Girder Collection

Building Emp State Buil
A dizzy perch 350 yards above street level: A New York workman (Carl Russell) engaged on the worlds tallest bulding (at the time), the Empire State Building

The Forth Bridge: Fife Pier. Free cantilever completed and central girder commenced; fixed cantilever not quite completed

Landore Viaduct construction, near Swansea, South Wales
View of construction work on the Landore Viaduct, over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

The Erskine Bridge - a multi span cable-stayed box girder bridge spanning the River Clyde in west central Scotland which opened on July 2, 1971. Date: circa 1972

70ft Oval Girder Bridge, Gobbins, Islandmagee - with people on structure. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Islandmagee). Date: circa early 1900s

The Spit Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Spit Bridge - a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span across the Middle Harbour, northeast of the central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Construction of skyscraper, New York 1905
Cornice hands at work eighteen storeys from the street. Date: 1905

The Girder Bridge, Gobbins Cliff Path - a perspective view along the girder bridge with people on the bridge. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Islandmagee). Date: circa early 1900s

SPILT MILK
An embarrassed cow looks the other way as a milkmaid throws a bucket of milk over a steel girder, perhaps a mock opening ceremony in the USA? Still, no use crying over spilt milk... Date: 1930s

Bogie Bolster Wagon with Bridge Girder, USA. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Date: 1920s

The London Fire Brigade, Lambeth headquarters
The London Fire Brigades Lambeth headquarters under construction in February 1936. Date: 1936

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Woolwich Arsenal
Twisted steel girders in the aftermath of a major fire at Woolwich Arsenal, SE London, in April 1906

River Yamuna - Railway Bridge near Agra, India Date: circa 1920

Locomotive Construction
A brand new giant locomotive under construction, suspended from a steel girder. When finished, it will grace the Canadian Pacific Railway. Date: 1930s

Workers riveting a girder at a Sunderland shipyard
Workers riveting the centre girder of a turret vessel at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

Laying Railway Tracks
Three construction workers guide a large rail into position. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Newcastle - Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge
The High Level Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne (rear). Designed by Robert Stephenson and built between 1847 and 1849, it is the first major example of a wrought iron tied arch or bow-string girder

Railway accident at Chester showing a dilapidated span of the Dee Bridge. It was thought that the weight of the train caused it to strike a girder at which point the bridge gave way

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