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Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre ban

Civil Engineering

1813

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of

Civil Engineering

1878

Diorama of the West Portal of Box Tunnel, built 1841

Civil Engineering

1841

Model of Lewes Railway Station, 1850s

Civil Engineering

1851-1860

Model of Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 1784

Civil Engineering

1784
Silver plated model of the Forth Railway Bridge, 1882-1890, scale 1:480, Parliamentary submission model, on mirror base in glazed on table stand

Forth Railway Bridge, 1882.

Civil Engineering

1882

Model of a main pier of the Thames Barrier, scale

Civil Engineering
Tunnel boring machine, model, scale 1:8, patented by Thomas English No.4347, 1880, and components. Machine used by Col. Beaumont in Channel Tunnel heading.

Model of a Tunnel boring machine

Civil Engineering

c. 1880

model of tunnelling shield

Civil Engineering

c.1908
Model of Bailey bridgework, scale .75" to 1', showing its use for rapid repairs to the partly destroyed San Andrea Bridge over the Santerno River near Castel del Rio, Italy in 1944, size of model on baseboard:- 6' x 3' nearly x 2'3" high, together with component parts.

Model of Bailey bridgework, scale .75" to 1', show

Civil Engineering

1946
Commemorative trowel used to lay the first stone of the Thames Tunnel, 2 March 1825

Commemorative trowel used to lay the first stone of the Thames Tunnel

Civil Engineering

1825

Balance used in construction site materials labora

Civil Engineering

1967

Reinforced Concrete Bridge, c. 1914

Civil Engineering

1909-1914
Component parts for model of Bailey bridgework, scale .75" to 1'

Civil Engineering
Tunnel boring machine, model, scale 1:8. Patent Thomas English No.4347, 1880

models

Civil Engineering
Model, scale 1:8, of George Stephenson's first railway bridge, the Gaunless Bridge at West Auckland, County Durham, England, 1824, unsigned, British, 1824-1896. The Gaunless Bridge is reputed to be the first iron railway bridge.

Model, scale 1:8, of George Stephenson's first railway bridge, the Gaunless Bridge

Civil Engineering

1824-1896
Model of bailey bridgework, scale .75" to 1'

Civil Engineering
Model of a main pier of the Thames Barrier, scale 1:50

Model of a main pier of the Thames Barrier, scale

Civil Engineering

Mirror Galvanometer, Serial No L268895, Resistance

Civil Engineering

1952
Sheave block, 3 pulley, used in construction of Telford's Menai Suspension bridge, 1826

Sheave block, 3 pulley, used in construction of Telford's Menai Suspension bridge

Civil Engineering

1826

Model of the proposed Empire Bridge at Charing Cro

Civil Engineering
Model of Brunel's Royal Albert bridge (1859) together with one model of the Tamar suspension bridge (1962)

Model of Brunel's Royal Albert bridge (1859) toget

Civil Engineering
Working model of Weitz tower crane, 1960

Working model of Weitz tower crane, 1960

Civil Engineering

1960
Whitaker Tunnelling Machine, manufactured by D. Whitaker, Leicester (c1922) for Channel Tunnel Company Ltd: (3.5 metres diameter, 8.1 metres long)

Whitaker Tunnelling Machine

Civil Engineering

1922
Three Pairs Safety Glasses to "BS 2092.1", with red filter added to left eye-piece and blue filter to right eye-piece, as used with Williamson-Ross Multiplex Three-Projector Assembly

Three Pairs Safety Glasses to "BS 2092.1", with re

Civil Engineering

1963
Section of Railway Underbridge, to Fairbairn's patent 11401, 1846, Half Moon Lane Bridge, Gateshead, by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1848, demolished 1976, sectioned by Vickers, Scotswood, 1994. William Fairbairn (1789-1874) devised new techniques in bridge construction and is said to have built a thousand bridges, including collaboration with Stephenson on the Britannia Bridge. See also 1975-68

Section of Railway Underbridge, to Fairbairn's pat

Civil Engineering

1848
"ASKANIA" Vibrograph (Spring-loaded, hand-held against vibrating structure, records by stylus on waxed paper). TASTSCHWINGUNGSSCHREIBER 1607, ser.no.28.b.1024/74, by Continental Elektroindustrie AG., Berlin, Germany, manufactured 1968, in hide carrying-case with strap

"ASKANIA" Vibrograph (Spring-loaded, hand-held aga

Civil Engineering

1968
Mechanical handler, "Mantis" type, by Matbro (Mathew Brothers) of Wallington, Surrey. (ca.1956)

Mechanical handler, "Mantis" type, by Matbro (Math

Civil Engineering

c. 1956
Section of cellular base of main span north tube from Robert Stephenson's (1803-1859) Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits. Completed in 1850, the two rectangular wrought iron tubes carried the Chester & Holyhead Railway over spans of 230 feet (70.1 metres) and 460 feet (140.2 metres). The bridge was destroyed by fire in 1970, but the piers re-used for a replacement railway bridge in 1972. A roadway was added above in 1980. See also 1929-614.

