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Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Stonehenge sarsen circle joints J050103

Stonehenge sarsen circle joints J050103
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing joints on the outer sarsen circle

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Totnes Castle J910411

Totnes Castle J910411
TOTNES CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing the castle being rebuilt in stone in the 14th century

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Canal workers N070949

Canal workers N070949
STOURPORT, Worcestershire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn, English Heritage Graphics Team, showing workers building a canal c.1770

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: The Great Eastern BB88_06275

The Great Eastern BB88_06275
BLACKWALL, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the " Great Eastern " under construction in 1857. Robert Howlett

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Grimes Graves J940184

Grimes Graves J940184
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. 1994 cutaway reconstruction drawing of Prehistoric flint mining by Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team). Recent evidence suggests that ladders may not have been used

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Iron Bridge M040116

Iron Bridge M040116
IRON BRIDGE, Shropshire. Detail of lettering on the famous cast iron bridge. Designed by Thomas Pritchard and built in 1779 by Abraham Darby III of the Coalbrookdale Company

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Vauxhall Bridge CVB01_01_01

Building Vauxhall Bridge CVB01_01_01
Barges manoeuvring one of the steel arches which would form the new Vauxhall Bridge into place on the River Thames, London

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Raising the devil JLP01_14_00036

Raising the devil JLP01_14_00036
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry. View of Jacob Epsteins sculpture of the devil being hoisted into position 1961-2. John Laing Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081453

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081453
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks and access ramp during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081452

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081452
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. View of the car park decks during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081441

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_081441
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. The placement of a concrete beam during construction. Photographed in June 1969; John Laing Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_082572

Preston Bus Station JLP01_08_082572
Preston Bus Station, Tithebarrn Street, Preston. End-on view showing the northern elevation with the car park decks protruding to either side. Photographed in October 1969; John Laing Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816

Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816
Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction. One of a series of prints documenting work on the road tunnel beneath the Thames (1904-08)

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Limehouse Basin lat01_001_01

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_01
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Limehouse Basin lat01_001_02

Limehouse Basin lat01_001_02
Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London. Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin in May 1869. Photographic print by Lucas and Tuck showing details of the work

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building the Bull Ring JLP01_14_00001

Building the Bull Ring JLP01_14_00001
Bull Ring, Birmingham. The eastern side of the shopping centre development under construction. Photographed in June 1963

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building a refinery JLP01_12_030

Building a refinery JLP01_12_030
Coryton Oil Refinery, Thurrock. Mobile crane and machinery during the construction. Photographed 1952-4

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building a factory JLP01_12_002

Building a factory JLP01_12_002
Patons And Baldwins Knitting Factory, Lingfield Close, Darlington. The partially completed factory showing a man working an excavator. Photographed 1949-50

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building the Indoor Arena JLP01_10_46035

Building the Indoor Arena JLP01_10_46035
National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham. Construction in progress, photographed in July 1990

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Eastgate JLP01_10_15970

Building Eastgate JLP01_10_15970
Basildon, Essex. The Eastgate Centre under construction, photographed in April 1984. Two tower cranes are in place

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Mosque construction JLP01_10_02796

Mosque construction JLP01_10_02796
The Islamic Cultural Centre And London Central Mosque, 146-146 Park Road, Regents Park, London. Construction work in progress, photographed in September 1975

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building a factory JLP01_12_034

Building a factory JLP01_12_034
View showing the construction of a factory for Adhesive Tapes Ltd with a dumper truck in John Laing livery in the foreground. Photographed 1950-1

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Steam Turbine CC025365

Steam Turbine CC025365
Detail of a steam turbine. Photographed in around 1906 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Railway works OP04912

Railway works OP04912
Plymouth area. Renewal work being carried out on the girders and rail bearers of part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, using a mobile crane

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01

Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. View from a tower crane showing the John Laing construction site. Photographed in November 1990

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276

Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. John Laing construction works on the reactor containment building. Photographed in April 1991

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Conveyor JLP01_10_00741

Conveyor JLP01_10_00741
Fareham, Hampshire. The conveyor belt used to transport chalk during the construction of the M27. Two million cubic metres of chalk were transported by conveyor belt to form bunds

