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Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Workers at '...the great manufacturing establishment of Messrs. Schneider and Co

Spade drill at the Tower, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Spade drill at the Tower [of London], 1870. 'Spade drill has been commenced in the Tower ditch by the second battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards

Raising the west capstone of Le Trepied Cromlech, Guernsey, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Raising the west capstone of Le Trepied Cromlech, Guernsey, 1870. 'This Cromlech is called Le Trepied, from the principal capstone being supported on three props or feet...The view shows Perelle Bay

Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. '...by far the larger part of the working population who are in want of work assemble in the open air on particular

The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the 1st Hants Engineer Volunteers constructing a...bridge, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the 1st Hants Engineer Volunteers constructing a barrel-pier bridge for the sortie at Hilsea Lines, 1868

Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. 'The readers of this Journal, whether personally visiting the Exhibition or not, were enabled, by our numerous Illustrations

Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 11, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 11, 1864. View of...Redoubt No. 11

Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: battery on the...Dannewerk, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: battery on the summit of the Dannewerk, 1864. View of...the summit with a battery of guns

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian houses

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly, clearing the ground for a drill-shed, 1862

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