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Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, c1850s

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, c1850s
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, c1850s. Brunel surrounded by vignettes of some of his most significant projects - the steamships Great Eastern, Great Britain

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Opening of the railway from Gottenburg to Stockholm: arrival of the King of Sweden…, 1862

Opening of the railway from Gottenburg to Stockholm: arrival of the King of Sweden…, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the railway from Gottenburg to Stockholm: arrival of the King of Sweden at the railway station at Gottenburg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act..., Blackburn, 1864

Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act..., Blackburn, 1864. Creator: Frederick John Skill
Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act, at Revidge Hill, Corporation Park, Blackburn, 1864. 'There has been no difficulty in setting the men to work

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Mr. Miller and Miss Carnegie, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. Miller and Miss Carnegie, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Miller and Miss Carnegie, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 11. Heiress Margaret Carnegie Miller and Roswell Miller Junior

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Raising the Anglesey statue to the top of the column erected to the memory of the late Marquis

Raising the Anglesey statue to the top of the column erected to the memory of the late Marquis... 1 Creator: Unknown
Raising the Anglesey statue to the top of the column erected to the memory of the late Marquis [of Anglesey] near Menai Bridge - from a drawing by Mr. W. G. Haslam, 1860

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: The late Joseph Locke, Esq. M.P. 1860. Creator: Unknown

The late Joseph Locke, Esq. M.P. 1860. Creator: Unknown
The late Joseph Locke, Esq. M.P. 1860. An eminent engineer and enlightened man of science...[who] early displayed taste and capacity for scientific knowledge and the practice of engineering

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Señor Sagasta, Spanish Prime Minister, c1900. Creator: Unknown

Señor Sagasta, Spanish Prime Minister, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Senor Sagasta, Spanish Prime Minister, c1900. Portrait of Spanish civil engineer and politician Praxedes Mateo Sagasta. Engraving after a photograph. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust with putti, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust with putti, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust with putti, 1806. A bust with putti, on a column

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust, 1806. A bust with grieving putto, on a column

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche with Fama, 1806

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche with Fama, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche with Fama, 1806. Bust on a pedestal, crowned with a laurel wreath by Fama; in a niche on a column

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, 1806

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: William Cushing Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914

William Cushing Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William C. Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. The Alaskan Engineering Commission (AEC) was a U.S

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. Men at work. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Major General George Washington Goethals, U.S.A.; Governor General of Canal Zone, 1913

Major General George Washington Goethals, U.S.A.; Governor General of Canal Zone, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Major General George Washington Goethals, U.S.Army; Governor General of Canal Zone, 1913. Governor General of Canal Zone 1914-1917

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Frederick Mears, 1st Lt. Cav. U.S.A. left, with William C. Edes, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Frederick Mears, 1st Lt. Cav. U.S.A. left, with William C. Edes, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Frederick Mears, 1st Lieutenant, Cavalry, U.S. Army, left, with William C. Edes, 1914. Mears was a military officer, railroad engineer and executive

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. After the British government requests a Civil Engineering Corps to build the Grand Crimean Central Railway, the London offices of Peto

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Collation, at the Opening of the Norwegian Trunk Railway, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Collation, at the Opening of the Norwegian Trunk Railway, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Collation, at the Opening of the Norwegian Trunk Railway, 1854. Celebration at Eidsvoll of a new railway line designed by British civil engineer Robert Stephenson

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: The New Victoria Dock Works, Plaistow Marshes, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The New Victoria Dock Works, Plaistow Marshes, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The New Victoria Dock Works, Plaistow Marshes, 1854. Expansion of the River Thames shipping trade capacity by Peto, Brassey and Betts

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Cable-laying between Italy and Corsica. The Mediterranean Electric Telegraph

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Robert Stephenson, Esq. M.P. for Whitby, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Robert Stephenson, Esq. M.P. for Whitby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Robert Stephenson, Esq. M.P. for Whitby, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Kilburn. In admiration of his engineering work

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Monumental brass to the late Mr. Robert Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Monumental brass to the late Mr. Robert Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Monumental brass to the late Mr. Robert Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, [London], 1862. A monumental brass to the memory of Robert Stephenson, by Hardman, of Birmingham

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Mr. George P. Bidder, C.E. - from a daguerreotype by Mayall, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Mr. George P. Bidder, C.E. - from a daguerreotype by Mayall, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Mr. George P. Bidder, C.E. - from a daguerreotype by Mayall, 1856. Civil engineer. Mr. Bidder is convinced that Mental Calculation can be taught to children

