Girders Collection

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

Widnes Transporter Bridge
The Widnes Transporter Bridge - opened by Sir J T Brunner on 29th May 1905. A span of 1000ft from the centre to the centre of each tower, each 1000ft in height

Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers
Advertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd, who built some of the structures for the Festival of Britain exhibition

Interior, Birmingham Railway Station
Passengers await their train beneath Birmingham Stations soaring canopy, upheld by a lattice of girders providing a wide span over the tracks

Shipbuilding - RMS Franconia 1910
In construction the Cunard companys steamer RMS Franconia, covered in girders and scaffolding. Franconia, was intended for the lines Boston service, between Liverpool and Boston, USA. Date: 1910

Elevated Railroad Structure - 110th Street, New York City, USA. This is the highest point of the elevated network - 73ft. above street level! Date: circa 1905

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

Twin chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles
The twin chimneys of the long-demolished Barton Power Station reflected in the water of the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles, Manchester

Tunnel of iron girders on the New York subway, New York City, USA Date: circa 1904

Fallen Girders, Tay Bridge, Aberdeenshire
Fallen Girders, Tay Bridge, Dundee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Date: 1879

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

View inside Waterloo Station, London, with passengers coming and going. Probably taken in mid-afternoon. Date: circa 1930s

Assembled at Friedrichshafen during 1932-1936, the Hinde?
Assembled at Friedrichshafen during 1932-1936, the Hindenburg?s hull was composed of a ring structure of duralumin girders and bracing wires

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

Steel Girders
Structural steelwork, a pattern study. Date: 1950s

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

Steel Frame Building construction - London
The building of the Film House - 142 Wardour Street - an early photographic example of the technique of steel frame construction - still the favoured method of putting up a building seen everywhere

Floating railway bridge across the Forth River
A floating railway across the Forth between Granton and Burntisland. The route designed to carrying goods and live stock without the inconvience of unloading the trucks

Reading Room Brit Museum
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library

Bulding - Using Hoist
Using a rail-mounted hoist to drop metal girders into place on a building site

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