Construction Collection (page 5)

Building of the Forth Railway Bridge Victorian period Date: 19th century

Forth Bridge Construction diagram Date: 19th century

Yarrow & Co. Ltd poster early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Builders early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Builders, construction workers and dog Date: circa 1900s

Harland & Wolff ledger from engineering works, Belfast
BELFAST SHIPPING HISTORY: Rare late 19th century Harland and Wolff ledger from The Engineering Works, Queens Island. Date: late 19th century

LNWR Engine used to build Liverpool and, Manchester railway
LNWR Engine used in the construction of the Liverpool and, Manchester railway 1828-1829

Crewe LNWR Engine Works early 1900s

Gateway of India under construction, India, early 1900s

Road repair gang, Tickhill early 1900's

Barrow-in-Furness Vickers Shipyard early 1900s

Sunderland ship yards probably 1920s

Seal flying boat under construction

The Forth Railway Bridge during construction mid 1880s

Construction of the Forth Bridge

Building mortar mill for Clough Bottom Reservoir, Rossendale
Building a mortar mill for the construction of Clough Bottom Reservoir, Rossendale, in the 1890s. Date: 1890s

Construction of Clough Bottom Reservoir, Rossendale, in the 1890s. Date: 1890s

A portable steam boiler
Royal Navy - A portable steam boiler for supplied steam to test ship systems during construction, maintenance, at a Royal Navy Ship Yard.. Date: circa 1960

WW2. R. A. F. Apprentices, Practical Construction
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force apprentices receiving instruction on practical construction. Date: circa 1940s

Great Hall, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes
Great Hall with its wooden frame, at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Barn, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Barn, with timber frame, formerly a lay brothers building, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est

Gallic Wars - Ariovistus, Suebi leader, deploys his cavalry
Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). First campaign against the Germanic tribes (58 BC). Ariovistus, the Suebi leader, deploys his cavalry

HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal)
Royal Navy - HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff date book
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Extremely rare Harland and Wolff hardbound employees build/date book chronicling the history of the ships built at the yard

White Star Line, RMS Titanic and Olympic, postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic and Olympic, Philco Publishing Company photo card of ships in ?The World?s Greatest Gantry? in the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, bordered by shamrocks

Harland and Wolff, Belfast, set of 24 postcards
Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 24 of a collection of 31 postcards from shop stewards of different unions relating to the shipyard from September 1911. Date: 1910s

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, dinner menu card (back)
Signed First Class dinner menu card (back) for Titanic?s sister ship RMS Olympic dated September 20th 1911. This is a significant date as Olympic collided with Royal Naval cruiser HMS Hawke

Harland and Wolff, Belfast, gatehouse wall clock
Rare gatehouse wall clock from Harland and Wolff, Queen?s Road, Belfast, dating from approx. 1900?1910 and still in working condition

Construction of the Queensway Mersey Tunnel
The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Construction began in 1925

St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street Stalls
A photograph of some oak stalls and screens inside St. Mark's Church at North Audley Street, London. The church was designed by architect John Peter Gandy

The Temple Of Olympian Zeus, Athens, 1818
An architectural pencil drawing of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, in the centre of Athens, Greece. Construction began in the 6th century BC

Royal Engineers building a Trestle Bridge, WW1
Royal Engineers building a Trestle Bridge during the First World War Date: 1915

A factory under construction Date: 1966

Tower At Rhenen, Holland
This etching shows a daunting view of the Cunerakerk, the main church of Rhenen, in the Netherlands, the location used to be a very important pilgrimage site

The Great Clock, Rouen
An architectural etching of the Gros-Horloge, The Great Clock, a 14th century astronomical clock in Rouen, Normandy. The construction was started by Jourdain del Leche

Vespers
This painting depicts a following of religious figures wearing black robes for vespers, a service of evening prayer. The cathedral of St

White Star Line, MV Britannic rigging plan
White Star Line, MV Britannic 1930 rigging plan reproduced by Harland and Wolff in 1962, approx. 62.75 x 20 inches. Date: 1930

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard at Belfast
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Hurst and Co post-disaster bookpost, real photocard showing Titanic at Belfast

RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating crane
RMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG

RMS Titanic under construction, Harland and Wolff
RMS Titanic under construction at Harland and Wolff

Building of Constitution Arch
The building of Constitution Arch. Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde

The Construction of the University at Philippoplis
The Gymnase (University) at Philippopolis (Plovdiv), Bulgaria, under construction in 1885. Part of a piece on the crisis in Eastern Roumelia

George III's Booth at Ascot
A design for King George III's booth, the first permanent structure at Ascot race course. The picture is the work of Thomas Sandby (1721-1798). Date: 18th century

New Buildings: a Yacht Club and a Car Park
Two examples of recent modern buildings. A clubhouse for the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch. And an underground car park at Hastings, capable of holding up to 1000 cars

Tennis Rackets
Images showing the differing constructions of tennis rackets through the ages. From the museum of F. H. Ayres, sports outfitters. Date: circa 1924

Caractacus Stone, Winsford Hill, Somerset

RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers
RMS Queen Mary's hull and propellers were subjected to minute inspection before her official trials Date: 1930s

RMS Queen Mary under construction, Clydebank
The construction of RMS Queen Mary attracts sightseers to the River Clyde Date: 1930s

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