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Alfred Wingate Craven, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Alfred Wingate Craven, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
A.W. Craven, between 1855 and 1865. [Civil engineer]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: General Godfrey Weitzel, US Army, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

General Godfrey Weitzel, US Army, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gen. Weitzel, U.S.A. between 1855 and 1865. [Soldier and civil engineer: US Army Corps of Engineers; designed and constructed internal improvements

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: General Quincy Adams Gillmore, US Army, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

General Quincy Adams Gillmore, US Army, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gen. Q.A. Gilmore, U.S.A. between 1855 and 1865. [Civil engineer, author, officer in the Union Army]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Thomas U. Walter, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Thomas U. Walter, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Thos. U. Walter, between 1855 and 1865. [Civil Engineer; fourth Architect of the Capitol]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Adolph Sutro, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Adolph Sutro, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Adolph Sutro, 1865-1880. Adolph Sutro (Sutro Turinell) [sic], between 1865 and 1880. [Businessman, engineer, politician and philanthropist

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Frank Welch of Nebraska, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Frank Welch of Nebraska, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Frank Welch of Nebraska, 1865-1880. Welch, Hon. Frank of Nebraska, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician and civil engineer]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Henry L. Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Henry L. Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Henry L. Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Dickey, Hon. Henry L. of Ohio, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, lawyer and civil engineer

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Carlisle Patterson, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Carlisle Patterson, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Carlisle Patterson, 1865-1880. Patterson, Carlisle, U.S. Coast Survey, between 1865 and 1880. [Civil engineer, US Navy officer

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Henry Luther Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Henry Luther Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Henry Luther Dickey of Ohio, 1865-1880. Dickey, Hon. Henry Luther of Ohio, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, lawyer and civil engineer

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: James B. Eads of Missouri, (Built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

James B. Eads of Missouri, (Built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Hon. James Eads of Mo. (Built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880. [Civil engineer and inventor: designed the Mississippi River Bridge at St

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Eliakim Hastings Moore of Ohio, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Eliakim Hastings Moore of Ohio, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Eliakim H. Moore of Ohio, between 1860 and 1875

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: General George Gordon Meade, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

General George Gordon Meade, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gen. George G. Meade, between 1855 and 1865. [Union Army officer and civil engineer: defeated Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: General Montgomery C. Meigs, US Army, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

General Montgomery C. Meigs, US Army, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Meigs, Gen. Montgomery C.U.S.A. between 1870 and 1880

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Eads, Hon. James B. of MO (built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

Eads, Hon. James B. of MO (built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Eads, Hon. James B. of Missouri (built the St. Louis Bridge), between 1865 and 1880

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: General George Webb Morell, 1855-1865. Creator: Unknown

General George Webb Morell, 1855-1865. Creator: Unknown
General George Webb Morell, 1855-1865. Gen. Morrell, U.S.A. between 1855 and 1865. [Civil engineer, lawyer, farmer; served as a Union general in the American Civil War]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: William Mahone of Virginia, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

William Mahone of Virginia, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
William Mahone of Virginia, 1865-1880. Mahone, Hon. Wm. of Va. (General in Confederate Army), between 1865 and 1880. [Civil engineer, railroad executive and politician]

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Lord Napier of Magdala, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Lord Napier of Magdala, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Lord Napier of Magdala, 1890

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: The Diversion of the Euphrates, from The Story of Cyrus, Flanders, c. 1670

The Diversion of the Euphrates, from The Story of Cyrus, Flanders, c. 1670. Woven at the workshop of Gillis Ydens, from designs by Michiel Coxie

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, October 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner

Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, October 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, October 1862. [Staff of Union General George McClellen: " The house of Mrs. Lee...was selected by General McClellan, after the battle of Antietam

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia, May 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia, May 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia, May 1864. Albumen print, pl. 66 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Portrait of General Montgomery C. Meigs (1816-1892), Before 1892. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of General Montgomery C. Meigs (1816-1892), Before 1892. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of General Montgomery C. Meigs (1816-1892), Before 1892. In uniform

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Portrait of Chauncey Wiltse (1834-1894), 1875-1876. Creator: Frank F Currier

Portrait of Chauncey Wiltse (1834-1894), 1875-1876. Creator: Frank F Currier
Portrait of Chauncey Wiltse (1834-1894), 1875-1876

Background imageCivil Engineer Collection: Portrait of Ashbel Welch (1809-1882), May 1874. Creator: Frederick Gutekunst

Portrait of Ashbel Welch (1809-1882), May 1874. Creator: Frederick Gutekunst
Portrait of Ashbel Welch (1809-1882), May 1874



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