Civil Engineering Collection

Drawings and Cross section of the Iron Bridge constructed in 1779 at Coalbrookdale
CHT289161 Drawings and Cross section of the Iron Bridge constructed in 1779 at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England, 1784 (pen, ink & w/c on paper) by French School

Forth Bridge
Construction of the Forth Bridge, on the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in Lothian, 23rd June 1888. The steel cantilever construction was designed by John Fowler

Clifton Suspension Bridge JRU01_01_225
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, CLIFTON, CITY OF BRISTOL. Clifton Suspension Bridge, viewed from the north. Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1829-31

Manchester Ship Canal, 19th century
Manchester Ship Canal, 19th-century artwork. This canal, constructed between 1887 and 1893, opened on 1 January 1894. It provided a route for shipping from the Mersey Estuary to Manchester, UK

Inside the pipe JLP01_08_083826A
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A worker repairing the epoxy resin lining on the welds inside the Northcoates pipeline

Checking for faults JLP01_08_083825
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A worker carrying out an x-ray of the Northcoates pipeline, checking for faults in the welding

Pipeline JLP01_10_02619
CUMBRIA. A view along the route of the Brampton pipeline, showing the pipe at a 45 degree angle in the foreground, where it meets a slope

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804
EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing dump trucks on the haul road leading from the Lawtland House viaduct and Roger Howe bridge

Aqueducts (litho)
5996452 Aqueducts (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aqueducts.); © Look and Learn

Colliford Reservoir, St Neot, Cornwall. 1983
View of the newly constructed dam before the reservoir filled with water. The two people are thought be the photographer Charles Woolf and his wife, Phyllis

Sizewell A and foundations of Sizewell B JLP01_11_35184_02
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. A view of the reactor building under construction at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station, with Sizewell A visible in the background

Pipeline JLP01_10_02606
CUMBRIA. A view along the route of the Brampton pipeline, showing pipelaying equipment in the foreground lowering the pipeline into a trench

View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Bridge Construction
The south side of of Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, 7th August 1929. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Reactor building JLP01_11_53921_06
SIZEWELL B POWER STATION, LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL. Laing workers concreting the top of the reactor dome during the construction of Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station

Kintai bridge Iwakuni, Japan, early 20th century
Kintai bridge, Iwakuni, Japan, early 20th century. Kintai bridge this Japanese architect model crosses Nishiki river, Suo. Total length of the bridge 750 feet, the highest above water 78 feet

Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1837 (1839). Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

Eiffel Construction 8
The Eiffel Tower under construction in Paris, France, 14th November 1888. No. 8 in a series of 11. Theophile Feau captured the construction of the tower by taking photographs from the tower of

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured)
1198423 Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured) by Bury, Thomas Talbot (1811-77) (after); 26.5x66 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

A Parisian Flower Market, (oil on canvas)
989521 A Parisian Flower Market, (oil on canvas) by Gilbert, Victor Gabriel (1847-1933); 137.5x46.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Parisian Flower Market. Victor Gabriel Gilbert (1847-1933)

The Tehachapi Train Loop near Tehachapi California is the historic location of the Southern Pacific Railroad where freight trains gain 77 feet in elevation

Chirk Aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, c1829. Artist: Thomas Barber
Chirk Aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, c1829. Now known as the Llangollen, the canal was built by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834)

Putting wire wrapping around the suspension cables, Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, 1883
Putting wire wrapping around the suspension cables, Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York. Each cable was made up of more than 5, 000 separate strands

Bazalgette, The Thames Embankment, 1867 (litho)
GHL293398 Bazalgette, The Thames Embankment, 1867 (litho) by English School, (19th century); London Metropolitan Archives

Le Jardin du Vert-Galant, c. 1928 (oil on canvas)
1195958 Le Jardin du Vert-Galant, c. 1928 (oil on canvas) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); 46.4x116.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Young Girls on a Barge; Jeunes Filles en Barques, 1903 (oil on canvas)
825463 Young Girls on a Barge; Jeunes Filles en Barques, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937); 60.3x91.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Suspension Bridge, from Sion Hill, Clifton, c. 1875 (colour litho)
3062685 Suspension Bridge, from Sion Hill, Clifton, c.1875 (colour litho) by Lavars, Edward Colston (1842-1917); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; English

A London and North Eastern Railway poster advertising east coast journeys to Scotland
1198172 A London and North Eastern Railway poster advertising east coast journeys to Scotland, (colour lithograph) by Gawthorn

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

Entrance to the locomotive engine house, Camden Town, London, 1839. Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

Construction of the Needle Eye Bridge over the M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. During the construction of the M1 in the early 1960s a great number of bridge structures needed to be created

The United States purchase of the Panama Canal, 1903 (1909). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 8, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1909]

Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Navvies excavating the cutting. Wheelbarrows are filled with spoil at the bottom

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, c1850s
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, c1850s. Brunel surrounded by vignettes of some of his most significant projects - the steamships Great Eastern, Great Britain

The Menai Bridge, Bangor (North Wales), c1826-c1850. Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over the Menai Straits was built in 1820-1826

Transporter Bridge, Newport, Wales
Transporter bridge, Newport, Wales. This type of bridge allowed shipping to pass unimpeded and passengers and goods to be transported across a river on a suspended platform

Opening of the Hungerford Suspension Bridge, from The Illustrated London News
XJF324355 Opening of the Hungerford Suspension Bridge, from The Illustrated London News, 3rd May 1845 (engraving) by English School

Eiffel Construction 11
The Eiffel Tower under construction in Paris, France, 31st March 1889. No. 11 in a series of 11. Theophile Feau captured the construction of the tower by taking photographs from the tower of

Paris Underground, Extension of Line 9, c.1932 (b/w photo)
XIR253004 Paris Underground, Extension of Line 9, c.1932 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metro;).

Construction of Severn Tunnel
672974 Construction of Severn Tunnel; (add.info.: The Severn Tunnel, A railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales)

World's Fair of 1889: small architectural construction with dome, statues
3566529 World's Fair of 1889: small architectural construction with dome, statues and decorations with bas-reliefs at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.; (add.info.: Paris, Champ de Mars)

Depiction of Niagara Bridge. 19th century (engraving)
673013 Depiction of Niagara Bridge. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Underwater working in diving suit. 19th century (engraving)
672982 Underwater working in diving suit. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Building with dome on the Champ de Mars
3566459 Building with dome on the Champ de Mars.; (add.info.: Paris, Champ de Mars, France 1889 ca. Date of Artwork: 1889 Artist: Bouverd, Joseph Antoine Photographer: L.p)

London Bridge
3561121 London Bridge by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1900-1910 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Word's Fair of 1889: Parisians in line for the elevator with oriental pylons at the Eiffel Tower
3566532 Word's Fair of 1889: Parisians in line for the elevator with oriental pylons at the Eiffel Tower. by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Paris)

Album "Egypt. Photographs by E. M. Acworth": view of Asyūṭ
3561487 Album "Egypt. Photographs by E. M. Acworth": view of Asyūṭ; (add.info.: Asyūṭ, Egypt 1910 ca. Photographer: Acworth, E.M.); Alinari Archives, Florence.

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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.