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Civil engineering

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

    | Date: February 28 1863 | Reference: 44532i
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    Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.

    Clark, Edwin, 1814-1894. | Date: 1849 | Reference: 44460i
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    Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.

    Staples, S. | Reference: 44308i
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    Civil engineering: bridge over the river Clyde, Glasgow. Engraving by H. Adlard, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.

    Nicholson, Michael Angelo, approximately 1796-1841. | Date: 2 January 1848 | Reference: 44419i
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    Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41039i
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