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  • A plan of the Thames Embankment, from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, with sections at three points. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai suspension bridge. Engraving.
  • Civil engineering: viaducts in Austria. Lithograph by W. West after F. H. Horne.
  • Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.
  • Civil engineering: three types of wooden centring for bridges. Engraving by J. Davis, 1820, after R. Tredgold.
  • Civil engineering: several bridges. Engraving by Garner.
  • Workmen fitting the metal casings for an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Civil engineering: elevations and sections of bridges. Engraving by J. Davis, 1820, after R. Tredgold.
  • Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.
  • Engineering: loading of iron beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.
  • Carpentry: a machine, devised by Pierre Patte, for sawing piles to the correct length underwater. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, section. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.
  • Carpentry: a heavy barge (top), and a lighter, plans and sections. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge. Lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge. Lithograph by T. Picken.
  • Building: plan and elevations showing a way of supporting rotten joists. Etching by Mutlow.
  • Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Lithograph by Day & Son, 1849, after E. Clark.
  • Civil engineering: wooden centring for Blackfriars Bridge (above), Waterloo Bridge (below). Engraving by R. Roffe, 1848.
  • Civil engineering: a cast iron bridge, proposed for the Menai Straits. Lithograph, 1849, after E. Clark.
  • Civil engineering: a railway bridge at Cologne. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after E. H. Horne.
  • Bridges: a drawbridge, details of the winding mechanism. Engraving.