Section of cellular base of main span N tube from

Civil Engineering
British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel, 18 inch diameter frame, aperture size 1/2 inch square hole perforated plate (1967) by Endecotts (Test Sieves) Ltd. for Engineering Laboratory Equipment Ltd (serial no.149585) (patent no.667924)

British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel

Civil Engineering

1967
Maxilite Navigator road/rail works light, orange, made by ASP Ltd, Oxford, England. Used in Channel Tunnel Works, 1987-1991

Maxilite Navigator road/rail works light, orange,

Civil Engineering
British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel, 18 inch diameter frame, aperture size 1 inch square hole perforated plate (1961) by Endecotts (Filters) Ltd. (serial no.101142) (patent no.667924)

British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel

Civil Engineering

1961
Multiplex Tracing Table Type TTII, Serial No 638, incorporating central pinhole for point source of light, height index and plotting pencil, by Williamson Manufacturing Co Ltd, UK, 1963, for use with Multiplex Three-Projector Assembly

Multiplex Tracing Table Type TTII, Serial No 638,

Civil Engineering

1963
Priestman Tiger Mk.IV excavator, with shovel attachment

Priestman Tiger Mk.IV excavator, with shovel attachment

Civil Engineering
Compression testing machine (1966) by Leonard Farnell & Co. Ltd. (serial no.9422/1000)

Compression testing machine (1966) by Leonard Farn

Civil Engineering

1966
Rubery Owen tilt trailer, 1966

Rubery Owen tilt trailer, 1966

Civil Engineering

1966
Two sections from the first aluminium bascule bridge (first aluminium bridge in UK) consisting of connection of brace and top chord member and main structural member with makers name plate, from Hendon Junction Gateway bridge, Sunderland docks - built 1947 demolished in 1977.

Two sections from the first aluminium bascule brid

Civil Engineering

1947
Model of the new Severn bridge, 1966

Model of the new Severn bridge, 1966

Civil Engineering

1966
Model, scale 1:48, of a rope and span suspension bridge.

Rope suspension bridge

Civil Engineering
Dry powder fire extinguisher, 6kg, made by Sicli, France. Used in Channel Tunnel Works, 1987-1991

Dry powder fire extinguisher, 6kg, made by Sicli,

Civil Engineering
Crawler excavator and parts. Ransomes and Rapier S.6T 4 1/2 0, 1941. With skimmer attachment. British Estates Services Ltd. Machine No.376.

Crawler excavator, Ransomes and Rapier S.6T 4 1/2

Civil Engineering

1941
Ewing Extensometer, Serial No C516437, by Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd, UK, 1952, used for strain measurement in the Structural Engineering Laboratory of Imperial College, London

Ewing Extensometer, Serial No C516437, by Cambridg

Civil Engineering

1952
Forklift truck, Heavy duty, Series II by Matbro (Mathew Brothers) of Wallington, Surrey. (ca.1954)

Forklift truck, Heavy duty, Series II by Matbro (M

Civil Engineering

c. 1954
Model of Britannia tower on Britannia Bridge, 1850

Model of Britannia tower on Britannia Bridge, 1850

Civil Engineering
Photographic enlargement, 15" x 12", unmounted, of :- trussed girder, reinforced concrete bridge, Findhorn Bridge, Inverness-shire 1926

Photographic enlargement, 15" x 12", unmounted, of

Civil Engineering
Model of a mud brick house at Tell Hassuna, Mesopotamia (Iraq), 6000-5000 BC

Model of Mud House, about 6000-5000 BC

Civil Engineering

6000-5000 BCE
Model (1:12) of an iron lattice pier with part of a girder span of the rail viaduct over the Belah River, Westmoreland, completed 1860. Designed by Thomas Bouch, contractors Gilkes and Wilson, Middlesbrough.

Model (1:12) of an iron lattice pier with part of

Civil Engineering
Cambridge Instrument Co. recording accelerometer (1959) with 1/10 sec. (1962) and 1 sec. ( 1927) time markers, c.1958

Cambridge Instrument Co. recording accelerometer (

Civil Engineering
Semi-automatic Balance to weigh to 25Kg with flat pan and partial set of weights (2x10Kg, 2x5Kg, 2x2Kg, 1x1Kg, 1x500g) (1970) by ELE - Engineering Laboratory Equipment Ltd. ( serial no.48948)

Semi-automatic Balance to weigh to 25Kg with flat

Civil Engineering
British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel, 12 inch diameter frame, aperture size 1 1/2 inch square hole perforated plate (1964) by N. Greening & Sons Ltd.

British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel

Civil Engineering

1964