Demolition Collection

London / City Gates
Ten of the City gates before demolition: Bishopshate; Cripplegate; Ludgate; Newgate; Moorgate; Aldgate; Bridgegate; Aldersgate; Whitehallgate; Templebar

London Terraced Housing
A row of Victorian terraced houses in an East London street, due for demolition

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

Liverpool Brownlow Hill c. 1930
An aerial view of the Liverpool workhouse at Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, shortly before its demolition in 1931 to make way for Sir Edwyn Lutyens Roman Catholic cathedral

Demolition of a Factory Chimney - Chorley, Lancashire Date: circa late 1950s

The Old Crab Tree Inn, Fulham, 1898
Photograph showing the Old Crab Tree Inn, Fulham, in London, 1898, which was due for demolition that year

Spain, Madrid. Widening of Seville Street. It took ten years to complete. Demolition works. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Saracens Head, Snow Hill
The Saracens Head, Snow Hill. From a sketch taken during its demolition in 1863. It was a celebrated tavern and coaching establishment, which stood on the north side of Snow Hill, without Newgate

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

Holywell Street, London, which was famed for its bookshops, was due for demolition shortly after this photograph was taken, to make way for London County Council improvements. Date: 1901

Demolition works underway on a site in Oxford Street, London. The old building was being torn down to make way for a new department store. Date: 1920

Houses wait for demolition, Farringdon Road, London
Boarded-up houses in Londons Farringdon Road await demolition. Date: circa 1950s

House under demolition
House partially demolished, showing interior layout. Date: circa 1960s

Demoltion wth bulldozer, South London
Bulldozer clears rubble during demolition of a house in South London. Date: circa 1950s

Demolition workers in SE London
Men demolishing houses in south-east London, with little personal protection. Date: circa 1960s

Building demolished manually, Bromley, Kent
A commercial building in Bromley, Kent, being demolished the hard way, by hand. Date: circa 1950s

The demolition of Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1934

A Striken Caterpillar Tractor which has taken a tumble down the steep bank of a demolition site, ending up upside down in a shallow pool. Date: circa 1946

A series of photographs showing the demolition of the Great Wheel at Earls Court, also known as the Gigantic Wheel

Manor House Vauxhall
Edward, the Black Prince, took up residence in the manor house of Kennington and it remained a royal palace until the time of Henry VIII

Old Rectory Stoke Newington
View of the Old Rectory, Stoke Newington, London just prior to its demolition. It was a weatherboard building on the south side of Church Street opposite the church. Date: 1875

St Mary Abbots Church
Interior of St Mary Abbots church in Kensington Church Street, prior to its demolition and rebuilding in 1872 designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. Date: 1875

Oxford Market
A view of Oxford Market shortly before its demolition around 1880. A small arcaded building east of Great Portland Street, built in 1721. Date: 1875

Railway construction, extension to Broad Street, London 1871
Railway construction, showing demolition of the Worship Street Gas Works to make way for Great Eastern Railway extension to Broad Street, London. 1871

Ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel, 1813
North-east view of the ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street)

Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel, 1812
Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

US Naval Memorial Utah Beach Normandy
The three 8-feet tall bronze figures represent a Naval Captain, a sailor with a 5 inch shell and a member of a demolition team carrying a rifle

Demolition of the old London Bridge 1832
Demolition of the Great or Chapel-Pier of old London Bridge in 1832. March 1832

Old Spread Eagle Tavern 1865
Old Spread Eagle Tavern, Gracechurch Street, London, about to be demolished in 1865. Date: 1865

Middle Row, Holborn
Engraving depicting Middle Row, Holborn, a block of three or four properties that obstructed the free-flow of Holborns traffic, seen here shortly before their demolition in 1868

Cheapside Cross demolition
The destruction of Cheapside Cross in 1642 by supporters of the anti-Catholic government. Date: 19th century

Demolition of houses in Rue de la pierre qui Rage, Marseille
Demolition of a street of old houses on Rue de la pierre qui Rage, set behind the Bourse in Marseille, France. The Palais de la Bourse is situated on the Canebiere

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

1930s Slum dwellings at St Pancras, London
Slum housing in St Pancras shortly before its demolition. Date: circa 1936

Back to Back Slums
Typical Victorian back to back slum houses, with tiny back yards, Bath Street area of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Scheduled for demolition under Town Planning

Flats collapse in a Fenian Street, 1963
Two four storey tenements in Dublin came apart on 12th June 1963. Firemen and resuce workers rushed to the scene, but two children were buried and died in the rubble

Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, Sussex
Blowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head

Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Demolition of London Bridge, London
Demolition of the 19th century London Bridge, which opened in 1831. The bridge was dismantled and sold to an American entrepreneur, Robert P McCulloch of McCulloch Oil, for US $2, 460, 000

