The first fifty years of photography's history coincided with the 'Golden Age' of civil engineering. This was the era of the railway boom, with it's unprecedented volume of bridge construction, when vast programmes of municipal infrastructures were initiated in the wake of rapid Western industrialisation. Never before had the industry of civil engineering made such an impact on the environment. Record Pictures: Photographs from the Archive of the Institution of Civil Engineers represents the photographic jewels of arguably the finest collection in Britain.
Spanning a period of 75 years from the mid-nineteenth century, this book contains previously unpublished examples drawn from across Europe, Africa, Australasia, the Far East and Latin America. The plates in this unique book are taken from original prints in the collections of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
The Collection of 60 Historical Images Include:
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Scaffolding at the foot of Nelson's Column, 1843
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Kiev Bridge, 1852
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Bahia and San Francisco Railway, 1860
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Columbo Harbour, 1876
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Severn Railway Bridge, 1877
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Views on Nagpur & Chwattisgarg Railway, 1883
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Darjeeling Himalayan Mountain Bridge, 1883
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South African Mines, 1884
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Sukkur Bridge, 1887
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Manchester Ship Canal, 1887
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Chenab Bridge, 1889
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Mostar-Metkovic Railway, 1890
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Kistna Bridge, Bezwada, 1893
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Hodborrow Mines, 1901
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Tyne North Pier Reconstruction, 1904
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North Shields, New Graving Dock, 1910
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Singapore Empire Dock, 1912
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Deptford Power Station, 1927
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