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Engineers Collection (#7)

"Engineers: Masters of Innovation and Bravery" From the Royal Logistic Corps to the United States Naval Construction Battalions

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1925-27, Hugh Kerr Thomas

IAE President, 1925-27, Hugh Kerr Thomas. Date: 1927

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1918-19, Alfred Arnold Remington

IAE President, 1918-19, Alfred Arnold Remington. Date: 1919

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1936-37, Captain John Samuel Irving

IAE President, 1936-37, Captain John Samuel Irving, by Lafayette Ltd. Date: 1937

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1928-29, Leslie Haywood Hounsfield

IAE President, 1928-29, Leslie Haywood Hounsfield. Date: 1929

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1909-10, Henry Selby Hele-Shaw

IAE President, 1909-10, Henry Selby Hele-Shaw, by Elliott and Fry. Date: 1910

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1935-36, Albert John Woodgate Hancock

IAE President, 1935-36, Albert John Woodgate Hancock. Date: 1936

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1906-08, Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton

IAE President, 1906-08, Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, by Elliott and Fry. Date: 1908

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1923-24, Henry George Burford

IAE President, 1923-24, Henry George Burford, by HJ Whitlock and Sons. Date: 1924

Background imageEngineers Collection: IAE President, 1912-13, Tom Bousquet Browne

IAE President, 1912-13, Tom Bousquet Browne, by Sheaight Ltd. Date: 1913

Background imageEngineers Collection: 1969 1960s 60s Sixties Electric Man Men Electricity

1969 1960s 60s Sixties Electric Man Men Electricity
1969, 1960s, 60s, sixties, electric, man, men, electricity, council, appliance, appliances, testing, laboratories, laboratory, leatherhead, surrey, lab, labs, test, experiment, quality, electrical

Background imageEngineers Collection: Ronald MacKenzie Scobie, British Army officer

Ronald MacKenzie Scobie, British Army officer
Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie (1893-1969), British Army officer. He served with the Royal Engineers during the First World War

Background imageEngineers Collection: Patent Manning Wardle & Co, locomotive engineers, steam road roller designed in Paris

Patent Manning Wardle & Co, locomotive engineers, steam road roller designed in Paris and was contracted in England. Boyne Engine Works, Leeds and is the patent of E. Gellerate and Co

Background imageEngineers Collection: Laying big main water pipes, Southwark and Vauxhall 1900

Laying big main water pipes, Southwark and Vauxhall 1900
Photograph showing engineers and assistants lifting up heavy large circular piping with a crane ready to be put underground, in the streets of South London

Background imageEngineers Collection: The Eli Galop, 1888 (print)

The Eli Galop, 1888 (print)
3672833 The Eli Galop, 1888 (print) by American School, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info.: James Francis Driscoll collection of historical American sheet music)

Background imageEngineers Collection: 3673268

3673268

Background imageEngineers Collection: Formula 1 2018: German GP

Formula 1 2018: German GP
HOCKENHEIMRING, GERMANY - JULY 22: Fernando Alonso on the grid with his McLaren MCL33 Renault during the German GP at Hockenheimring on Sunday July 22, 2018 in Hockenheim, Germany

Background imageEngineers Collection: Artillery School and Engineering School in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, in 1880, Historic

Artillery School and Engineering School in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, in 1880, Historic
1 animal, 1900s, 19th-century, adult male, animal child, animal families, animal portrait, animal portraits, artillery school, berlin-charlottenburg, black, black-and-white, black-white

Background imageEngineers Collection: Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Engineer Corps, Officer, Army Uniform, Military, Prussia, Germany

Prussian Army, Prussian Guard, Engineer Corps, Officer, Army Uniform, Military, Prussia, Germany
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, armies, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, engineers, europe's, frg, genus, german, german federal republic, grade, guard, guard soldier, guard soldiers

Background imageEngineers Collection: Andre Michelin (1853-1931)

Andre Michelin (1853-1931)
3783995 Andre Michelin (1853-1931); (add.info.: Andre Michelin (1853-1931) - French industrialist who, with his brother Edouard (1859-1940)

Background imageEngineers Collection: James Watt

James Watt
3586199 James Watt by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist

Background imageEngineers Collection: Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942
Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, TX, 1942

Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, TX, 1942
Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the... Clinton, Iowa, 1943

Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the... Clinton, Iowa, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the giant " H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers

Background imageEngineers Collection: Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept. U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942

Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942
Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilots window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Lowering an engine in place in assembling... Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Lowering an engine in place in assembling... Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of a tail fuselage section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageEngineers Collection: Formula One VIP Factory Visit

Formula One VIP Factory Visit
The Prime Minister of Malaysia the honourable Dato Seridr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad (MAL) and his entourage visit the Malaysian supported Sauber Petronas team headquarters

Background imageEngineers Collection: DDE-90035082

DDE-90035082
Russia, Saint Petersburg, Center, Mikhailovsky Castle on the Moyka River Date: 03/04/2008

Background imageEngineers Collection: French Grand Prix, Rd6, Paul Ricard, France, 5 July 1987

French Grand Prix, Rd6, Paul Ricard, France, 5 July 1987
Ayrton Senna (BRA), Lotus 99T, in the pitlane. He finished fourth. French Grand Prix, Rd6, Paul Ricard, France, 5 July 1987

Background imageEngineers Collection: How France mobilised her industrial resources for making munitions

How France mobilised her industrial resources for making munitions: pointing shells for 75s in a private factory
STC312569 How France mobilised her industrial resources for making munitions: pointing shells for 75s in a private factory, from The Illustrated War News (litho) by Jonas

Background imageEngineers Collection: The War Game as played by Volunteer Officers at the Horse-Guards (engraving)

The War Game as played by Volunteer Officers at the Horse-Guards (engraving)
1061712 The War Game as played by Volunteer Officers at the Horse-Guards (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageEngineers Collection: Sappers, miners and engineers in the Imperial Army, 19th century

Sappers, miners and engineers in the Imperial Army, 19th century (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986515 Sappers, miners and engineers in the Imperial Army, 19th century (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by Verico, