training mission. Date: 1886

Ship of Callisto
On Callisto, one of Jupiter;s moons, they have trees which grow beneath the water, and from the bark of these they construct their vessels which are rowed like Earth galleys

Spain Tolosa
A diligence arrives in Tolosa, in northern Spain, where they are about to construct a railway

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

Working Oxen on Farm
Working oxen on Lord Bathursts estate at Cirencester, Gloucestershire; farmworkers construct a haystack in the background

Building a Bridge
French engineers construct a temporary bridge to enable troops to advance across a river

Crystal Palace Construct
Building in progress in Hyde Park

Game / Winter / Snowman 19C
Five children construct a snowman with brooms and spades Date: circa 1880

Great Eastern Construct
Under construction, at Millwall, seen from the river Thames

Union Pacific Construct
Native Americans watch with mixed feelings as the Union Pacific extends its track into the western territories

Sandcastles at Ostend
Four children enthusiastically construct a castle from the sand on the beach at Ostend, Belgium

Liebig Games - 2
Three boys construct a tower with wooden bricks, learning some of the basic principles of physics - gravity, balance and the distribution of loads

Makeshift Barricade
The insurgents construct their barricades with whatever materials they find lying about

Oiling Bridge Pulleys
This brave workman risks his life to oil one of the pulleys used to construct the new Lambeth Bridge, designed by George Humphreys, opened by George V in 1932

Blackwall Tun. Construct
BLACKWALL TUNNEL Interior of the tunnel during construction

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