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Roadworks Collection

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Repairing Belgian Road, 22 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Repairing Belgian Road, 22 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Repairing Belgian Road, 22 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). Men and vehicle repairing a road in Belgium during World War I.

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication. Creator: Eugene Atget

Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication. Creator: Eugene Atget
Street Paver, before 1927, 1956 publication

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Street in Montmartre, Paris, in the Winter, 1885-1931. Creator: Willem de Zwart

Street in Montmartre, Paris, in the Winter, 1885-1931. Creator: Willem de Zwart
Street in Montmartre, Paris, in the Winter, 1885-1931

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Road-building by Tuskegee students, 1904

Background imageRoadworks Collection: The Tanner's Council, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. The Tanner's Council

The Tanner's Council, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. The Tanner's Council
The Tanner's [sic] Council, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Signs: Rooms for Rent; Furnished Rooms; The Tanners Council of the United States of America; Drugs'

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. British soldiers during the Crimean War. The fortified town of Schumla, now Shumen in Bulgaria, was strategically important

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Laying cobblestones in Montmartre (landscape with a cart), 1889. Creator: Maximilien Luce

Laying cobblestones in Montmartre (landscape with a cart), 1889. Creator: Maximilien Luce
Laying cobblestones in Montmartre (landscape with a cart), 1889

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Stock Sound, 1940. Creator: Eric Hallstrom

Stock Sound, 1940. Creator: Eric Hallstrom
Stock Sound, 1940. Two workers carry out street work in a wintry Stocksund, outside Stockholm

Background imageRoadworks Collection: View of the road construction near the village of Practichi, 1909

View of the road construction near the village of Practichi, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
View of the road construction near the village of Practichi, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings... Washington, D.C, 1943

Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings... Washington, D.C, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings on Independence Avenue

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Street scene as the army began to sing, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939

Street scene as the army began to sing, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Street scene as the army began to sing

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Unemployed young men pause a moment... Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939

Unemployed young men pause a moment... Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Unemployed young men pause a moment to loiter and watch, and then pass on. [Signs: Money Loaned on Everything; Pawnbrokers ]

Background imageRoadworks Collection: General view of army and crowds, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939

General view of army and crowds, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. General view of army and crowds. [Signs: Danger - Street Closed; Pause...Drink Coca-Cola; Steam Welcome Here; Okanes Imported Whiskies - Bourbon

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Men at work road sign in India, 2019. Creator: Unknown

Men at work road sign in India, 2019. Creator: Unknown
Men at work road sign in India, 2019

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Fifth Avenue Omnibuses... 1885. Creator: Unknown

Fifth Avenue Omnibuses... 1885. Creator: Unknown
Fifth Avenue Omnibuses: Proposed Design for the New Fifth Ave Omnibus & The Old Broadway Stages in 1831, 1885. From Harpers Weekly, December 5, 1885

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Landscape with Roller (Le paysage au rouleau). Creator: Alphonse Legros

Landscape with Roller (Le paysage au rouleau). Creator: Alphonse Legros
Landscape with Roller (Le paysage au rouleau)

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725. Creator: William Hogarth

Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725. Creator: William Hogarth
Sign for a paviour, ca. 1725

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Fleet-Street, deepening the sewer, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Fleet-Street, deepening the sewer, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Fleet-Street, deepening the sewer, 1845. Workers improving the underground waste system in London, with Temple Bar in the distance....the difficulty of keeping open the traffic

Background imageRoadworks Collection: The Old Slip Market, 1881. Creator: George Reynolds

The Old Slip Market, 1881. Creator: George Reynolds
The Old Slip Market, 1881

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Bridge Demolition over M27 Motorway at Rownhams 2018. Creator: Unknown

Bridge Demolition over M27 Motorway at Rownhams 2018. Creator: Unknown
Bridge Demolition over M27 Motorway at Rownhams 2018

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Road works in Costa Rica 2018. Creator: Unknown

Road works in Costa Rica 2018. Creator: Unknown
Road works in Costa Rica 2018

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Road resurfacing in Hampshire, UK 2014. Creator: Unknown

Road resurfacing in Hampshire, UK 2014. Creator: Unknown
Road resurfacing in Hampshire, UK 2014

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Marischal College, 1898. Creator: Unknown

