Images Dated 4th September 2013 (page 16)

Depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BCE Date: 4000 BCE

Design for Tower Bridge by Joseph Bazalgette
Design for lattice girder bridge (Tower Bridge) by Joseph Bazalgette, 1878 Date: 1878

Design for Tower Bridge by Joseph Bazalgette
Design for cantilever bridge (Tower Bridge) by Joseph Bazalgette, 1878 Date: 1878

Design for Tower Bridge by Joseph Bazalgette
Design for single span steel arch bridge (Tower Bridge) by Joseph Bazalgette, 1878 Date: 1878

Tower Bridge under construction: the Middlesex main pier and high level footways, viewed from south

Tower Bridge under construction, March 1892 Date: 1892

Design for Tower Bridge by F J Palmer, 1877 Date: 1877

The Tower Bridge, from a drawing by C W Wyllie

Railways in the United States, 1890 Date: 1890

Railways in the United States, 1880 Date: 1880

Railways in the United States, 1870 Date: 1870

Railways in the United States, 1830 to 1860 Date: circa 1860

A breakdown on the road

In a baggage room

View in locomotive erecting shop

Interior of a round-house

Portal of a tunnel in process of construction by Otto Stark

The last span of a railway bridge - ready to join

Great Eastern on the stocks - Millwall
Great Eastern on the stocks at John Scott Russells shipyard at Millwall. Lithograph by John Wilson Carmichael

Viaduct over the valley of the Erme at Ivy Bridge. One of four similar viaducts designed by I K Brunel for the South Devon Railway. 1848 Date: 1848

Coloured engaving of a locomotive engine by John Emslie, 1848 Date: 1848

Whiteleys Viaduct, Charleston Curves, on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Coloured lithograph by A F Tait, 1845 Date: 1845

Modern Prophecy: The progress of steam
Alkens illustration of Modern Prophecy: The progress of steam. Coloured engraving, 1828. Date: 1828

Port Madoc from the Embankment. Coloured lithograph by C F W, 1849 Date: 1849

The Middleton Colliery, near Leeds
The Collier, coloured aquatint, 1813, by R & D Havell, after a drawing by george Walker. The background shows the Middleton Colliery, near Leeds

Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal at Barton, opened in 1761. People regarded it as a marvel and flocked from afar to see boats sailing over the bridge whilst barges passed below

Iron works at Coalbrook Dale. Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Philip James de Loutherbourg

Stephensons Railway bridge across the Conway River
The construction of Robert Stephensons tubular railway bridge across the Conway River, North Wales. Preparations for raising the second tube. Coloured lithograph by G Hawkins

M B & B Companys Manganese Bronze Propellers make history

Metovick Winches for The Queen Mary
Advertisement for Metovick Winches for The Queen Mary

Demag Duisburg Giant Cranes
Advertisement for Demag Duisburg Giant Cranes

Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary
Sun-deck Promenade on the Queen Mary, showing Gravity Davits

Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary
The Queen Mary ready for launching

Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary
The Cunard White Star Quadruple-Screw North Atlantic Liner Queen Mary

Reconversion of Queen Elizabeth
When the work of reconversion was over the Queen Elizabeth was virtually a new ship, ready to cast off her moorings at Southampton and begin her maiden voyage as a passenger liner

Applying anti-corrosive composition - Queen Elizabeth
After the scaling of the plates a coat of the anti-corrosive composition was applied, so that the hull could be painted in the black and white of the Cunard White Star Line

Queen Elizabeth sets sail from Southamapton
The Queen Elizabeth sets sail from Southamapton. She will cross the Atlantic and arrive at New York within five days

Queen Elizabeths cabin class smoking room
The Queen Elizabeths cabin class smoking room, decorated in the colours of the White Star Line and the blue of the sea

Queen Elizabeths first class passenger lounge
The Queen Elizabeths first class passenger lounge

Queen Elizabeths drag chains
The total weight of the Queen Elizabeths drag chains, which are coiled on either side of the hull, is nearly 2000 tons

Patches painted on the bow of the Queen Elizabeth
To record the movements of the hull at all stages of the ships plunge to the waters of the Clyde the white patches painted on the bow of the Queen Elizabeth are photographed by cine-camera when she

The Queen Elizabeth in her ship yard, the giant hull clearly visible against the sky

Bow of Queen Elizabeth covered in scaffolding

Queen Elizabeth in her ship yard
The Queen Elizabeth in her ship yard, four weeks before launch

Sectional view of the Queen Elizabeth

George Eyston: 140. 52 mph for 24 hours
George Eyston: 140.52 mph for 24 hours

Sir Malcolm Campbell: 301. 13 mph for one mile
Sir Malcolm Campbell: 301.13 mph for one mile

John Cobb: 134. 85 mph for 24 hours
John Cobb: 134.85 mph for 24 hours

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