Working Man Collection (page 7)

Bush Workmans Home, Gippsland, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Interior of Subway, Holborn Viaduct, c1876. Creator: Unknown
Interior of Subway, Holborn Viaduct, c1876. Work on the worlds first underground railway began in 1860 by the Metropolitan Railway, under chief engineer John Fowler

New Peal of Bells for St. Pauls Cathedral, 1878. Creator: RHM
New Peal of Bells for St. Pauls Cathedral: The Tenor Bell, presented by the City Corporation, 1878. The bell, inscribed Domine Dirige Nos, (Lord guide us)

Workmen in an English inn listening to Mr. Churchill, 1942. Creator: Unknown
Workmen in an English inn listening to Mr. Churchill, 1942. From " Calling All Nations", by T. O. Beachcroft. [The British Broadcasting Corporation, Wembley, The Sun Engraving Co. Ltd

Demolishing Devonshire House, 1927. Creator: William Walcot
Demolishing Devonshire House, 1927. From " Disappearing London", by E. Beresford Chancellor, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [" The Studio" Limited, London, 1927]

The Quadrant, Looking South, 1927. Creator: Randolph Schwabe
The Quadrant, Looking South, 1927. From " Disappearing London", by E. Beresford Chancellor, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [" The Studio" Limited, London, 1927]

Track-Laying Machine, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Track-Laying Machine, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

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

Diving-Bell Used in the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Diving-Bell Used in the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, (c1878). Diving bell being used to plug a hole in the bottom of the River Thames

Oldbourne Hall, Shoe Lane, 1823, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Oldbourne Hall, Shoe Lane, 1823, (1897). Workmen digging up the street in the City of London. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury

The Last of Temple Bar, 1877, (1897). Creator: Unknown
The Last of Temple Bar, 1877, (1897). Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from the City of Westminster

Funerary Chamber Where Egyptian Mummies Awaited Resurrection, c1935. Luxor, Egypt. Funerary chamber. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Deadly Rock in the Simplon Tunnel, c1935. Artist: Swiss Federal Railways
Deadly Rock in the Simplon Tunnel, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Compound Greathead Shield Destroying A Barrier Between Two Countries, c1935. Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Transporting a Modern Triumph of Carrara Quarrying Through Rome, c1935. Artist: GPA
Transporting a Modern Triumph of Carrara Quarrying Through Rome, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Workers in the Metal Upon Which Our Civilization Depends, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Section By Section Mounts The Huge Steel Framework of the Hookers Cylinder, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

A Many-Bladed Rotor for one of the Queen Marys low-pressure turbines, 1937
A Many-Bladed Rotor for one of the Queen Marys low-pressure turbines undergoig final adjustments in the works of the builders, John Brown and Co. Ltd, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907. Front view of the cutting edge of the shield where it emerges into Shaft 1 (Tunnel B)

Miners at work on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, February 1907. Two sections of the shield, with bare-chested miners at work

Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2

Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906
Bulkhead to retain compressed air in the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906. Viewed from the inside with workmen standing by hatches

Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906. View looking east across the the bridge over the East London Railway towards the mouth of the tunnel under the River

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906. Men constructing the caisson for Shaft 4 of the tunnel under the River Thames

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905. Construction of the cut and cover section of the tunnel under the River Thames

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, London, 1906
Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, Somerset House, Westminster, London, 1906. Workmen excavating during electrification of the tram system have exposed arches

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

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

Blast-Furnaces at Bell Bros. Iron Works, Middlesborough, 1910. From The British Isles in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. D.Lit. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1910]

Place Vintimille, seen from the painters window (1917), 1917, (1946). Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Place Vintimille, seen from the painters window (1917), 1917, (1946). From Vuillard - His Life and Work, by Claude Roer Marx. [Paul Elek, London, 1946]

Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building

Construccao de um Estrada de Rodagem (S. Bernardo), 1895. Artist: Axel Frick
Construccao de um Estrada de Rodagem (S. Bernardo), 1895. From Sao Paulo by Gustavo Koenigswald. [S. Paulo, 1895]

Making Fryotype Printing Metal in the London Foundry, 1919. Frys Metal Foundrys establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

The First Attempt at Launching, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Preparing to Launch, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Putting on the Casing, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Beginning the Framework, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Prising Up the Needle, in order to build the Framework under it, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III

The removal of Eros, 1925, (1938). The removal of Eros from its place in Piccadilly, in early 1925 to make way for the reconstruction of Piccadilly Tube Station

Workmen at Dinner, c1900. Artist: Franz Gailliard
Workmen at Dinner, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below, c1931. The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below

The Empire State Building: Skyscraper Workers, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
The Empire State Building: Skyscraper Workers, c1931. The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

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