Engineering Collection

St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. Creator: Unknown
St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Locomotive Cab Fittings, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown
Locomotive Cab Fittings, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935-36]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

King Class Four-Cylinder Express Locomotive - Great Western Railway, 1935
" King" Class Four-Cylinder Express Locomotive - Great Western Railway, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, 1935
The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, on the L.M.S. Bristol to Birmingham line, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

The Engineer, 1867. The workman is using a file on an engine part held in a vice. Engineers made and maintained the steam engines and machinery used in manufacturing and transport

Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865

Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine (1880-1977) visiting an engineering works in Bradford, Yorkshire

Transporter Bridge, Newport, Wales
Transporter bridge, Newport, Wales. This type of bridge allowed shipping to pass unimpeded and passengers and goods to be transported across a river on a suspended platform

Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. Artist: D Macpherson
A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1833. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

Newcomen steam engine, 1747. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712. Water was heated in the boiler and the resulting steam was let into the cylinder

President Eisenhower with Hugh Dryden and T. Keith Glennan, August 19, USA, 1958. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower (centre) swears in Dr. T

Seamans, von Braun and President Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1963. Dr. Wernher von Braun (center) explains the Saturn Launch System to President John F. Kennedy

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865, 1865

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

The Cornish Riviera Express drawn by a King class locomotive, 1935-36
The " Cornish Riviera Express" drawn by a " King" class locomotive between Dawlish and Teignmouth (Devon), 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2"

Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames, 1857. View from the stern, showing the vessel in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

The Menai Bridge, Bangor (North Wales), c1826-c1850. Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over the Menai Straits was built in 1820-1826

Interior of John Bunyans meeting house in Zoar Street, Southwark, London, 1822. View showing the meeting house converted to use as a store for engineering components

Sectional view of a Newcomen steam engine, 1737. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

Portrait of Harry Lucas, 1936. Creators: Edward Samuel Harper, Harry Lucas
Portrait of Harry Lucas, 1936. Harry Lucas was the son of Joseph Lucas, the founder of Birmingham engineering company Lucas Industries

Chirk Aqueduct, 1833. Creator: David Cox the Elder
Chirk Aqueduct, 1833. Additional Info: Chirk (Y Waun), Wales

Conway Suspension Bridge, 1830-45. Creator: David Cox the Elder
Conway Suspension Bridge, 1830-45

Portrait of August Nilsson Keirkner, Finnish ironmaster and engineer, 1904. Creator: Albert Gebhard
Portrait of August Nilsson Keirkner, Finnish ironmaster and engineer, 1904

Siege operations at Chatham: explosion of a mine, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege operations at Chatham: explosion of a mine, 1871. British Army exercises. 'The siege operations performed...in the neighbourhood of Chatham

The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Dispute between '...journeymen "engineers, " or rather machine-makers

Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: country people waiting to see the train pass, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: country people waiting to see the train pass, 1871. Railway tunnel - 3.7 km (8.5 miles) in length - in the European Alps

North entrance to the Mont Cenis Tunnel: Modane, 1871. Creator: Unknown
North entrance to the Mont Cenis Tunnel: Modane, 1871. Railway tunnel - 3.7 km (8.5 miles) in length - in the European Alps, linking Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France

Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: the first train, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: the first train, 1871. Railway tunnel - 3.7 km (8.5 miles) in length - in the European Alps, linking Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France

Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: the town of Susa, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: the town of Susa, 1871. 'The little town of Susa, at the foot of Mont Cenis, will henceforth be quite out of the traveller's road; but we give a view of the place

Nottingham Bridge, old and new, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Nottingham Bridge, old and new, 1871. 'The new bridge [top] over the river Trent...was designed and superintended by Mr. Marriott O

Plan and section of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Plan and section of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1871. '...it will be perceived that the approach line to the Savoy mouth of the tunnel, shown at the left, makes a remarkable bend

Commendatore Grattoni, engineer of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Commendatore Grattoni, engineer of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1871. Severino Grattoni (1815-1876) was an Italian engineer and statesman

