Roadworks Collection

The Old Toll Gate, Highgate
The Old Toll Gate and Toll House, Highgate in 1873 - Archway (erected in 1813) visible in the distance - the toll gate was demolished in 1876. Date: 1873

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Laying tram tracks, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Embankment making the tracks 1906
Labourers laying steel tracks for the new electric tram-way at Thames Embankment, London, construction started by the London County Council at the end of August 1909

Embankment torn to pieces for the trams 1906
London County Council beginning the construction of the electric tram-way along the Thames Embankment from Westminster Bridge, starting at the end of August 1909

Piccadilly roadworks 1927 Roadworks in Piccadilly, London 1927
Labourers making a trail in the pavement, for some kind of maintenance, watched by a crowd of people. 1927

Plaza de la Feria, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Aerial view of Plaza de la Feria, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, with roadworks going on. Date: circa 1900s

Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly

Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards

Paris, France - Notre Dame Cathedral. Date: circa 1890s

Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s

London in 1919 - rebuilding roads outside John Lewis
After a number of London thoroughfares were badly neglected during the First World War, many roads and famous streets were repaired by workmen in 1919

Oxford Theatre - The Better Ole
Aptly, roadworks commissioned by the London County Council (LCC) are carried out in the road in front of the Oxford Theatre, on the corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road, London

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
A major fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958 -- firefighters with hosepipes and a Dennis fire engine (rubble from roadworks not connected with fire)

Water Extraction
Roadworks for extracting water from high level sandy soil, Britain. Date: 1960s

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