Construction Collection (page 46)

Mulberry Caisson under construction; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a steel and concrete Mulberry caisson under construction on the South Coast of Britain during 1944. When the Allied Armies invaded Normandy in June 1944

Construction of Blackfriars Bridge, 1868
Engraving of the construction of Blackfriars Bridge, London, viewed from the south bank of the river looking towards St. Pauls Cathedral

Vietnam Saigon
Construction of a bridge in the Chinese Quarter

Repavement of the Strand
Illustration showing work in progress on the West side of Temple Bar. Workers are using heavy rammers to level the surface

Great Exhib. / Gutter Plan
Paxtons Gutter, a novel innovation used in the construction of the Crystal Palace, arranged over the entire building

Dancing Roadmenders
A group of men, roadmenders, one of them playing a fiddle while the others dance and fool around in their lunch hour!

Barricade Machine
Engine devised by the Communards for the construction of barricades

The Zeppelin LZ 129, under construction, 1934
Photograph of the Zeppelin airship LZ 129 under construction at Friedrichshafen, March 1934. Known as the Hindenberg when completed

Corinth Canal Works
Construction of the CORINTH CANAL : this striking view shows the enormous operation of literally cutting through Greece from coast to coast

Pyramid of Cheops / Giza
The Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. 146.6 metres high, 13 acre base, 6 million tonnes of stone, 20 years in construction

Dock being constructed at Chatham
The Naval Docks at Chatham, Kent, under construction. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1860s to cover an area of 380 acres

Destroyer on stock in a navy ship-building yard
Scene inside a naval ship-building yard (unspecified) during World War I. A destroyer under construction on stocks

The Great Eastern steam ship under construction
The Great Eastern steam-ship on the stocks at Millwall shipyard. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, at the time of her launch in 1858, she was the largest steam ship in the world

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Hunnybun & Vendens new patent safety omnibus
Engraving showing the new patent street carriage. It had a low construction which afforded easy access, so that passengers could alight from the road to the floor of the carriage without the aid of a

Shipbuilding, England
The construction of a warship. This photograph shows the stern with the barbette, as worker put on the thick layers of metal armour

Building Operations 1882
Men build a house while two children play on a seesaw

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Extension of South Western railway to Waterloo Bridge
Extension of the South Western railway, from Nine Elms to Waterloo, a distance of just over two miles. The construction cost 800000"

Aquitania Construction
AQUITANIA The Cunard ship Aquitania, on the stocks in the process of construction. 901 feet in length. Scrapped in 1950

Bridge Building America
Construction on an unnamed bridge, probably in New York. Workmen putting a cross beam into place

Aquitanias Engines
AQUITANIA One of the engines of the Aquitania being lowered into position during its construction

Nile Dam Construction
NILE DAM Stone porters transporting a granite lintel weighing three tons to be used in the construction of the Nile dam

Beachy Head Lighthouse
Building Beachy Head Lighthouse. 43 metres in height (31 metres above water). Brought into service in 1902

Skyscraper Building
A man hangs precariously from a line during the construction of a skyscraper in New York

Clearing Rubble
A domestic building site is cleared of rubble and wreckage by a mechanical digger and two haulage trucks

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

Tunnelling / Kilsby / Shaft
The Head Gear at the Great Shaft during the construction of the Kilsby Tunnel

Digging a Rail Cutting
The construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches

Conway Tubular Bridge
Conwy railway bridge was built by Robert Louis Stevenson and officially opened in 1849, although completed in 1848. The tube is 412 feet long and weighs 1300 tonnes

Abbas I / Egypt / Anon Eng
Abbas I/Egypt/Anon Eng

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

Building the M1 Motorway. Our photograph shows a section under construction at Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire, England. The Southern stretch opened 2 November 1959

Egypt / Pyramids
Inside the Great Pyramid; the main passage and the sepulchre chamber of Khufus

Eastern Union Cutting
The building of Brantham Bridge and Cutting, on the Eastern Union Railway

Construction Photo
Building the Central Line, from London to the North of England

Carl Benz with Car
Carl Friedrich Benz, German engineer and pioneer in the construction of motor vehicles, with his original motor car in Munich in 1925

Quebec Viaduct
A viaduct at Quebec collapses during construction - this is the scene at the moment it starts to break up. Date: 1907

French Panorama Built
Construction work on a panorama of the Champs-Elysees

New York Reservoir
South Gate House, New Reservoir, during construction showing the pipes which will carry water to the people of New York

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

Samuel Cody
Cody sets the worlds cross- country flying record and explains to the Empress Eugenie (of France) about the construction of his aeroplane

Making Escalators 1930S
The construction of the huge escalators leading out of Tottenham Court Road underground (tube) station, central London

John Milton Hay
JOHN MILTON HAY American diplomat and writer; private secretary to Abraham Lincoln (1861-65). Negotiated Panama Canal construction

Pneumatic Drill
A man with curly dark hair using a pneumatic drill to dig up an old pavement

Union Pacific Track Laid
Laying track for the Union Pacific as it extends towards the western territories

Rail Construction German
Rail construction : assembling a Maffei-type locomotive

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