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"Built to withstand the test of time, these iconic structures and moments showcase human ingenuity and craftsmanship throughout history

Background imageBuilt Collection: Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max Gate

Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max Gate
View of the Drawing Room at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset, the home of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet. Hardy designed the house

Background imageBuilt Collection: Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted

Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted
The Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Background imageBuilt Collection: Runcorn-Widnes Bridge

Runcorn-Widnes Bridge
A striking impression of the then newly built Runcorn - Widnes Bridge, which connects Cheshire with Lancashire, across the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: 1962

Background imageBuilt Collection: England / Newmarket

England / Newmarket
A glimpse of the High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, England, showing the Waggon and Horses Inn (built 1868). Date: 1950s

Background imageBuilt Collection: Morden College

Morden College
Built by sir John Morden, a Turkey merchant, circa 1700, to house decayed merchants and still providing a home for people in unfortunate circumstances

Background imageBuilt Collection: Lytham Lighthouse, Lancashire, 1863

Lytham Lighthouse, Lancashire, 1863
Engraving of the Lytham lighthouse, Lancashire, which was built circa. 1848 and was destroyed by heavy gales in 1863

Background imageBuilt Collection: Gurneys Steam Carriage

Gurneys Steam Carriage
Goldsworthy Gurneys steam carriage is one of the most successful of its kind and 15 are built : tested by the War Office one averages 15 mph on the round trip London to Bath

Background imageBuilt Collection: Leith Hill Tower

Leith Hill Tower, Surrey, the highest point in the county, built in 1766 by Richard Hull, as a viewpoint. Legend has it that his last request was to be buried upside down in it

Background imageBuilt Collection: Astronomical Clock 1833

Astronomical Clock 1833
The astronomical clock in Strasbourg cathedral was first built in 1354 and rebuilt in 1574

Background imageBuilt Collection: Germany / Dessau / Bauhaus

Germany / Dessau / Bauhaus
The Bauhaus building in Dessau, manufacturing city in eastern Germany. The building was built in 1925 - 26 by the German architect Walter Gropius

Background imageBuilt Collection: Thoreaus Pond

Thoreaus Pond
Walden Pond, where the American writer Thoreau spent two years studying nature and thinking deep thoughts. His cabin was built on land owned by Emerson near Concord

Background imageBuilt Collection: Aspland Carousel

Aspland Carousel
Asplands Switchback Motor Cars, built up at Savages Yard, Kings Lynn

Background imageBuilt Collection: Beckford / Fonthill Abbey

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Background imageBuilt Collection: USA / Met Opera / Back View

USA / Met Opera / Back View
NEW YORK back view of the newly built theatre, on Seventh Avenue

Background imageBuilt Collection: Edward Pease Loco 1856

Edward Pease Loco 1856
The Edward Pease long boiler locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington Railway : it draws passenger trains between Darlington and Saltburn

Background imageBuilt Collection: CALIPH CHINA CLIPPER

CALIPH CHINA CLIPPER
Aberdeen-built clipper for the China tea trade

Background imageBuilt Collection: Charlton House, C18

Charlton House, C18
A View of the Manor House at Charlton, built by Sir Adam Newton. Then in Kent, today in SE London, it is considered one of the finest examples of Jacobean architecture

Background imageBuilt Collection: Computer 1960S

Computer 1960S
A compact modern computer with built in screen

Background imageBuilt Collection: France / Rennes-Le-Chateau

France / Rennes-Le-Chateau
La Tour Magdala, built by Berenger Sauniere, circa 1900, on the western ramparts of the town, to house his library

Background imageBuilt Collection: Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, at Max Gate

Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, at Max Gate
Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, outside his home at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset. Hardy designed the house, and his brother built it -- Hardy and his first wife Emma moved there in 1885

Background imageBuilt Collection: Mormon Temple

Mormon Temple
The Mormon Temple, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah built 1893 at a cost of nearly $4 million !!!

Background imageBuilt Collection: St. Michaels Mount

St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall, England. Edward the Confessor granted it to the Benedictine monks, who built an Abbey and a Priory on the summit

Background imageBuilt Collection: William H Lever

William H Lever
WILLIAM HESKETH LEVER 1ST VISCOUNT LEVER-HULME English soap manufacturer; built (1888-89) model industrial village of Port Sunlight

Background imageBuilt Collection: Ruthuen Barracks

Ruthuen Barracks
The ruins of Ruthuen Barracks, near Kingussie, Inverness- shire, Scotland. Built in 1718 to overawe the Highlanders. Burned down by Highlanders in the Jacobite Rebellion (1746). Date: 18th century

Background imageBuilt Collection: Aqueduct built in the 1720s and 1730s to bring water from nearby springs to Santiago de Queretaro

Aqueduct built in the 1720s and 1730s to bring water from nearby springs to Santiago de Queretaro (Queretaro), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queretaro, Queretaro State, Mexico, North America

Background imageBuilt Collection: Covent Garden, 1810

Covent Garden, 1810
This is the new theatre, built after the disastrous fire of 1808; designed by Robert Smirke, it was the scene of riots when audiences complained of price increases

Background imageBuilt Collection: Porthcurno Cable Station

Porthcurno Cable Station
Porthcurno cable terminal in Cornwall, built by the Falmouth Gibraltar Malta Telegraph company