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. Creator: Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. British engineer, instrument-maker, inventor of the steam engine

Inauguration of the statue of Paleocapa at Turin, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Inauguration of the statue of Paleocapa at Turin, [Italy], 1871. Sculpture by Odoardo Tabacchi. 'The ceremony of unveiling

The Dora Valley, Mont Cenis Railway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Dora Valley, Mont Cenis Railway, 1871. 'A View of the romantic scenery in the valley of the Dora Riparia, at Susa [in Italy]

Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: illuminations at Turin representing the tunnel, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: illuminations at Turin representing the tunnel, 1871. Celebrating the opening of the Frejus Rail Tunnel in the European Alps

Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: mouth of the tunnel at Bardonnèche, Piedmont, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: mouth of the tunnel at Bardonneche, Piedmont, [Italy], 1871. Steam locomotive emerging from the Frejus Rail Tunnel - 3.7 km (8.5 miles)

Agriculture in the Dora Valley, Mont Cenis Railway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Agriculture in the Dora Valley, Mont Cenis Railway, 1871. 'View of the romantic scenery in the valley of the Dora Riparia

Mont Cenis Railway scenery: the Dora Valley, near Oulx, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Mont Cenis Railway scenery: the Dora Valley, near Oulx, 1871. 'The opening of the great railway tunnel through the Alps between Savoy and Piedmont, on the 17th September, has been followed

Mont Cenis Railway scenery: the Dora Valley, near Salbertrand, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Mont Cenis Railway scenery: the Dora Valley, near Salbertrand, 1871. 'The opening of the great railway tunnel through the Alps between Savoy and Piedmont, on the 17th September, has been followed

Holborn Valley Viaduct: section of subway on each side, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Holborn Valley Viaduct [in London]: section of subway on each side, 1871. 'In the construction of the Viaduct and the streets connected with it the Corporation of London determined to introduce

The Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, Egham, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, 1871. Building '...adapted and occupied for a College of Civil Engineering for the service of the Government of India...By

New organ for St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, 1871. Creator: Unknown
New organ for St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, 1871. 'The new organ...was tested...by Mr. W. T. Best, playing at two public performances...The result was most satisfactory to the congregation; to

Hon. Sir Chas. A. Parsons, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Hon. Sir Chas. A. Parsons, between c1915 and c1920. Shows portrait of Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (1854-1931), inventor of the compound steam turbine

Putting U.S. Emblem on plane, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Putting U.S. Emblem on plane, between c1915 and c1920. Shows a worker painting a star on the side of an airplane, at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens

Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Chevalier, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Chevalier, between c1915 and c1920. Shows engineer Colonel Willard Townshend Chevalier (1886-1961)

Ignacio Bonillas, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ignacio Bonillas, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Ignacio Bonillas (1858-1942), Mexican politician and diplomat

B.G. Lamme, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
B.G. Lamme, between c1915 and c1920. Shows electrical engineer Benjamin Garver Lamme (1864-1924) who served on the Naval Consulting Board

Assembling plane wings, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Assembling plane wings, 1917. Shows workers assembling airplane wings at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens, New York City

Water spanned by water: the Bridgewater Canal crossing the Manchester Ship Canal, 1909. Creator: Samuel Begg
Water spanned by water: the Bridgewater Canal crossing the Manchester Ship Canal, 1909. 'The Manchester Ship Canal, a remarkable feat of engineering, presents, perhaps

The Great Eastern steam-ship leaving Sheerness with the French Atlantic Cable, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Great Eastern steam-ship leaving Sheerness with the French Atlantic Cable, 1869. Start of an important cable-laying voyage. 'At high tide, with her bows to the Nore, there was only about 4 ft

Railway through the Thames Tunnel, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Railway through the Thames Tunnel, 1870. 'The first section of the East London Railway, extending from New-cross to Wapping - another link in the great outer circle of communication which will

Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Mediterranean Telegraph: the cliffs at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Mediterranean Telegraph: the cliffs at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall, 1870. 'The successful completion of the submarine telegraph line...in connection with

