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Background imageEngineer Collection: Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles

Background imageEngineer Collection: Newport Bridge 1906

Newport Bridge 1906
Newport Transporter Bridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, is one of the worlds few surviving aerial ferries. It was completed in 1906 by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. Date: 1906

Background imageEngineer Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design
Isambard Kingdom Bunel portrait with Union Jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design IKB

Background imageEngineer Collection: Hammersmith Bridge

Hammersmith Bridge, west London, was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. It was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: completed 1887

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph Bazalgette
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Loco

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

Background imageEngineer Collection: The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
The Newport Transporter Bridge - a transporter bridge crossing the River Usk in Newport, South Wales (Monmouthshire). A Grade I listed structure, designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin

Background imageEngineer Collection: Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1

Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1
A Royal Engineer reading a message brought by a messenger dog by swimming a canal, near Nieppe Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageEngineer Collection: Bridgewater Canal Map

Bridgewater Canal Map
Map showing the route of the proposed canal from Worsley to Manchester and thence to the Mersey, to be built by engineer James Brindley for the duke of Bridgewater

Background imageEngineer Collection: The brave Titanic engineers, including 14 of whom were lost

The brave Titanic engineers, including 14 of whom were lost
The Titanic engineers; fourteen of whom were lost in the 1912 disaster. 1. W. D Mackie junior fifth. 2. F. A Parsons, senior fifth. 3. P. Sloan, senior electrician. 4. H. Jupe, assistant electrician

Background imageEngineer Collection: Invention of the Cube Car

Invention of the Cube Car. This box-like car, designed by French-Vietnamese designer and engineer Quasar Kahn, was produced in limited numbers between 1967

Background imageEngineer Collection: CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer

CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer
" CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer and town planner. " Plan de Reforma Interior y Ensanche de la ciudad de Barcelona", urban planning of the city of Barcelona (1859)

Background imageEngineer Collection: Victorian inventions in The Engineer

Victorian inventions in The Engineer
A page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856

Background imageEngineer Collection: Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby

Arboretum with fountain and Royce statue, Derby
The Arboretum, a public park near the centre of Derby, with a fountain (left) and a statue of Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), the English engineer and automobile manufacturer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage
CHARLES BABBAGE Mathematician and engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Glasgow

Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Glasgow
Advert for A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageEngineer Collection: Thomas Telford / Holl / Lane

Thomas Telford / Holl / Lane
THOMAS TELFORD, engineer, bust portrait

Background imageEngineer Collection: F. C. Lowthorp, civil engineer

F. C. Lowthorp, civil engineer
F.C. Lowthorp, civil engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Telephone Exchange 1929

Telephone Exchange 1929
Londons new Automatic Telephone Exchange, showing an engineer testing the new revolutionary system, whereby subscribers were connected without an operator

Background imageEngineer Collection: Wm Armstrong / Cragside

Wm Armstrong / Cragside
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturers home, Cragside, Rothbury

Background imageEngineer Collection: Ernst Werner Von Siemens

Ernst Werner Von Siemens
ERNST WERNER VON SIEMENS German engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick
RICHARD TREVITHICK Railway engineer, in 1816

Background imageEngineer Collection: Robert Stephenson / Lucas

Robert Stephenson / Lucas
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer and designer of the Menai Bridge Depicted leaning against a rock with the bridge in the background

Background imageEngineer Collection: Humphry Davy / World Invt

Humphry Davy / World Invt
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY Engineer and inventor

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir Jospeh Bazalgette

Sir Jospeh Bazalgette
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE engineer who embanked the Thames, and gave London its drains

Background imageEngineer Collection: Locomotive Maintenance

Locomotive Maintenance
A maintenance man checking over The White Knight steam locomotive at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Background imageEngineer Collection: Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

Background imageEngineer Collection: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer at the summit of Mount Corcovado. Created by French sculptor Paul Landowski

Background imageEngineer Collection: Survivors of the Empress of Ireland

Survivors of the Empress of Ireland. 1. Mr Edward Bamford, junior wireless operator on the Empress of Ireland. 2. The Rev J. Wallet, of the United Methodist Church, Westcliff-On-Sea. 3

