Construction Collection (page 48)

Climbing the Pyramids
Egyptian men stand on the lower levels of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, ready to assist adventurous tourists, keen to scale the mighty structure

Suez Construction 1
Dredging a partially completed section of the canal, during the early stages of construction

Blasting at Emperador
The American operation : blasting rock at the Emperador cutting

The Culebra Cutting
The American operation : this scene at the Culebra cutting gives some idea of the vast quantity of rock and soil which has to be removed

French Workers Refusal
French workers, hearing of the dreadful working conditions on the Canal, refuse to leave the ship that has brought them to Panama : the Colon police force them to disembark

French Work at Panama
French operations - giving some idea of the enormous task challenging the engineers : later this year the French will abandon the project

Panama Feasibility Stud
The Anglo-French station during the early feasibility studies for the Canal, more than half a century before it is completed !

Cite De Lesseps
The Cite de Lesseps, where the canal cuts into the Chagres River

The Canal at Mindi
Part of the canal is successfully constructed such as this stretch at Mindi, but this is the year when the French are forced to abandon their operations

Mausoleum / Halicarnassus
A massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle

Spain / Barcelona 1991
Barcelona: Gaudis Sagrada Familia, construction work in progress

Solomons Temple Builds
Solomon receives gold from Ophir, sent by Hiram, king of Tyre, to help in the construction of his temple

Fiat Factory, Torino
FIAT FACTORY, TURIN, ITALY A powerful atmospheric, male figure looms over the industrious factory site and lends a hand with its construction

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

Steel Caisson
A steel caisson, a cylindrical case employed to keep out water during construction underwater, used in building a bridge support

Constructing a House
Many men work on the construction of a house supported by scaffolding: laying bricks; dragging a heavy post using rollers; carving with a chisel Date: 1770

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

Menai Tubular Bridge
Construction of the main tube on the staging of Stephensons Britannia tubular bridge across the Menai Strait

Boyhood of Cheops
The boyhood of Cheops, future Pharoah and visionary who ordered construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza as a personal mortuary chamber of unpresidented magnificence

C15 Ship Construction
The construction of a galleon in a floating dock close to a town

Panama Canal Plan 1881
A birds eye view of the canal as planned by the French, whose project will have to be abandoned, and completed by the Americans

Andaman Is. Pirogues
The construction of pirogues, used by the Andaman islanders for fishing, is the time- honoured dug-out method, providing a strong (if heavy) and watertight hull

Building Collapses / 1902
Construction workers fall from the sky as a building and associated scaffolding collapse at Rosy-sous-Bois, France

Aeneas Meets Dido
Medieval construction techniques in evidence when Aeneas arrives at Carthage while the city is being rebuilt by Dido, its Queen

Navvy (Petherick)
London characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator ( NAVVY ) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again

Laying Wood Paving, Paris
Laying wooden paving blocks in the avenue de l Opera, Paris, France

Laying Pave, Paris
Laying pave en gres (sandstone) near the Trocadero, Paris, France

Laying Tarmac, Paris
Laying tarmac in the place de l Etoile, near the arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Paving Stones, Paris
Laying paving stones near the cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France

Bitumen in Paris Street
Laying bitumen near the Grand Palais, Paris, France

Asphalt in Paris Street
Laying asphalt near the Hotel de ville, Paris, France

Paving a London Street
A passer-by holds her hand- kerchief to her delicate nose as she passes roadmenders laying wooden blocks with bitumen

Building a By-Pass
The sign reads By-Pass work suspended, owing to National Economy requirements, presumably due to the British Depression. Curiously, these men are still at work

Garabit Viaduct, France
A close-up of the revolutionary wrought-iron trusses used by Gustave Eiffel in the construction of the viaduc de Garabit, Southern France

Brit Museum Constructed
Construction in progress of Smirkes magnificent new buildings to house the Museum, replacing Montagu House whose entrance is still standing at the time this was done

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

London / Langham Place
View of traffic and building works in Langham Place (construction of BBC Headquarters clearly visible)

Noah Builds the Ark
Having received a flood warning from God, Noah sets about the construction of an Ark in which he, and two of every living creature, can survive

NELSON AT WOOLWICH
The Nelson warship under construction on the Thames at Woolwich, London

Boy and Sandcastle
A small boys first effort in castle construction

Building Tower of Babel
In hope of reaching Heaven, Noahs descendants erect a ziggurat in the plain of Shinar, but construction is hampered by a breakdown in communication among them

Oiling a Crane Pulley
Two construction workers risking life and limb to oil the pulleys on top of a huge crane

Ship Building C17
Seventeenth Century shipbuilding

Girl with Dog / J Lawson
A little girl plays with her building blocks which tumble to the floor, proving that construction should be left to the boys

Building Panama Canal
Building the Panama Canal

Jerboa (Bewick)
mus jaculus A rodent remarkable for the singular construction of its legs

Excavator at Work
Using an excavator to clear a construction site

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