Proposed Channel Railway Ferry: station and pier at Dover, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Proposed Channel Railway Ferry: station and pier at Dover, 1870. '...a steam railway-ferry from Dover to a point of the opposite French coast, near Cape Grisnez, [has been] proposed by Mr

Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar, off the Isle of Pantellaria, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar, off the Isle of Pantellaria, 1870. 'The laying of [this section of the Anglo-Indian Submarine Telegraph]

The Channel Railway Ferry: sections of the proposed steam-boat, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Channel Railway Ferry: sections of the proposed steam-boat, 1870. 'Mr. John Fowler, C.E. [has devised a plan] for the more expeditious conveyance of mails

Telegraph diagram and reading-plate of Sir F. Ronald's electric telegraph, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Telegraph diagram and reading-plate of Sir F. Ronald's electric telegraph, 1870. Diagrams of '...the instrument contrived by Mr

The Thames Subway at Tower-Hill: interior of carriage, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Thames Subway at Tower-Hill: interior of carriage, 1870. Tunnel under the River Thames in London, designed by William Henry Barlow

The Blackfriars Bridge end of the Thames Embankment, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Blackfriars Bridge end of the Thames Embankment, [London], 1870. '...a space of about eight acres has been reclaimed from the slime and mud of the river

Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by Lieutenant C. E. Turner, R.E

The new docks and repairing-basin at Chatham, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The new docks and repairing-basin at Chatham, 1871. 'The new extension works at the Royal Dockyard will be of great service to the British Navy...The..."repairing" basin...has been constructed on a

Plan of the Amsterdam Ship Canal, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Amsterdam Ship Canal, 1870. Map of '...the great canal for seagoing ships which is still under construction between the city of Amsterdam and the German Ocean [ie North Sea]

T.C. Dawson, B.L. Worden, L.D. Lovekin, R.W. Hoyt, G.W. Hoyt, G.A. Anthony and G. Horton, 1917. Shows officers and directors of the Submarine Boat Corporation including Thomas C

Professor R.H. McKee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Professor R.H. McKee, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Ralph H. McKee who was a professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University who specialized in applied organic chemistry

Colonel Chester Harding, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel Chester Harding, between c1915 and c1920

Generals Vanderbilt & O'Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Generals. Vanderbilt & O'Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. Shows General John F. O'Ryan (1874-1961), Commander of the 27th Division during World War I with Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873-1942)

Gen. Scott Moncrieff [i.e. Scott-Montcrieff], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Scott Moncrieff [i.e. Scott-Montcrieff], between c1915 and c1920. Shows Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (1855-1924), a Scottish soldier and engineer

Harrington Emerson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Harrington Emerson, between c1915 and c1920

Assembling main engine, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Assembling main engine, between c1915 and c1920

Adm. D.W. Taylor, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Adm. D.W. Taylor, 1917. Shows Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, USN (1864-1940), a naval architect and engineer

Burgermeister Bramm, Ghent, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Burgermeister Bramm, Ghent, between c1910 and c1915. Shows E´mile, Baron Braun (1849-1927) was an engineer, Belgian liberal politician and manager of companies in the textile industry

W.L. Saunders, c1916. Creator: Bain News Service
W.L. Saunders, c1916. Shows William Lawrence Saunders, mining engineer and head of the American Institute for Mining Engineers

T.C. Desmond, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
T.C. Desmond, between c1915 and c1920. Shows politician and engineer Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972)

T. Coleman Dupont, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
T. Coleman Dupont, between c1915 and c1920. Shows engineer and politician Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930)

Sir Hiram Maxim, between c1915 and 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Hiram Maxim, between c1915 and 1916. Shows inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916)

W. D'Arcy Ryan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
W. D'Arcy Ryan, between c1915 and c1920

Wsewolod Holubowytch, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wsewolod Holubowytch, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Ukrainian State Secretary Wsewolod Holubowytch

The King of Holland laying the foundation-stone of the Amsterdam ship-canal locks, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The King of Holland laying the foundation-stone of the Amsterdam ship-canal locks, 1870. 'It will be remembered that the Number of this Journal for Nov

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