Concrete Collection

Housing project, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Housing project, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1962. This housing development in Kirby Street in the South Yorkshire town of Mexborough is a good example of the failed 1960s housing ethos

Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Workers and supervisors posing for photograph amid preparations for pouring cement for sluice dam foundation across the Oka River near

Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. The Dock recently completed at Chatham, known as No. 2 Dock...was commenced in October, 1855, and completed in October of the present year

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917...1917 Creator: Unknown
Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917, on the German side of Wytschaete-Messines, Australians of the Plumer army study a huge map in relief, made in cement

Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Sur le Teton: blockhaus en ciment armé, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Sur le Teton: blockhaus en ciment arme, 1917. First World War: on the Moronvilliers Hills; on the breast of the hill, blockhouse in reinforced cement

Derriere la bataille, au Sud de la Somme: Le travail de notre artillerie sur les defenses... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Derriere la bataille, au Sud de la Somme : Le travail de notre artillerie sur les defenses Allemandes; Abri de mitrailleuses en beton arme, ayant echappe a notre tir. 1916

Concrete mixing plant, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Concrete mixing plant. Birmingham, Alabama

Concrete mixing plant, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Concrete mixing plant. Birmingham, Alabama

Monument dedicated to the copper miners of Arizona, Bisbee, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Monument dedicated to the copper miners of Arizona. Work of a local sculptor sponsored by Work Projects Administration. Bisbee, Arizona

Inscription on monument dedicated to the copper miners of Arizona, Bisbee, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Inscription on monument dedicated to the copper miners of Arizona. Bisbee, Arizona. ['Dedicated to Those Virile Men The Copper Miners whose Contribution to the Development of the Wealth

Western Texas grain elevator, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Texas grain elevator

The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London, 1934, (1935). London County Council demolished the old bridge which was damaged, and commissioned a new structure designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

Doncaster North Bus Station, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Doncaster North Bus Station, 1967. Passengers run for their bus as a mid 1960s GUY and an early 1950s Daimler STL double decker bus get ready to depart

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942
Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war

Roza Irrigation Canal, Yakima County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima County, Roza Irrigation Canal. Sides concrete, lined by machine. The project, when complete in 1945, will open 72, 000 acres to cultivation in East Yakima and West Benton Counties

Guard tower from Camp H at Angola Prison, 1900-1950. Creator: Unknown
Watchtower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola, after the former plantation that occupied this territory in the American south

a captured 8-inch naval gun in its concrete emplacement, First World War, c1917, (c1920). The Hindenburg Defences:, British soldiers on the Western Front in northern France

The Enemys New Defence System in 1917... (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Enemys New Defence System in 1917: attacking one of the German concrete gun emplacements, (c1920). Allied soldiers throw grenades into a pillbox during the First World War

National Benzole filling station, Harbourne in Birmingham 1968. Creator: Unknown
National Benzole filling station, Harbourne in Birmingham 1968

Diving platform, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Diving platform, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria, c1935. Holidaymakers at the health resort and spa town of Millstatt on the Millstatter See (Lake Millstatt), in the state of Carinthia

Torrens Weir, Adelaide, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Torrens Weir, Adelaide, 1901. Construction of a concrete weir was begun in November 1880 and was completed at a cost of £ 7, 000, in 1881

Court of Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Court of Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida, c1897. Built by Henry M. Flagler, completed in 1888, designed in Spanish Renaissance style and originally made entirely from poured concrete

The Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 1951. Roman architecture - The Pantheon, Rome - AD 120-124. Section and view of interior: Eye, Portico and Rotunda

House for two families in Budapest, Romania, 1933. Architect: L. Kozma. Construction of reinforced concrete, pillars of Mannesmann hollow steel tubes

Interior of the Villa at Poissy, 1933. Architects: Le Corbusier & Jeanneret of Paris. The Villa Savoye on the outskirt of Paris, France, designed by Swiss architects Le Corbusier and his cousin

Villa at Poissy, constructed in reinforced concrete, 1933. Architects: Le Corbusier & Jeanneret of Paris. The Villa Savoye on the outskirt of Paris, France

32-40 Rue Marconi, Brussels, Belgium, (1901), c2014-c2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
32-40 Rue Marconi, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-c2017. Designed by Leon Govaerts: 1901. Social housing in limestone plaster and concrete with ironwork pedestrian gate in porch entrance flanked by

Hedged Round With Steel and Concrete, the 100-Inch Reflector, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

House for Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Koch at cambridge, Massachusetts, built on a reinforced concrete foundation with walls of waterproof-faced cinder concrete blocks, 1939

Recently completed Doncaster North Bus Station, South Yorkshire, 1967. Doncaster has two bus stations, one North and one South, which serve different areas

Woodside Maisonettes, Sheffield 13th August 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Woodside Maisonettes, Sheffield 13th August 1962. The newly built Woodside Maisonettes in Sheffield were a good example of the brave new architecture prevalent in the 1960 s

Grosvenor House Hotel, Charter Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968. The hotel pictured soon after its opening

Preparation for construction work, Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist
Preparation for construction work, Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. As the site is being prepared for the commencement of construction of part of Sheffield University

An AEC Mammoth Major on the building site for Sheffield University, 1960. Artist
AEC Mammoth Major on the building site for Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. An AEC Mammoth Major lorry delivering reinforcement bars on the building site for Sheffield University

The Hayward art gallery, London, 2010. The Hayward is part of the South Bank Centre. The building, an example of Brutalist architecture, opened in 1968

Concrete portal or rigid bent, 1922
Concrete portal or rigid bent. A special type of beam which is economical for first class construction, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Steel, concrete and glass, make modern buildings, 1935. From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

British Troops in Syria, 1941. British troops in Syria during World War II, guarding a frontier position behind a concrete tank trap. From The War Illustrated: Volume 4 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Dugout made of concrete and lined with corrugated iron, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Nightingale & Co
Dugout made of concrete and lined with corrugated iron, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Blockhouse destroyed by a mine, Lomme, near Armentieres, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Nightingale & Co
Concrete blockhouse destroyed by a mine, Lomme, near Armentieres, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Concrete bridge, the All-Russia Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
Concrete Bridge, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Staged from 28 May to 1 October 1896, the All-Russia industrial

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy. View of the dome with light shining from the hole in the roof. Built in the 2nd century during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian as a temple to all Romes gods

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