Construction Collection (page 42)

Aircraft construction
Cantilever Aero Co. exterior, wooden frame of wing of aeroplane. Men working on the wooden framework of an aeroplane wing at the Cantilever Aero Co. factory in Babylon, L.I

Lawson Aircraft Co. Part of Airplane. Factory space with wooden airplane structure under construction

The freight team, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Ten and twelve mule teams convey supplies from Division Siding to the tunnel camps up in the mountains

The mechanical mule team, Los Angeles aqueduct. These caterpillars crawl across the desert wastes and over mountain roads about three miles an hour, drawing several tonnes of machinery and supplies

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

Railway bridge construction, Great Western Railway
A railway bridge under construction somewhere on the Great Western Railway network, possibly at Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire

The Bridge Builders
The title page of Rudyard Kiplings short story The Bridge Builders, as it first appeared in the Illustrated London News Christmas issue, 1893

New tunnel, Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales
Completion of the new bore (left) of the Newport tunnel, on the Great Western Railway near the city of Newport, Monmouthshire, Gwent, South Wales

Ice Palace - Montreal, Canada
The Ice Palace erected in the Dominion Square, Montreal, Canada during the Winter Festival of 1885. This extraordinary structure was built out of sixteen thousand blocks of ice three feet four inches

Quarrymens shed, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarrymens shed at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, showing drystone construction and superb workmanship in walls and roofing

The Britannia bridge
Three views of the Britannia bridge, which was built across the Menai strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was begun in 1846 and completed in March 1850

Locomotive construction at Swindon
Various scenes depicting the construction of the Great Western Railway at the Swindon Works

Concrete Mixer at Miraflores, Panama Canal

A leaf of a Lock Gate, Pedro Miguel, Panama Canal

Building a Castle by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children sit contentedly and construct a castle from building blocks

St Marylebone Poor Law Schools, Southall
The St Marylebone Schools on South Road, Southall, Middlesex. An inscription below the pediment gives its date of construction as 1858

Gates in East Chamber, Gatim Locks, Panama Canal

A view of Culebra Cut, Looking South, Panama Canal

Centre and West Walls, lower locks, Miraflores, Panama Canal

Birds eye view of Culebra Cut, looking North, Panama Canal

Caissons, Centre wall, Miraflores locks, Panama Canal Date: C. 1910

Hydraulic drills at work on Culebra Cut, Panama Canal

Gates under construction, East chamber, Gatun locks, Panama Canal

Upper and lower locks, showing chamber cranes, Miraflores, Panama Canal

West Chamber, looking South, Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal

Sand cranes at Balboa, Panama Canal

An angle in the Canal at Empire, Panama Canal

Middle and Lower Locks, Gatun, Panama Canal

M. F SUETER
COMMODORE MURRAY FRASER SUETER Royal Navy officer. Shown here during World War One, when he was superintendent of aircraft construction

Breaking ground for a new settlement - Chios
Triumphal Greeks Arch for the ceremony around the breaking of the ground for the construction of a new village on the Island of Chios, at this point under Ottoman Turkish control

Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
The Tiantan Temple (Temple of Heaven), Beijing, Chinas largest temple. Construction began in 1420, with extensive renovations during the 18th and 19th centuries

Various Views of Crete including a panoramic view of Jerapetra, the Venetian Fort at Spinalonga and the construction (and subsequent) use of a canal, built by French forces occupying Crete

Temporary road works signal, London
A temporary road works police traffic signal, set up by the Metropolitan Police on a London street. A man with a motorcycle and sidecar waits alongside

Construction of the Panama Canal
View from the top of Bas Obispo Cut, Looking South, Panama Canal

Railway works at Balaclava 1855
British navvies commence work on the construction of a railway line between Balaclava and Sebastopol in the Crimea

German construction WWI
German soldiers begin construction in a mine crater in France during World War I

Bridge construction WWI
Construction of a bridge at Armentieres in France during World War I

Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
External view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

Interior view of Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

Panama Canal
Location for permanent docks at Balboa, Panama Canal

Aerial view of a seaside town, Cornwall
Aerial view of a seaside town in Cornwall, with a small crowded beach, buildings and a church tower. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Railway Workers
Happy smiling Railway workers, delighted at having completed the railway link between Samac and Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina - then under Russian occupation)

Communications trench WWI
Placing barbed wire over a communications trench on the Oise during World War I

Ship Launch - Szczecin, Poland
The launch of a Uruguayan ship (called the Uruguay ) built for a Uruguayan Shipping company in the Vulcan shipyards at Strettin, Poland (Szczecin)

The Town Hall of Birmingham
The town hall of Birmingham is a magnificent construction modelled upon one of the ancient temples of Greece. A rustic basement supports a series of noble Corinthian columns

Reopening of Blackfriars Bridge, London
Scene at the reopening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, showing Sir Melvill Beachcroft, Chairman of the London County Council, shaking hands with the Lord Mayor of London after the ceremony

Helsinki fortifications WWII
Soldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II

Shovelling rubble onto a lorry
A workman bends down to shovel up some rubble from roadworks onto the back of a lorry

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