Construction Collection (page 49)

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

Bulding - Using Hoist
Using a rail-mounted hoist to drop metal girders into place on a building site

Hadrians Wall Built 122
The Roman Emperor Hadrian supervising the construction of Hadrians Wall. Running from the Solway to the Tyne, it was built to exclude the Picts (Scots)

Blasting Rocks, Linslade
Navvies blasting rocks at Linslade

Paris Rebuilt / Rivoli
Rue de Rivoli - construction site floodlit using electric lights

New River Water Works
The New River Head Works, London, a lovingly laid-out construction, and with a view of St Pauls Cathedral !

Roads / Navvies
Navvies working in a trench

Pope Sixtus IV (Shaw)
POPE SIXTUS IV (Francesco della Rovere) Responsible for the construction of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

Woolwich Dockyard 1770
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD seen across the river Thames, with four large sailing warships under construction

Buildings / Operations
The abbey of Saint Albans is built by command of Offa, king of the Mercians

Parthenon Construction
CLASSICAL GREECE The construction of the Parthenon, Athens

Building a Cathedral
The architects atelier during the construction of a cathedral, with scale model, details of stonework, tools and plans

Tower Bridge Built 1892
Construction in progress

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

Battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London
A large battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London, by Wollaston, for Davy

Construction of a voltaic battery in Paris
Construction of a large voltaic battery at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, covering 54 square metres, on the orders of Napoleon

Futuristic building site
A futuristic building site, on which all the work is done by machinery. The architect simply sits in a box and operates the controls

Surveying Panama Canal
Surveying under difficulties : the terrain is rough and densely covered, jungle in some places, swamp in others

Liverpool-Manch. Railway
Building the Liverpool & Manchester Rail-Way; entrance to the tunnel at Edge-Hill

Rail Construction
Work on the Great Central Railway, near Lords cricket ground, north London Date: 1897

Construction of Pyramids
Construction of the Pyramids, Egypt

Construction / Chartreuse
The construction of Grande Chartreuse, France

Rail / St Pancras Built
Construction workers try not to desecrate the burials in St Pancras Churchyard as the new terminus is built

Measuring Bricks
Raising and measuring bricks

Laying Foundations
Laying the foundations of a minster

Buildings / Construction
Laying bricks

ST PAULs / GRAPHIC / 1871
Date: 1871

Building underground railway near Kings Cross, London
Construction work in progress on the worlds first underground railway near Kings Cross, Central London

Underground railway works, Thames Embankment, London
Underground railway works on the Thames Embankment, Central London

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