Foundations Collection (page 2)

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Holland, was built on wooden foundations and opened in 1885. Unfortunately modern traffic shook the building and had to be diverted. Date: 1930s

England / Leicester / Wall
The Jewry Wall and Roman Forum at Leicester, one of the finest monuments of Roman Britain, with St. Nicholas Church (also partly made from Roman materials) behind. Date: 1930s

Site around St. Pauls Cathedral being cleared
St. Pauls Cathedral, standing in a wilderness of bomb damage but with the area around being cleared ready for modern buildings. Picture shows foundations being laid for the Bank of England annexe

Housesteads, Pretorium Borcovicius, Northumberland
Archaeological remains of housesteads at Pretorium Borcovicius, Northumberland, a Roman camp. Date: circa 1920

The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath Robinson
A well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, Foundations. Date: 1888

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, laying the foundations. Date: circa 1889

Palace of the Caesars, Rome, Italy
Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars, Rome, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag Sho
A new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses

Constructing the Assiut Barrage
Foundations and masonry in the process of construction during the building of the Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the original Aswan Dam

Assiut Barrage on the Nile
Constructing the Assiut of Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the Aswan Dam. The dam was built in order to divert the waters of the Nile into Egypts largest

SPAIN. Roses. Ruins of the ancient Roses, a Greek colony. Greek art

SWITZERLAND. Augst. Roman remains of Augusta

SPAIN. Roses. Ruins of the Greek Cologne of Roses.. Greek art

The Maiden Tower at Baku, Azerbaijan
The Maiden Tower (Kis-Kali) at Baku, Azerbaijan. Built by the 12th century architect Masud ibn Davud, who was probably the father of the architect of Mardakan Round Tower

Roman British Villa
The foundations of a Roman villa at Dorchester, Dorset, England. Date: 1950s photo

Roman Tower Foundations
The foundations of a Roman tower at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1st century AD

Chedworth Roman villa remains
The remains of the foundations of the dining room of a Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, England. 3rd - 4th century A.D. C.1950

Excavations at Troy
An interesting sketch showing the aftermath of Schliemanns excavations at the site of Troy. He had actually cut through Homerian levels and revealed earlier foundations! Date: 1888

Laying Foundations 18Th
Examples of how to lay foundations according to the standards of 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Palestine - Tower of Antonia
The foundations of the Tower of Antonia, part of the remains of the Antonia Fortress - a military barracks built by Herod the Great in Jerusalem on the site of earlier Ptolemaic

O connell St Foundations
The laying of the foundation stone of the O Connell monument in Sackville Street, Dublin, Ireland in 1864

The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879
Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass

Proposed Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879
Engraving of the new Eddystone Lighthouse that Sir James Douglass had designed, 1879. The foundations of the old lighthouse had eroded and the replacement was completed in 1882

Venice Leaning Tower
Leaning tower of San Stefano, Venezia, Italy. Due to the instability of Venices foundations, there are many leaning towers in the city

Pembridge Church
The octagonal detached bellfry of Pembridge Church, Hertfordshire, isolated so that the vibrations of the bell ringing do not rock the foundations of the church

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

Edward VII in Paris
Edward VII (1841-1910) raising his hat during a visit to Paris, in 1903. Known as the Uncle of Europe and with sophisticated diplomatic skills (including fluent spoken French)

Hissarlik (Troy)
A view toward the Plateau of Ilium Novum and the site of Hissarlik, where Heinrich Schliemann excavated remains that he claimed were the foundations of Homers Troy

Alexander I Nevsky
ALEXANDER I YAROSLAVICH, known as Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod from 1238. ruler of Vladimir from 1252 : a national hero who laid the foundations of Russia

Bridge Abutment - N. Tyne
The abutment of the bridge which crossed the River North Tyne at Chesters. At this point Hadrians Wall was cut by the river and spanned by an arched wooden bridge

Laying Foundations
Laying the foundations of a minster

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