Background imageEngineer Collection: Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen
Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya

Background imageEngineer Collection: Joseph Whitworth

Joseph Whitworth
SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH English mechanical engineer and inventor Date: 1803 - 1887

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Charles Floyd CEng FRAeS (1914- )

James Charles Floyd CEng FRAeS (1914- )
James Charles Floyd, CEng, FRAeS (1914- ), former chief design engineer at Avro Canada during the Jetliner, CF-100 and CF-105 Arrow programmes. Date: 1914

Background imageEngineer Collection: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen, Nissen hut inventor

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen, Nissen hut inventor
Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Norman Nissen(1873-1930), mining engineer, and inventor of the Nissen hut, and the Nissen stamp for crushing gold ores

Background imageEngineer Collection: William Low

William Low, surveyor and civil engineer. Low formed the Channel Tunnel Company and was the first to make realistic plans for the construction of a tunnel

Background imageEngineer Collection: Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

Background imageEngineer Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c. 1855

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c. 1855
Engraved portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), the English engineer and inventor, pictured c.1855

Background imageEngineer Collection: England / Canvey Island

England / Canvey Island
The old sea wall which encircles Canvey Island, Essex, at the mouth of the River Thames. The wall was built about 1623 by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyder

Background imageEngineer Collection: CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805

CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805
CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille

Background imageEngineer Collection: Da Vinci / Self / London

Da Vinci / Self / London
LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist

Background imageEngineer Collection: Recording Studio 1980

Recording Studio 1980
A sound engineer gets the balance right at John Wood Studios, London

Background imageEngineer Collection: Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water

Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water
Diagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories. City Electrical Engineer of Norwich

Background imageEngineer Collection: In No Mans Land

In No Mans Land
" In No Mans Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers, working in the dark of No Mans Land to construct barbed wire barriers in front of British

Background imageEngineer Collection: Front Page of The Engineer

Front Page of The Engineer
Front page of The Engineer, a mid-19th century British periodical devoted to reporting on inventions and industrial and scientific advancements. Date: 1856

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Brindley / Holl

James Brindley / Holl
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: James Brindley / Parsons

James Brindley / Parsons
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: John Rennie / Sepia Anon

John Rennie / Sepia Anon
JOHN RENNIE Scottish civil engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir Wh Preece / Russell 06

Sir Wh Preece / Russell 06
SIR WILLIAM HENRY PREECE British electrical engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: Matthew Boulton / Sharp

Matthew Boulton / Sharp
Matthew Boulton Engineer

Background imageEngineer Collection: John Ambrose Fleming

John Ambrose Fleming
JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING English electrical engineer; contributed to development of telephony, electric lighting and wireless telegraphy

Background imageEngineer Collection: No. 2001 Cock o the North - LNER - Gresley P2 class

No. 2001 Cock o the North - LNER - Gresley P2 class steam locomotive. 1934

Background imageEngineer Collection: Edward Henry Heinemann - Chief Engineer, Douglas Aircraft

Edward Henry Heinemann - Chief Engineer, Douglas Aircraft
Edward Henry Heinemann, 1908-1991, Chief Engineer, Douglas Aircraft, and, later, Corporate Vice President of Engineering, General Dynamics

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Building the Severn Bridge

Building the Severn Bridge - Mr A.E. Farr, consulting engineer for the substructure contractors, John Howard and Co. Date: 1963

Background imageEngineer Collection: Original D-Day C47 aircraft Argonia, Ste Mere Eglise

Original D-Day C47 aircraft Argonia, Ste Mere Eglise
The flight engineer and part-time co-pilot of the Argonia was Technical Sergeant John J. Ginter who collected the aircraft at Fort Wayne, Indiana

Background imageEngineer Collection: Memorial 147 US Engineer Combat Battalion

Memorial 147 US Engineer Combat Battalion
This is in the grounds of the Chateau d Englesqueville on the D514 behind Omaha Beach. In 1944 the grounds were filled with tents

Background imageEngineer Collection: John Fitch - American inventor of the steamboat

John Fitch - American inventor of the steamboat
John Fitch (1743-1798) - the ill-fated inventor of the steamboat, who ended his own life in Bardstown in 1798, Kentucky, USA

Background imageEngineer Collection: Nicolas Florine Born Nikolay Florin Was an Engineer That?

