Engineering discipline specializing in design, construction and maintenance of the built environment

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Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.

Bridges: a double drawbridge for ships to pass through. Engraving.

Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865.

Civil engineering: sections of various dock walls. Engraving, c.1861.

Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865, after Sir J. Bazalgette.

Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge. Lithograph by Day & son, 1849, after E. Clark.

Workmen installing prefabricated steel sections of a canal. Process print.

Civil engineering: three types of wooden bridge. Engraving by R. Roffe, 1848.

Civil engineering: a steam-powered dredger in side elevation and plan, with details of the scoop. Engraving by Gray & son after G. Whitelaw.

Civil engineering: the Menai suspension bridge. Engraving by E. Turrell after W. A. Provis.

Civil engineering: canals (below), and a photometer (above). Engraving by Mutlow.

Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.

Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.

Civil engineering: bridge over the river Clyde, Glasgow. Engraving by H. Adlard, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.

Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

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Civil engineering

Images from the collections

Images referencing Civil engineering

Works from the collections

Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.

Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.

Civil engineering: bridge over the river Clyde, Glasgow. Engraving by H. Adlard, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.

Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Civil engineering

Images from the collections

Images referencing Civil engineering

Works from the collections

Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.

Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.

Civil engineering: bridge over the river Clyde, Glasgow. Engraving by H. Adlard, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.

Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

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