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Widening Collection

Background imageWidening Collection: Widening Wardour Street

Widening Wardour Street
A view of Wardour Street, central London, probably taken when the arrival of the motor car necessitated the widening of the street. Date: early 1930s

Background imageWidening Collection: Road widening in Brixham, Devon

Road widening in Brixham, Devon
Road widening in Middle Street, Brixham Devon, with an Albion lorry and mechanical digger

Background imageWidening Collection: Dunfermline Abbey Roadway From Tower Hill

Dunfermline Abbey Roadway From Tower Hill
This architectural perspective sketch shows the proposed return to the original disposition of the ancient roadway from Tower Hill, i.e

Background imageWidening Collection: Nethertown Street Dunfermline

Nethertown Street Dunfermline
The top photograph shows a south east entrance to a lane in Nethertown Street, Dunfermline, Scotland, the bottom photograph shows the same view

Background imageWidening Collection: Proposed plans to widen London Bridge

Proposed plans to widen London Bridge
Drawings show the proposed plan to widen London Bride. It could not accommodate how many people were walking over it, the city corporation intended to make it larger

Background imageWidening Collection: Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge by G. H. Davis 1924

Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge by G. H. Davis 1924
Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1924

Background imageWidening Collection: Three dresses from Lanvin illustrating the widening

Three dresses from Lanvin illustrating the widening of the skirt, Paris, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageWidening Collection: Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926

Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926
Cannon Street Station was being widened in order to allow the construction of two new lines of railway track and new system of electrical signalling Date: 1926

Background imageWidening Collection: Widening a canal, construction work, Homura, Japan, circa 1870s. Date: circa 1870s

Widening a canal, construction work, Homura, Japan, circa 1870s. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageWidening Collection: The Widening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1908

The Widening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1908
Photograph showing the engineering works associated with the widening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1908

Background imageWidening Collection: On board a Passenger Liner leaving Britain, 1886

On board a Passenger Liner leaving Britain, 1886
Engraving of passengers on the deck of a ship, entitled Departure of Colonial Visitors: The last Glimpse of Old England. On the left, the family of travellers


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