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Helicopter and paver JLP01_10_00112

Helicopter and paver JLP01_10_00112
M1 construction. View of helicopter and paver used by John Laing during the construction of the M1 motorway. Photographed 1958-9

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Power station construction JLP01_10_01234

Power station construction JLP01_10_01234
Isle Of Grain, Medway. View of the Isle of Grain oil-fired power station under construction by John Laing. Photographed September 1973

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Centre Court under construction BL26054_004

Centre Court under construction BL26054_004
All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, Greater London. The construction of tiered seating and the steel framework for the roof around Centre Court

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Construction work, Picton Street, Camberwell JLP01_01_111_61

Construction work, Picton Street, Camberwell JLP01_01_111_61
Picton Street, Camberwell, Southwark, London. Two men placing the first precast roof slab of the end bag on top of an eleven-storey block of flats with the Resident Engineer supervising operations

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Liverpool wigwam EAW125048

Liverpool wigwam EAW125048
Liverpool. The construction of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. Photographed in April 1964. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Transport routes 28351_020

Transport routes 28351_020
Leeds and Liverpool Canal and River Aire, North Yorkshire. At this point the river is crossed by an aqueduct and a railway viaduct, while the canal is crossed by road and rail bridges

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: River defences JEH_22047_27

River defences JEH_22047_27
Phipps Bridge, North Somerset. Flood alleviation defences alongside the Congresbury Yeo River. Photographed during M5 construction work, November 1970. Jim Hancock Collection

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Wind farm construction 27509_004

Wind farm construction 27509_004
Harwich Harbour, Suffolk. Wind farm construction vessel en route to a wind turbine construction site

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Festival of Britain a98_07001

Festival of Britain a98_07001
South Bank Exhibition site, Lambeth, London. General view of the Dome of Discovery exhibition pavilionunder construction in Lambeth. It was designed by Ralph Tubb for the Festival of Britain in 1951

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Festival of Britain OP04518

Festival of Britain OP04518
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The Dome of Discovery exhibition pavilion designed by Ralph Tubb, under construction. Photographed in 1950

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Festival of Britain OP04517

Festival of Britain OP04517
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. General view of the upstream section of the 1951 Festival of Britain site under construction. Photographed in December 1949

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Inscribing a tablet IC048 / 064

Inscribing a tablet IC048 / 064
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of a second-century Roman stonemason at work, creating an inscribed tablet. Based on tjhe tablet set into the wall of Coesike Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: We built this IC048 / 063

We built this IC048 / 063
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of two second-century Roman soldiers or Romano-British workers standing beside an inscribed building stone

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Quarrying stone IC048 / 065

Quarrying stone IC048 / 065
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers quarrying for stone. Location based on Walltown Craggs Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke. hadrian

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Building Hadrians Wall IC048_066

Building Hadrians Wall IC048_066
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers working to build a turret on the Roman wall, in about 122AD. Based on Willowford East Turret (48a). Philip Corke. c.1985 - c.2000. hadrian

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Great Eastern under construction AL0327_033_01

Great Eastern under construction AL0327_033_01
Millwall, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship Great Eastern, built between 1854 and 1858, was by far the largest ship of her time with a gross tonnage of 18, 915

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Viking buildings J940007

Viking buildings J940007
Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of the construction of a sunken-featured building, later 10th Century AD

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Chesters Bridge Abutment N100475

Chesters Bridge Abutment N100475
HADRIANs WALL: CHESTERS BRIDGE ABUTMENT, Northumberland. View of the east abutment and the wall beyond

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Raising a lintel, Stonehenge J050105

Raising a lintel, Stonehenge J050105
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter DUNN (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the phases of raising a lintel to the top of two sarsens

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818

Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818
ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London. The construction of the Rotherhithe road tunnel under the Thames between Rotherhithe and Shadwell was begun in 1904 under the direction of Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice

Background imageEngineering and Construction Collection: Wembley under construction 1922 EPW008076

Wembley under construction 1922 EPW008076
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Construction of the Empire Stadium for the British Empire Exhibition. Aerial photograph taken on 5th September 1922 (produced from a copy negative)



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