Civil Engineering Collection (page 10)

Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Construction of one of the towers of the George Washington Bridge, New York, USA, late 1920s. A suspension bridge over the Hudson River connecting Manhattan and New Jersey

Building the Fort Loudon Dam, Tennessee, USA, early 1940s. Completed in 1943, the dam was built as part of a unified plan to provide electricity and flood control in the Tennessee Valley

Britannia Bridge, Anglesey Entrance, Wales, 1849. Artist: George Hawkins
Britannia Bridge, Anglesey Entrance, Wales, 1849. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and was completed in 1850

Old London Bridge, c1630. Artist: Claude Jongh
Old London Bridge, c1630. View of the bridge originally built between 1176 and 1209, showing the houses that were built on it in the Middle Ages

Building the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

The dam across the Nile, the building of the Aswan Dam, Egypt, 1853

Sulphur recovery plant under construction at the Coleshill Gas Works, Warwickshire, 1962. An engineer at work on an excavator arm in front of the sulphur recovery plant

Coleshill Gas Works under construction, Warwickshire, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Coleshill Gas Works under construction, Warwickshire, 1962. Civil engineers wait for the installation of a gantry section

The downcast koepe tower at Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. The downcast koepe tower nearing completion at Cotgrave Colliery in 1963

Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Cotgrave Colliery opened in 1963 and was worked for only thirty years until is finaly closed in 1993

The downcast headgear at Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. The original shafts of Clipstone Colliery in Mansfield were sunk in 1922 to give access to the top hard seam

The headgear at Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
The headgear at Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. The original shafts of Clipstone Colliery in Mansfield were sunk in 1922 to give access to the top hard seam

Refurbishment work, Mosley Common Colliery, Lancashire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Refurbishment work, Mosley Common Colliery, Lancashire, 1963. Civil engineers at work securing the steel reinforcement on the substructure of the dirt conveyor during the refurbishment of Mosley

Empty Jubilee Line Tube tunnel, before completion, London, 1974. Artist: Michael Walters
Empty Jubilee Line Tube tunnel, before completion, London, 1974. The The new Fleetline section of the Julilee Line from Baker street to Stanmoore was started in 1971

Contractors setting explosives in a trench in Firbeck, near Rotherham, 1962. Artist
Contractors setting explosives in a trench, Firbeck, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962. The men are from Lileworth Contractors

Civil engineers in a trench with a pneumatic drill, Oldcoats, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Civil Engineers working for Lileworth Contractors Ltd in a limestone trench

Tinsley Viaduct under construction, Meadowhall, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1967. The Tinsley Viaduct is one of the major structures on the M1

Modernisation to Silverwood Colliery, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. Modernisation work to Silverwood Colliery took place during 1955 to cater for the increasing demand for coal

Civil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Artist: Michael Walters
Civil engineers at Silverwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1954. Civil engineers excavating a pit during the refurbishment of Silverwood Colliery in December of 1954

Silverwood Colliery modernisation, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Silverwood Colliery modernisation, South Yorkshire, 1955. Modernisation work to Silverwood Colliery took place during 1955 to cater for the increasing demand for coal

Aqueduct, Castle of Kolossi, near Limassol, Cyprus, 2001. Kolossi Castle was built by the Knights of the Order of St John in 1454. It stands on the site of an earlier (13th century) fortress

Great Man-Made River monument, Tripoli, Libya, late 20th century. Started in 1980, the Great Man-Made River project is one of the largest engineering schemes in the world

Old Bridge, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 2010. Completed in 1771, this bridge over the River Tay was built by John Smeaton, the engineer who built the Eddystone Lighthouse

St Matthews Church and Old Bridge, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 2010. St Matthews Church was designed in Gothic Revival style by John Honeyman and built in the early 1870s

Falkirk Wheel, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 2009. The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift that connects the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal

Skye Bridge, Highland, Scotland. This bridge connecting the Isle of Skye to the Scottish mainland was opened in 1995. It carries the A87 road across Loch Alsh

Old Bridge sign, Perth, Scotland. Completed in 1771, this bridge over the River Tay was built by John Smeaton, the engineer who built the Eddystone Lighthouse

Old Bridge, Perth, Scotland. Completed in 1771, this bridge over the River Tay was built by John Smeaton, the engineer who built the Eddystone Lighthouse

Old Bridge at night, Perth, Scotland. Completed in 1771, this bridge over the River Tay was built by John Smeaton, the engineer who built the Eddystone Lighthouse

Tay Bridge, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. This bridge over the River Tay was designed by Thomas Telford and was completed in 1809

Tower Bridge, London. The construction of the bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Excavations at Rossington Colliery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Excavations at Rossington Colliery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1963. Civil engineers from Norwest Construction at work. The men are without any protective headgear or safety equipment

Carr House Gas Works, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Carr House Gas Works, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1957

Barge passing through St Katherines Lock, London. The entrance from the River Thames into St Katherines Dock, built by Thomas Telford in the 1820s

Sunken Assyrian sculpture, Bavian, Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian king Sennacherib built an aqueduct to transport water from Bavian to his capital city, Nineveh, in c700 BC

Gorge, Bavian, Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian king Sennacherib built an aqueduct to transport water from Bavian to his capital city, Nineveh, in c700 BC

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Ruined arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Ruined corbelled arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

River Arno and Ponte Vecchio from Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Italy. The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) over the River Arno was built in the 14th century, predominantly by Taddeo Gaddi

25th April Bridge over the River Tagus, Lisbon, Portugal. The Ponte 25 Abril is the largest suspension bridge in Europe, and is 2.3 kilometre long. It was completed in 1966

Valentre Bridge, Cahors, Lot, France. This bridge over the River Lot was built between 1308 and 1378

Inside a Greathead Tunnelling Shield, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Tunnel Signal and Automatic Train-Stop. London Underground Railways, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Looking Through the Forth Bridge, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

A Steam Excavator at Work on the Edgware Tube Extension, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

London Bridge, City of London, 1911. Artist: Pictorial Agency
London Bridge, City of London, 1911. In 1799, a competition for designs to replace the existing London Bridge was held. John Rennie (1761-1821)

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