Civil Engineering Collection (page 3)

Steam locomotive approaching a bridge, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Steam locomotive approaching a bridge, 1858. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

A Street Railway in New York, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A Street Railway in New York, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by Mr. W. Simpson

The Great Semmering Railway - the Bollerswand Viaduct and Tunnel, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Great Semmering Railway - the Bollerswand Viaduct and Tunnel, 1860. This is a great engineering work constructed through a mountain range to Styria

King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden Visiting the Canal Locks at Berg in 1819, 1856. Creator: Alexander Wetterling
King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden Visiting the Canal Locks at Berg in 1819, 1856

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

Triumphal Arch on the Alexandra Railway Bridge at Wuzeerabad...1876. Creator: Unknown
Triumphal Arch on the Alexandra Railway Bridge at Wuzeerabad, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The Prince [of Wales

The Prince of Wales riveting the last bolt of the Alexandra Railway Bridge in the Punjaub...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales riveting the last bolt of the Alexandra Railway Bridge in the Punjaub, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The Magellan Gallery, Ceylon Railway, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Magellan Gallery, Ceylon Railway, 1876. Train travel in what is now Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Government Railway was founded in 1858. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

The Great Semmering Railway - the Weinzettelwand Tunnel, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Great Semmering Railway - the Weinzettelwand Tunnel, 1860. This is a great engineering work constructed through a mountain range to Styria, mainly by means of a series of viaducts and tunnels

Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Paddle steam-ship, built by the Thames Iron and Shipbuilding Company

Mr. James Hodges, the builder of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Mr. James Hodges, the builder of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence, 1860. Portrait of...the gentleman who superintended the construction of this the greatest engineering work of the age

The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Site of the station at Bahia - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Site of the station at Bahia - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. View of...the works on the Bahia Railway...[The] Railway

The Prince of Wales laying the last stone of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales laying the last stone of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence - from a sketch by our special artist in Canada, G. H

The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Paripe Valley - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Bahia Railway, Brazil: Paripe Valley - from a photograph by B. Mulock, 1860. View of...the heavy works to carry the railway across the valley of Paripe

The Prince of Wales closing the last rivet of the Victoria Tubular Bridge over the St. Lawrence... Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales closing the last rivet of the Victoria Tubular Bridge over the St. Lawrence - from a sketch by our special artist in Canada, G. H. Andrews, 1860

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works

Holyhead Harbour Works...the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Holyhead Harbour Works - View of the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations, Jan. 16, 1857: the Quantity of Quartz Rock Displaced 120, 000 Tons, by a Charge of 16

Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher
Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Kennemaria et Westfrisia vulgo et vernacule Noord-Holland tam in minores quam Praecipuas Ditiones...'

View of the great and the Pavillon de Manse in Chantilly, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the great lock and the Pavillon de Manse in Chantilly, 1700-1799. Vue d'Optique nouvelle, represantant la grande Ecluse et le Pavillon de Manse, dans le Comte du meme non [sic]'

Laing's Nek Tunnel, c1900. Creator: N. P. Edwards
Laing's Nek Tunnel, c1900. Steam train in the Drakensberg mountains, South Africa. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX"

The First Passenger Train Over the White Pass and Yukon Route to Klondike in Pursuit of Gold, c1900 Creator: A.E. Huitt
The First Passenger Train Over the White Pass and Yukon Route to Klondike in Pursuit of Gold, c1900. For some months past rumour had been whispering of the discovery of an enormously rich gold-field

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust with putti, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust with putti, 1806. A bust with putti, on a column

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust, 1806. A bust with grieving putto, on a column

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche with Fama, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche with Fama, 1806. Bust on a pedestal, crowned with a laurel wreath by Fama; in a niche on a column

Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, 1806. Creator: Bartholomeus Ziesenis
Design for a monument for C. Brunings: a bust in a niche, 1806

Viaduct on the Madras Railway across the River Poiney, in Arcot, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Viaduct on the Madras Railway across the River Poiney, in Arcot, 1857. The handsome structure...has been built by the Madras Railway Company for carrying their line over the River Poiney

Scaffolding for Raising the Quarter-Bells in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Scaffolding for Raising the Quarter-Bells in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], 1857. St Stephen's Tower, (later renamed the Elizabeth Tower)

Belfry in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Belfry in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], 1857. St Stephen's Tower, (later renamed the Elizabeth Tower), houses Big Ben

New Aqueduct at Trieste - Present State of the Works, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
New Aqueduct at Trieste - Present State of the Works, 1856. Of late years, in consequence of the extension of its suburbs and the increase of its population from ten to sixty thousand

New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Of late years, in consequence of the extension of its suburbs and the increase of its population from ten to sixty thousand

The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway - Bridge at Valparaiso, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway - Bridge at Valparaiso, 1856. This portion of a very difficult and expensive line embraces three miles and a half along the coast

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857.... the plans...were prepared by Mr. I. K. Brunel, and carried out under the superintendence of Mr

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Floating Dock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Floating Dock, 1857.... the plans...were prepared by Mr. I. K. Brunel, and carried out under the superintendence of Mr

Opening of the New Docks at West Hartlepool, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the New Docks at West Hartlepool, 1856. It was calculated by those accustomed to estimate numbers of people congregated together that 50

Map of Central America shewing the Proposed Routes of Communication between the Atlantic & Pacific O Creator
Map of Central America shewing the Proposed Routes of Communication between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, 1856....and the Disputed Territories of British Honduras (Belize)

The Sitter Viaduct, on the Appenzel Railway, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Sitter Viaduct, on the Appenzel Railway, 1856....the St. Gall and Appenzell Railway (the first constructed in Switzerland)

Commencement of the Reservoir, in the Valley of Vehar, Island of Salsette, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Commencement of the Reservoir, in the Valley of Vehar, Island of Salsette, [India], 1856. The town...of Bombay, the population of which is estimated at about half a million

The Port and Castle of Baie: The Cape of Misenum Site of the Garden of Lucullus... 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Port and Castle of Baie: The Cape of Misenum Site of the Garden of Lucullus: Monte Procida and the Island of Ischia; and the Lakes Lucrinus and Avernus, 1856

Ceremony of the Commencement of the Great Puglia Railway, by the Neapolitan Minister of Public Works Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of the Commencement of the Great Puglia Railway, by the Neapolitan Minister of Public Works, 1856. From west to east it is intended thus to traverse the whole width of the peninsula

Southend and Pier, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
Southend and Pier, 1856....the concluding part [of the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway], to the terminus at Southend, was opened on Saturday last, March 1st

The London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway - the Purfleet Station, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
The London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway - the Purfleet Station, 1856. The length of the railway is forty-two miles...The construction has been carried on under the joint superintendence of

Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. View of...the great waterworks at present in course of erection upon Messrs

Wrought-Iron Railway-Bridge across the Nile, at Benha, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Wrought-Iron Railway-Bridge across the Nile, at Benha, 1856. The engineer of this fine work is Mr. Robert Stephenson...The Bridge is the property of the Pacha of Egypt

Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Building a new harbour and breakwater....in the lower quarries of the mountain a most stupendous

Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. The whole of the south side of the Dock, comprising nearly a mile of water frontage, will be devoted to the accommodation of timber

William Cushing Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William C. Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. The Alaskan Engineering Commission (AEC) was a U.S

Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, 1913
Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, Cut in March 1913. Men working on the Panama Canal project

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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.