Civil Engineering Collection (page 10)

Steel lining JLP01_11_52397_06
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. The reactor building under construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station, seen from a tower crane to the north

Steel lining JLP01_11_47191_02
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. A view of the reactor containment building under construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Reactor building JLP01_11_42553_06
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Men working on the construction of the reactors auxiliary building at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Reactor containment building JLP01_11_42552_05
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. A view from a tower crane showing the reactor containment building during construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Steel liner for the dome JLP01_10_49267
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Looking south-east towards the reactor building on the construction site of Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Steel liner for the dome JLP01_10_49262
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Looking south-east towards the reactor building on the construction site of Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing Structure 348/Fb the entrance into Trentham Park

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Asphalt surfacing JLP01_08_063000
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A general view looking north on the Stafford By-pass during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Surfacing the hard shoulder JLP01_01_172_095
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers surfacing the hard shoulder at Hanchurch

Overbridge JLP01_08_062790
M6 Motorway, M6, Stone, Stone Rural, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788
M6 Motorway, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section D2 of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Bridge works JLP01_08_062781
M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Keele Services JLP01_08_064262
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view across the Keele Service Area during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Excavation JLP01_01_172_067
M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford By-pass on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081831
M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge at Borrowbeck Viaduct

M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083571
M6 Motorway, M6, Grayrigg, South Lakeland, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, looking north along a stepped part of the motorway towards Low Borrowbridge

Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081834
M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge at Borrowbeck Viaduct

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_76
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking south-east at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_58
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking north-west at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_39
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking north-west at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_172_034
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section D2 of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Earthmoving JLP01_08_063398
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Laing construction vehicles carrying out earthmoving on Section D of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059933
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059932
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Laying base course JLP01_01_165_47
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060500
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060498
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060469
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Structure 306 (Barn Bank Lane bridge) on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Keele cutting JLP01_08_059934
M6 Motorway, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060467
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Structure 306 (Barn Bank Lane bridge) on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

The management JLP01_08_055749
NEWPORT PAGNELL, MILTON KEYNES. Senior staff involved in the construction of the M1, the London to Yorkshire Motorway, posed infront of the newsroom at the project headquarters in Newport Pagnell

Bridge deck JLP01_08_059521
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford/Wolverhampton railway bridge (Bridge 302)

Rail and road JLP01_08_059480
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section A of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_069
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford By-pass on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_068
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford By-pass on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Launch site control JLP01_08_084525A
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view of the launch site of the Northcoates pipeline, showing a man in the foreground holding a two-way radio

Pipeline launch JLP01_08_084521
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. An aerial view of the launch site of the Northcoates pipeline, showing the pipeline, a cofferdam, floating sheerleg with accompanying tug and a header barge

Pipe lifting gear JLP01_08_084489
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view of the launch of the Northcoates pipeline, showing lifting equipment in the foreground

Installing sheet piling JLP01_08_083808
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Two cranes installing sheet piles at mean tide level during civil engineering work on the Northcoates pipeline

Lifting gear and buoys JLP01_10_00562
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view of the launch site of the Northcoates pipeline, showing Laing Pipelines buoys in the foreground with the pipeline

Launching the pipeline JLP01_10_00557
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view from the shoreline showing the launch of the Northcoates pipeline, with lifting equipment at work including a floating sheerleg

Pipeline installation JLP01_10_09476
LINCOLNSHIRE. A view of the installation of the Martin pipeline, showing two protective canopies being lowered into position so that welding can be carried out

Pouring concrete JLP01_08_054406
M1 Motorway, Structure 63, Forest Road, Hanslope, Hanslope, Milton Keynes. Laing workers pouring concrete to the deck slab of Structure 63

Inauguration slab JLP01_01_168_103
M1, Junction 10, Slip End, Central Bedfordshire. Harold Watkinson, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, examining the inauguration slab at Slip End during a tour of the London to Yorkshire

Railway bridge JLP01_01_142_21
M1 Motorway, Structure 112 Railway Bridge, M1, Barby, Daventry, Northamptonshire. A view showing the deck of Structure 112 in position

Second Severn Crossing JLP01_20_021_16_34
A view of progress on the construction of the Second Severn Crossing, showing cranes on a platform for installing concrete caissons and a dump truck operated by Jones Bros

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"Civil Engineering: Building Bridges and Shaping the World" From iconic structures like the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Forth Bridge to ambitious projects such as the Manchester Ship Canal, it has played a pivotal role in shaping our modern world. The viaduct across the Sankey Valley stands as a testament to the ingenuity of early engineers, with its stunning aquatints showcasing their meticulous craftsmanship. But civil engineering is not limited to grand infrastructure alone. It extends its reach even into everyday life, as seen in A Parisian Flower Market captured on canvas, where urban planning seamlessly blends with aesthetics. Similarly, Colliford Reservoir in St Neot showcases how engineering can harness nature's resources for sustainable development. The reactor building and foundations of Sizewell A and B demonstrate how civil engineering supports advancements in energy production. Meanwhile, M6 Motorway construction exemplifies how transportation networks are meticulously designed to connect people and places efficiently. Looking back at history, we catch a glimpse of London's visionary spirit through the proposed western archway of Thames Tunnel from 1831. This project paved the way for future underground marvels that define cities today. Civil engineering encompasses both artistry and functionality - it bridges gaps between communities while ensuring safety and efficiency. As depicted in bridge constructions worldwide or celebrated through London North Eastern Railway posters advertising journeys to Scotland along picturesque routes – this field continues to shape our world by connecting us physically and culturally. In essence, civil engineering is more than just constructing buildings; it is about creating pathways towards progress that stand tall for generations to come.