Nicolas Florine Born Nikolay Florin Was an Engineer That?
Nicolas Florine Born Nikolay Florin Was an Engineer That Built This First Tandem Rotor Helicopter in Which He Remained Aloft for 9Mins 58 Seconds in 1933 in Belgium Rhode St Genese 200Hp Date: 1933

Background imageEngineer Collection: Sir John Fowler, Victorian period

Sir John Fowler, Victorian period

Background imageEngineer Collection: Engineer's workshop, linen production, Victorian period

Engineer's workshop, linen production, Victorian period

Background imageEngineer Collection: Albert Vickers (1838-1919), Chairman of Vickers Ltd

Albert Vickers (1838-1919), Chairman of Vickers Ltd. (1908-1918) - photograph taken on his 81st birthday in 1919. Date: 1919

Background imageEngineer Collection: WW2 - Sunderland Flying Boat Engineer

WW2 - Sunderland Flying Boat Engineer
A portrait photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force engineer aboard a Sunderland flying boat. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageEngineer Collection: Vauban's Tomb - Hotel des Invalides, Paris, France

Vauban's Tomb - Hotel des Invalides, Paris, France. Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707)

Background imageEngineer Collection: Souvenir / Advertising / Greetings postcard from Zurich

Souvenir / Advertising / Greetings postcard from Zurich
Early illustrated souvenir / advertising postcard from Zurich, Switzerland. Date: 1898

Background imageEngineer Collection: Construction of the Queensway Mersey Tunnel

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

Background imageEngineer Collection: Windmill, Lincolnshire

Windmill, Lincolnshire
An illustration of a large windmill nestled in the Lincolnshire countryside, accompanied with a passage written by the English engineer, Raymond Unwin

Background imageEngineer Collection: Three men in charge of the Queen Mary

Three men in charge of the Queen Mary - Captain, Chief and Assistant Chief Engineers Date: 1936

Background imageEngineer Collection: Five American soldiers in uniform

Five American soldiers in uniform - Engineer, Foot Rifles, Dragoon Musician, Light Artillery, Infantry, 1851-1854 Date: circa 1850s

Background imageEngineer Collection: Michel Chevalier, French economist, engineer and statesman

Michel Chevalier, French economist, engineer and statesman
Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), French economist, engineer and statesman Date: circa 1850s

Background imageEngineer Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Production and Combat

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Production and Combat
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Excellence in Production as well as excellence in combat Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageEngineer Collection: Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish general and statesman

Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish general and statesman. National hero in Poland and Belarus for his leadership of a national insurrection

Background imageEngineer Collection: The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

Background imageEngineer Collection: RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer

RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer
RMS Titanic, archive of Joseph Bell (1861-1912), Chief Engineer on the Titanic, and victim of the disaster. Collection of letters and ephemera relating to Mr Bell's son Frank

Background imageEngineer Collection: RMS Queen Mary, telephone engineer prior to launch

RMS Queen Mary, telephone engineer prior to launch
Telephone engineer working on RMS Queen Mary prior to launch Date: 1936

Background imageEngineer Collection: Rotor ship, designed by Flettner, German engineer

Rotor ship, designed by Flettner, German engineer, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson. The tall cylinders are turned in the direction of the wind

Background imageEngineer Collection: Caroline Haslett

Caroline Haslett (1895-1957), later made a Dame, was an electrical engineer and champion of women's rights. Date: 1940

Background imageEngineer Collection: Tower Bridge, River Thames, London

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London
A raised Tower Bridge seen from the southern side of the river towards the Tower of London. The bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894

Background imageEngineer Collection: Obituary 20th April 1872

Obituary 20th April 1872
Obituaries of Christian Augustus Siebe (1788 April 15, 1872), German-born British engineer known for his contributions to diving equipment; Eva, wife of Rev. W. Earle; and William Slark, Esq. J.P



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