Walls start demolition. Ceremony Riga City, November 15, 1857. Artist Julius Gottfried Siegmund (19th century). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Bulldozing a Building
Bulldozing a building with a Caterpillar bulldozer. Date: 1960s

Funicular / Paris 1930S
The famous funicular of Montmartre, Paris, shortly before its demolition for being too slow.The background shows the Church of the Sacred Heart. Date: 1930s

Paris / Rebuilding 1922
Demolition of the Tunnel des Batignolles in the 17th arrondissement Date: 1922

Florence Cooks Shop
A cooks shop selling salt fish, wine and oil, in the Mercato Vecchio, Florence, before its demolition in 1884 Date: 1880s

Ruskin / Herne Hill Home
JOHN RUSKIN Early home of the English art critic and writer, Herne Hill, south-east London, where he lived for over twenty years Date: 1819 - 1900

Demolition work in Langham Place, London, in preparation for the construction of BBC Broadcasting House. All Souls Church stands just beyond on the left. Date: circa 1928

Mercate Nuevo, Florence, Italy before demolition of Ghetto
The Mercate Nuevo, Florence, Italy pictured in 1884 before the demolition of the Ghetto and the widening of the adjoining streets. Date: 1884

All Gone. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Mill Chimney Demolition, Unknown Location, England. Date: 1920s

North Melbourne Town Hall
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Town Hall in the city of Melbourne in Australia

Penhill House - Black and white lantern slide. Large gabled house in process of demolition.. Part of Box 399. Boswell collection. Date: circa 1900

Paris, France - Cour du Dragon. Date: 1884

Paris, France - Hotel Delessert. Date: 1870

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Germain L Auxerrois During Rebuilding of District. Date: 1856

Paris, France - Building of Rue de L Imperatrice in front of the Theatre-Francais. Date: 1865

Paris, France - Rebuilding Rue Monge, Rive Gauche. Date: 1868

Paris, France - Tour des Ducs de Bourgogne demolished. Date: 1867

Paris, France - Rebuilding, Pont au Change. Demolition of the Pont au Change and of La Cite in order to extend the Boulevard de Sebastopol. Date: 1859

Paris, France - Rebuilding. Demolition of the houses of the Pont Notre-Dame. Date: 1786

Paris, France - Arcade Colbert. It disappears ender the pile of demolition

Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument. Date: 1881

Paris, France - Barriers destroyed. Date: circa 1860

Paris, France - Old Walls Unearthed Date: 1860

Demolition of Northumberland House
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for Northumberland Avenue between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment. Date: 1875

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ruins of 1862 Great Exhibition building
A view looking east along the Cromwell Road, London, of the ruins of the building that had housed the Great Exhibition of 1862

Adelphi Terrace in London prior to the demolition of the Adelphi Buildings, a row of neo-classical terrace houses built by the Adam Brothers between 1768 and 1772, in the early 1930s. Date: 1930s

ROYAL MEWS
The Royal Mews just before their demolition, to create todays Trafalgar Square. Date: 1830

Northumberland House
The northern (street) front of Northumberland House at Charing Cross, home of the dukes of Northumberland till its demolition in 1874 to make way for Northumberland Avenue. Date: 1816

Lowther Arcade Demolish
Demolition of the popular arcade, famous for its toys, off the Strand : it will be replaced by a branch of Coutts Bank. Date: 1902

Bastille Demolition Plan
Five years before the Revolution, it is proposed to demolish the Bastille prison and replace it with a public square named for Louis XVI. It could have changed history ! Date: 1784

The garden of No 4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition
The garden of No.4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition had started, 9 October 1959. Date: 1959

IMechE: Storeys Gate tavern prior to demolition in 1912 Date: 1912

Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943
This room at the Natural History Museum, London, was used to show agents what sabotage tools they could use behind enemy lines

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Northumberland Avenue
The road through from Trafalgar Square to the river was made possible by the demolition of Northumberland House in 1874. Date: circa 1910

The Felling of Dimmocks Chimney, Hanley
The Felling of Dimmocks Pottery Works Chimney, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on June 15th, 1905

Condemned Housing
Lovely old terraced houses, sadly due for demolition. Date: 19th century

Condemned Slums
Condemned slum terraced houses in the North of England, abandoned and boarded up, ready for demolition. Date: 1960s

Dorchester House
Remains of Dorchester House, demolished to make way for a new hotel - The Dorchester. The site was sold in July 1929, to Robert McAlpine in association with Gordon Hotels. Date: 7 October 1929

Demolition of Adelphi Terrace
Two men at work on the demolition of Adelphi Terrace, London, an 18th century block of eleven houses four storeys high designed by Adam

Langham Place c. 1918
All Souls Church and the building site in Langham Place where buildings were demolished to make way for the building of Broadcasting House, London, England

Removing Rock from a Tunnel
Three construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Northumberland House, London
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for a new road between Trafalgar Square and the river. View from the old garden

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