Engineering Collection (page 8)

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, including shaping engine, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, London 1842
Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, Clerkenwell Close, London. 1842

Zoo and O Shaughnessy Dam, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Columbus Zoo and O Shaughnessy Dam, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: 1937

Adverts, Lees, Anderson & Co, Lawson & Co, Scotland
Adverts for Lees, Anderson & Co, Engineers, Boilermakers and Shipbuilders, Govan, and Lawson & Co, building contractors, merchants, etc, Park Saw Mills, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, North British Rubber Co, Redpath, Brown & Co
Adverts for The North British Rubber Co Ltd, Castle Mills, Edinburgh, and Redpath, Brown & Co Ltd, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, M C Thomson & Co, Liquid Fuel Engineering Co
Adverts for M C Thomson & Co Ltd, Sailcloth Manufacturers, and The Liquid Fuel Engineering Co, J F Borthwick & Co, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Beath & Keay, Engineers, Dundee, Scotland
Advert for Beath & Keay, Engineers and Ironfounders, Albion Foundry, Hill Street, Dundee, Scotland. Showing Carnoustie Station roof and columns. 1905

Advert, R G Morton, Engineers, Errol, Scotland
Advert for R G Morton, Steam Truck Engineers, Errol Works, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. 1905

Advert, J F Borthwick & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for J F Borthwick & Co, Builders of Marine Launches and Motor Cars, with Liquid Fuel Engineering, Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Argyll Motor Cars, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Heating engineer viewing House of Commons chamber
Engineer in charge of heating and air-conditioning for the House of Commons viewing the chamber through a 65 foot long periscope. Date: 1950

Rachel Parsons
Miss Rachel Parsons, (18851956) British engineer, pictured here when she was Unionist candidate for Lancashire in the 1923 General Election. Date: 1923

Roman city of Bath, underfloor heating system

Derby Reclamation Dam, Truckee River, Nevada, USA
Derby Reclamation Dam, Truckee River, near Derby, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1908

Truckee River Dam, near Reno, Nevada, USA
Truckee River Dam, Truckee Carson Irrigation Project, near Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1908

The Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA
Nevada Wing of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA -- power house as seen from the visitors gallery. Date: 1940s

Channel Tunnel attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent
Channel Tunnel digging attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, with machinery and workmen. Date: 1880

Kings Cross underground station 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

Spiral wooden pump used for water supply, Egypt
A man making a spiral pump made of wood, known as a tabut, used for water supply, seen mainly in the Lower Delta area of Egypt. Date: 1922

Water supply using a shaduf, Egypt
Water supply using a shaduf (shadoof), Egypt, used by farmers for irrigation of their land. Date: 1922

First 4 HP Daimler engine for an airship

Early Motoring - The First Motor Bicycle in the world, constructed by Daimler and Maybach in 1885. 1885

Early Motor Cars - First Vee-Type Daimler Engine, 1889. 1889

Early Motor Power - A Narrow Gauge Motor Trolley constructed by Daimler. 1887

Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowpers printing machine 1833
The invention of a steam powered rotary printing machine revolutionised the western world and opened large opportunities of mass distribution of books and news publications. 1833

Advert, Samson Barnett Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer
Advertisement for Samson Barnett, Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer. 1862

Advertisement, H O Strong, Guards for Circular Saws
Advertisement, H O Strong & Co, Norfolk Works, Bristol - Guards for Circular Saws. 19th century

Three divisions of the shield of the Thames Tunnel 1825
Section of the three divisions of the shield of the Thames Tunnel in 1825, using Marc Isambard Brunels and Thomas Cochranes newly invented tunnelling shield technology. Date: 1825

Longitudinal section of Thames Tunnel 1825
First of the construction took part in 1825, hundred and fifty feet under the River Thames. Date: 1825

John Dixon, civil engineer
John Dixon (1835-91), civil engineer. Responsible for building first railways in China, for constructing railways in the Rio Tinto mines and for successfully bringing Cleopatras Needle to Britain

Westwood Works in Peterborough, WW1
Westwood Works in Peterborough in production during the First World War. Lithographic print by Rudolph Ihlee. 1918

Chaudiere Falls and dam, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chaudiere Falls and dam on the Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910

Aguas Livres Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal
Aguas Livres (Free Waters) Aqueduct over the Alcantara valley, Lisbon, Portugal, built in the 18th century. Date: circa 1900

Sir Richard Tangyes first workshop, for which the rent was four shillings per week. He was head of the famous Birmingham engineering firm. late 19th century

The Severn Tunnel works, 1880
The Severn Tunnel works - building the railway tunnel linking South Gloucestershire to Monmouthshire under the estuary of the River Severn. It was built between 1873 and 1886. 1

Pinto Dam, Arrucas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1900s

Connaught Tunnel, Canadian Rockies, Canada
Connaught Tunnel through Mount MacDonald, Canadian Rockies, Canada. Date: 1917

Postcard booklet, Morris Sheppard Lake and Dam, Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, aerial view of Morris Sheppard Lake and Dam near Mineral Wells, Texas, USA. Date: 1942

Postcard booklet, Pecos River High Bridge, Texas, USA, carrying the Union Pacific Railroad across the river gorge. Date: 1942

Silhouetted building
Book cover design: Report of the Union Delegation to the U.S.S.R. : November & December, 1946, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 1947 Date: 1947

Merryweather single cylinder steam fire engine
Merryweather single cylinder direct acting steam fire engine. Date: early 20th century

Street scene with Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall
Street scene in Saltash, Cornwall, with Brunels Royal Albert Bridge towering above, crossing the River Tamar between Plymouth, Devon, and Saltash, Cornwall. Date: 1960s

Kings Cross underground station, London 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

Hawker Siddeley HS-146 engineering mock-up. at the Hatfield factory circa 1970. Date: circa 1970

Grumman G. 159 Gulfstream I N2998
Grumman G.159 Gulfstream I N2998 (msn 16), of General Foods Corporation, at London Heathrow Airport in August 1964. 09.26.59: N716G - Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation - first flight 30.09.59

Grumman G. 159 Gulfstream I N601HK
Grumman G.159 Gulfstream I N601HK (msn 5), of H K Porter Company Inc, circa 1959-1964, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1962

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

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