Marischal College, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Marischal College, 1898. Construction of Marischal College a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen began in 1835. From " Our Own Country, Volume III"

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Men at Work in Canada 2018. Creator: Unknown

Men at Work in Canada 2018. Creator: Unknown
Men at Work in Canada 2018

Background imageRoadworks Collection: A Rough Road, Tasmania, 1901. Creator: Unknown

A Rough Road, Tasmania, 1901. Creator: Unknown
A Rough Road, Tasmania, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Ground Plan of New Road from Islington to Edgware Road, 1755, (c1876). Creator: Unknown

Ground Plan of New Road from Islington to Edgware Road, 1755, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Ground Plan of New Road from Islington to Edgware Road, 1755, (c1876). The New Road from Paddington to Islington opened in 1756 as Londons first bypass along which to drive cattle to Smithfield

Background imageRoadworks Collection: 58 Avenue Princesse Elisabeth, Brussels, Belgium, (c1910), c2014-2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

58 Avenue Princesse Elisabeth, Brussels, Belgium, (c1910), c2014-2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
58 Avenue Princesse Elisabeth, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Balloons Over Piccadilly, 1842, (1920)

Balloons Over Piccadilly, 1842, (1920)
Balloons Over Piccadilly, 1842, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945

Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945
Advertisements at Midland Bank, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945. Building on the south east corner covered with advertisements for Black and White whisky

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921

Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921
Workmen using wooden tools on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921. Work in progress on the carriageway looking north from Queenstown Road, Battersea, towards the Western Pumping Station

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Men laying tramlines at a junction, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929

Men laying tramlines at a junction, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Men laying tramlines at a junction, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Crossover tramlines being laid at the Commercial Road junction with Whitechapel High Street

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Men laying tramlines in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929

Men laying tramlines in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Men laying tramlines in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Tramlines being laid as traffic passes on the right: view looking west

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Tramlines being laid, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929

Tramlines being laid, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Tramlines being laid, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Men work laying the track and points at the crossover, Commercial Road junction

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Tramline being laid in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929

Tramline being laid in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Tramline being laid in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Workmen lay track for trams

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Men working on tramline electricification, Wandsworth, London, 1906

Men working on tramline electricification, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Men at work on interlacing the track near Wandsworth Town Station, by the junction with Alma Road

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Laying tramlines at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road, London, 1907

Laying tramlines at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road, London, 1907
Laying of electrified tramlines at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1907. Workmen assisted by horse

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Workmen extending tramlines, Brixton Road, London, 1907

Workmen extending tramlines, Brixton Road, London, 1907. A crowd of men and boys watches the insertion of special work on existing lines for Stockwell Road Lines

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Tramway electrification at the junction of Goswell Road and Old Street, London, 1906

Tramway electrification at the junction of Goswell Road and Old Street, London, 1906
Tramway electrification: men laying tracks across the junction of Goswell Road and Old Street, Finsbury, London, 1906. Traffic and roadworks between the Hat and Feathers public house and the London

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Rebuilding and modernising roads, 20th century

Rebuilding and modernising roads, 20th century. An old road surface being broken up with the help of pneumatic hammers, operated by a petrol driven air-compressor

Background imageRoadworks Collection: New road under construction, Germany, 1936

New road under construction, Germany, 1936. Labourers shovel dirt into carts pulled by horses. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Road construction work, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, November 1955

Road construction work, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, November 1955. Workers from Henry Boot & Sons at work on the construction of a new factory roadway

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Roads up as usual, c1900. Artist: James Frank Sullivan

Roads up as usual, c1900. Artist: James Frank Sullivan
Roads up as usual, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish

Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion

Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Roadworks in Tverskaya Street, Moscow, USSR, 1920s

Roadworks in Tverskaya Street, Moscow, USSR, 1920s. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Surfacing a road with granite setts, Paris, c1900

Surfacing a road with granite setts, Paris, c1900. Liebig trade card

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Surfacing a Paris street with wooden blocks, c1900

Surfacing a Paris street with wooden blocks, c1900. Liebig trade card

Background imageRoadworks Collection: Laying paving slabs in a Paris street, c1900

Laying paving slabs in a Paris street, c1900. Workmen are using crowbars to lever the slabs into place. In the background is the cathedral of Notre Dame. Liebig trade card



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