Background imageBuilt Collection: Amsterdam Plan

Amsterdam Plan
A pre-railway plan showing how the streets and canals have been built concentrically round the city centre. Date: mid-19th century

Background imageBuilt Collection: Dubai - Burj Khalifa, the highest building in the world, United Arab Emirates

Dubai - Burj Khalifa, the highest building in the world, United Arab Emirates

Background imageBuilt Collection: Bonifacio at sunset time, the limestone cliff, Corsica Island, France

Bonifacio at sunset time, the limestone cliff, Corsica Island, France

Background imageBuilt Collection: The Railway Station, Port Carlisle, Cumbria

The Railway Station, Port Carlisle, Cumbria
The Railway Station, Port Carlisle, Wigton, Cumbria, England. Showing a Horse Drawn Dandy Car - Built by the North British Railway Date: 1900s

Background imageBuilt Collection: Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

Background imageBuilt Collection: Plan Pentonville Prison

Plan Pentonville Prison
A plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards

Background imageBuilt Collection: Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure

Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure
Harland and Wolff - extremely rare Harland & Wolff promotional brochure. This soft-bound volume includes company history and information

Background imageBuilt Collection: House built by John Kingsmill Abbott, at Wingen, on the first 330 acres of land purchased by

House built by John Kingsmill Abbott, at Wingen, on the first 330 acres of land purchased by the Abbotts in Australia
5988545 House built by John Kingsmill Abbott, at Wingen, on the first 330 acres of land purchased by the Abbotts in Australia in 1843 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century)

Background imageBuilt Collection: Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9 : A flyable replica built by Personal Plane Services Ltd at Booker, for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Background imageBuilt Collection: North American P-51D Mustang N335 BARDAHL II

North American P-51D Mustang N335 BARDAHL II
North American P-51D Mustang N335, BARDAHL II, race number 14 at Santa Monica, with sister-ship N335J just visible parked alongside

Background imageBuilt Collection: Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (1st prototype)

Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (1st prototype)
Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (msn 1), the first prototype of the aerobatic version of the Fournier RF-3 at the 1966 Paris Air Show

Background imageBuilt Collection: Browda House, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. 1964

Browda House, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. 1964
A general view of Browda House, a Grade II listed building. It dates from the late 19th century but incorporating some of the original 17th century structure

Background imageBuilt Collection: OLD WEMBLEY STADIUM

OLD WEMBLEY STADIUM
The famous twin towers of Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England. Originally built for the British Empire Exhibition (1924), they were sadly demolished in 2002. Date: completed 1924

Background imageBuilt Collection: Battistinis Pasadena

Battistinis Pasadena

Background imageBuilt Collection: Battistinis Fab Breeze

Battistinis Fab Breeze

Background imageBuilt Collection: Aerial view of Wroclaw Market Square, Wroclaw, Poland, Europe

Aerial view of Wroclaw Market Square, Wroclaw, Poland, Europe

Background imageBuilt Collection: 1889 photograph - RMS Teutonic - from an album of images relating to the launch of

1889 photograph - RMS Teutonic - from an album of images relating to the launch of the vessel, which was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast

Background imageBuilt Collection: St Johns Gate Clerkenwell

St Johns Gate Clerkenwell
St Johns Gate, in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, now within central London, is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwells monastic past

Background imageBuilt Collection: Foden 5 ton Steam Wagon M8681

Foden 5 ton Steam Wagon M8681, built in1916, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Foden Trucks was a British truck and bus manufacturing company which had its origins in Elworth near Sandbach in 1856)

Background imageBuilt Collection: Germany. Bruhl. Augustusburg Palace. 18th century. Rococo st

Germany. Bruhl. Augustusburg Palace. 18th century. Rococo st
Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Bruhl. Augustusburg Palace. 18th century by architects Johann Conrad Schlaun and Francois de Cuvillies. Rococo staircase, designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann

Background imageBuilt Collection: Oslo City Hall

Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway, was built in 1950 to celebrate the citys 900th anniversary. It is the most distinctive part of the citys waterfront. Date: opened 1950




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"Built to withstand the test of time, these iconic structures and moments showcase human ingenuity and craftsmanship throughout history. From the heroic RMS Carpathia in 1903, rescuing survivors of the Titanic tragedy, to the elegant Runcorn-Widnes Bridge connecting communities with its architectural marvel. Captain Woolf Barnato's Bentley exudes luxury and precision, a testament to engineering excellence. The Bauhaus Building stands as a symbol of modernist design principles that revolutionized architecture. The Four Eddystone Lighthouses have guided countless sailors through treacherous waters, their sturdy construction enduring fierce storms. The Westfield SEI British car embodies British automotive heritage with its sleek lines and powerful performance on the road. Rugby at Murrayfield stadium in Scotland epitomizes strength and teamwork as players battle it out on hallowed grounds. Even amidst gales, Bishop Rock Lighthouse remains steadfastly guarding ships from perilous rocks—a true beacon of hope in turbulent times. HMS Duke of York firing a broadside during World War II showcases military might harnessed for defense purposes. Artistic mastery comes alive with Saint Fiacre in Field painting depicting nature's beauty nurtured by human hands. Whitley Bay Lighthouse stands tall against crashing waves, guiding seafarers home safely. Lastly, we can't forget about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon—an ancient wonder built to awe generations with lush greenery suspended high above ground level. " In each instance, these remarkable feats remind us that when determination meets skillful craftsmanship, incredible things are built that leave an indelible mark on our world.