Workman Collection (page 8)

The east end of the Guildhall and the old Guildhall Library, City of London, 1870. Construction work being carried out in the foreground

Gresham Street, City of London, 1840. Artist
Gresham Street, City of London, 1840. View of the premises of Messrs J & R Morley, wholesale hosiers, on the corner of Gresham Street and Wood Street

Repair of the Fleet sewer, City of London, 1854. From the Illustrated London News

Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Artist
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

Excavation work for the north pier and tidal dam at Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1864. The new Blackfriars Bridge was designed by Joseph cubitt and opened in 1869

Demolition work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge from the Surrey shore, London, 1864. The first Blackfriars Bridge built by Robert Mylne in the 1760s was replaced by a new crossing designed by

Demolition work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Artist: George Maund
Demolition work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. The first Blackfriars Bridge built by Robert Mylne in the 1760s was replaced by a new crossing designed by Joseph Cubitt

Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1864. Artist: Mason Jackson
Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1864. View towards Ludgate Hill from the temporary bridge showing the railway works of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway at Blackfriars Bridge

Demolition of the Church of St Benet Fink, City of London, 1844. Rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after it was destroyed by the Great Fire of London

View of West India Docks from the south east, 1840. Artist: William Parrott
View of West India Docks from the south east, 1840. Showing figures making repairs to ships and boats or handling cargo

Alderman in civic costume looking towards St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1805. Artist
Back view of an Alderman of the City of London in civic costume standing on a hill overlooking some workmen, London, 1805. The River Thames and St Pauls Cathedral can be seen in the distance

View of the Great Peter of York bell, 1845. Artist: AR Grieve
View of the Great Peter of York bell, 1845. View of the bell cast by Charles and George Mears at the Bell Foundry, no. 267 Whitechapel Road

The Nelson at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, London, 1815. The Nelson in dry dock undergoing repairs

Crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1818. Artist: Frederick Nash
Crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1818. Workmen in the crypt of the church of St Mary-le-Bow, showing the vaulted ceiling. One man carries a basket

London Bridge (old), c1831
Demolition of temporary bridge over Fifth Lock and Rogers Lock, old London Bridge, looking north east

Fleet Street, London, 1845. Artist: Frederick Napoleon Shepherd
View of Fleet Street, London, 1845; showing the new common sewer under construction

Vauxhall Bridge, Lambeth, London, 1829. Artist: James B Allen
View of Vauxhall Bridge, Lambeth, London, 1829; from Millbank, with vessels on the River Thames and three men ashore working on a boat in the foreground

Bow Bridge, Bow, Poplar, London, 1835. The new bridge being built over the River Lea; workmen use a winch to lift heavy materials

London Bridge (new), London, 1827. Artist: Edward William Cooke
View of construction work being carried out on London Bridge, London, 1827. There are also boats on the River Thames

St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1834. Artist: Charles Edwin Gwilt
Interior of the Norman crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1834; portraying its restoration by George Gwilt during 1818-1820

London Bridge (old), London, 1832. Artist: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
View of the south end of London Bridge, London, 1832, during its demolition in 1831

Holborn Viaduct, London, 1869. Artist: CC
Holborn Viaduct, London, 1869. View of workmen hoisting girders for bridge across Farringdon Street, part of Holborn Viaduct

Leadenhall Chapel, London, 1814. Artist: John Thomas Smith
North east view of Leadenhall Chapel, London, during demolition, 1814; with Leadenhall granary behind

Fishmongers Hall, Thames Street, London, c1827. Artist: William Henry Bartlett
Fishmongers Hall, Thames Street, London, c1827. View of the new Fishmongers Hall showing Thames Street and the construction of London Bridge

Construction of London Bridge, 1826. Artist: Edward William Cooke
Construction of London Bridge, 1826. View of a timber cofferdam enclosing pile drivers and hoists for London Bridge, with a barge moored close by

Church of St Mary the Less, Lambeth Butts, London, c1831. View with workmen and a woman with a stall in the foreground

View of the demolition of the Saracens Head Inn, Snow Hill, City of London, 1868

Ruins of the Church of St Clare Minoressess without Aldgate, City of London, 1812. Remains of the south and west walls of the church

London Bridge (old and new), London, 1828. Artist: G Yates
View of London Bridge on the right and the construction of the new bridge on the left. Also with workmen, including two moving a stone slab in foreground

Fleet River, London, 1851. Artist: John Wykeham Archer
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, London, 1851; showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

Fleet River, London, 1854
Repair of the Fleet sewer, London, 1854

The Stationers Almanack for 1769, c1768. Including a calendar below. Above is Caius Gabriel Cibbers allegorical relief on the west side of Monuments base

The Shipbuilder, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Day labourers having a hot dog and lemonade, Battery Park, New York, USA, early 1930s

Workmen queuing for water, Battery Park, New York, USA, early 1930s

Building the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, 20th century. Artist
Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, London, 20th century. The cables are fastened to the wires by rawhide suspenders

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

Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich

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]

Civil engineers in a trench with a pneumatic drill, Oldcoats, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Civil Engineers working for Lileworth Contractors Ltd in a limestone trench

Two workmen outside the Mashki Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Reconstruction built in the 1960s of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

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

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