Workmen Collection (page 7)

The Workmens Train, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Workmens Train, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Lambeth Potteries, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Lambeth Potteries, 1872. Royal Doulton produced fine ceramics from their factory site in Lambeth from 1815 until the 1950s. From, " LONDON

Lambeth Gas Works, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Lambeth Gas Works, 1872. In the 19th century, gas was manufactured from the distillation of coal, highly pollutant with waste products and usually sited in poorer areas of London

The Great Warehouse-St. Katherines Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Great Warehouse-St. Katherines Dock, 1872. When St Katharine Docks were built by engineer Thomas Telford, he specified the warehouses designed by architect Philip Hardwick be built

Pickle Herring Street, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Pickle Herring Street, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

A River Side Street, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
A River Side Street, 1872. Victorian warehouse alleys in 19th century London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

St. Katherines Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
St. Katherines Dock, 1872. When St Katharine Docks were built by engineer Thomas Telford, he specified warehouses designed by architect Philip Hardwick be built on the quayside so goods could be

Porters at Work, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Porters at Work, 1872. Taking cargo at London Docks. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

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

1970 Ford Transit crewbus. Creator: Unknown
1970 Ford Transit crewbus

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

Portico of the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, 1842. Artist
Portico of the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, 1842. View showing the laying down of the Mortimer wood pavement

South view of the Bishop of Winchesters palace, Southwark, London, 1812. With figures and a description beneath

Ruins of the Bishop of Winchesters palace, Southwark, London, 1828. View of the remains of the palace after fire damaged it in 1814

Men demolishing St Peters Hospital, Southwark, London, 1851. Artist: James Findlay
Men demolishing St Peters Hospital, Southwark, London, 1851. The building was also known as the Fishmongers Almshouses

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