Engineering Collection (page 9)

Fall of the middle level sluice on the west bank of the Ouse, about four miles from Lynn... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Fall of the middle level sluice on the west bank of the Ouse, about four miles from Lynn, Norfolk, 1862....tidal water found its way under the front apron of this sluice

The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. The construction of this gigantic iron frigate, under the superintendence of Mr. 0. W

The builders of the International Exhibition Building: Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr. Kelk... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The builders of the International Exhibition Building: Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr. Kelk, Mr. Thomas Lucas, 1862. Lucas Brothers undertook the construction for the International Exhibition of 1862

The Great Flood in the Fens: attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Great Flood in the Fens: attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain, 1862. The destruction of the sluice connected with the Middle-Level outfall...has been attended with the most serious

Captain Fowke, R.E. designer of the Great Exhibition Building, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Captain Fowke, R.E. designer of the Great Exhibition Building, 1862. Engraving...from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins, of Parliament-street

The Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch, 1862. Creator: JM Williams
The Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch, [London], 1862. In a few months Paddington will be joined to the City by a new thoroughfare...This line has a width of nearly thirty feet

Bridge over Khvoynaya Bay, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Bridge over Khvoynaya Bay, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

New bridge at Lambeth, 1862. Creator: Unknown
New bridge at Lambeth, 1862. A new bridge became necessary due to...the increase of the Pimlico and Chelsea districts, to which it will give a more direct communication by one-third of a mile to

Floating pontoons or dock prepared by Messrs. Rennie and Son for the government of Spain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Floating pontoons or dock prepared by Messrs. Rennie and Son for the government of Spain, 1862. Now that Spain is endeavouring to regain her position amongst the chief nations of Europe

Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at the foundry of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Westminster-road, London, 1862

Eddystone Lighthouse, c1870. Smeatons lighthouse at Eddystone Rocks on the English Channel remained in use until 1877 when erosion of the rocks under the lighthouse caused it to shake whenever large

Head office and works of Joseph Lucas, Great King Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1961. Taken from an artists impression

Reconstruction of a clepsydra (water clock), invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC (1857). Ctesibius (fl270 BC) was an inventor

Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Creator: NASA
Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Dr. Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal

Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki
Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building licensed Bristols beginning in the late 1920s, and Gnome-Rhone engines beginning in 1936

Portrait of James Fern Webster, 1862. Creator: EH Bolt
Portrait of James Fern Webster, 1862. James Fern Webster was an engineer and prolific inventor who lived and worked in Solihull Lodge (West Midlands) in 1870-80

J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. Creator: Unknown
J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist, home educated. He improved the Newcomen steam engine

Norfolk Bridge, New Shoreham, 1835. Creator: George Baxter
Norfolk Bridge, New Shoreham, 1835. Suspension Bridge over the River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea, designed by William Tierney Clark and opened in 1833

Suspension Bridge, North Sydney, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Suspension Bridge, North Sydney, 1901. Suspension Bridge known as the Long Gully Bridge, connecting Cammeray and Northbridge a suburb of Sydney over the Murray River, built in 1889

The Rialto, Venice, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Rialto, Venice, 1890. Rialto pedestrian bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, originally built in 1181 by Nicolo Barattieri, rebuilt in 1591 by Antonio da Ponte

The Hanging Gardens of Ancient Babylon, 1890. Creator: Unknown
he Hanging Gardens of Ancient Babylon, 1890. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ascending tiered gardens in the ancient city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq

The Flying Scotsman, famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving Kings Cross, 1935
The " Flying Scotsman", famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving the L.N.E.R.s London terminus at Kings Cross with a night express for the north, 1935

A Busy Spot, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Busy Spot, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Automatic Train Stop, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Automatic Train Stop, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

A Double Locomotive, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Double Locomotive, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Raising the Drawbridge of the Castle, c1934. Illustration showing the drawbridge worked by means of a pivoted beam with a counterweight

The loop at Agony Point at Tindharia on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, 1880s. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge line connecting Siliguri and Darjeeling

Mr Stephenson putting in the last rivet, 1886. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, volume I

New waterworks at Caterham, Surrey, 1862. Creator: Unknown
New waterworks at Caterham, Surrey, 1862. 'To supply [a plentiful supply of good water fit for domestic use,] the principal landowner, at his own expense, has had waterworks constructed

Moving the Great Bell, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moving the Great Bell, 1858. Big Ben being installed in the bell tower of the Palace of Westminster in London. View of...the bell entering the arch

Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. This gentleman, the chief engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company

Worthing Water-Works, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Worthing Water-Works, 1858....one of the most favourable and successful examples of sanitary works executed under the authority of the Public Health Act...as the population [of Worthing] increased

The South Australian Company's Swing-Bridge at Port Adelaide, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The South Australian Company's Swing-Bridge at Port Adelaide, 1858. New bridge...spanning the entrance to their new dock

Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, First Practical Introducer of the Screw-Propeller - from a photograph by L Creator: Unknown
Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, First Practical Introducer of the Screw-Propeller - from a photograph by Lawrence, 1856. The magnificent spectacle presented by our screw fleet at the naval review just

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

Section of Wall, etc, of Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Section of Wall, etc, of Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. A. The Wall of the Church; B. The Area round the Wall to keep it dry; C. Flagstone covering the Area; D. The Floor of the Church; E

Captain William Hutcheson Hall, R.N. F.R.S. 1854. Creator: Unknown
Captain Hall, R.N. F.R.S. 1854. British naval officer who...distinguished himself by his bravery in the expedition to the Baltic...[He] was appointed to the command of the H E I.C's war-steamer

The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Portrait of William Burton Tylden, British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who served for 43 years....he served at Gibraltar and in Sicily

Fountain and Aquaduct, City of Mexico. A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Fountain and Aquaduct, City of Mexico. A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. [The Chapultepec aqueduct was originally built by the Aztecs during the 15th century

Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run, between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run. Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan

The careful hands of women are trained in... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va. between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Unknown
Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va

Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Women are trained to do precise and... Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers... North American Aviation, Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]s Inglewood, Calif. plant

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator... Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. 1942
Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVAs hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25... North American Aviation, Inglewood, CA
Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.s Inglewood, Calif. plant

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide... Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. 1942
Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVAs hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn

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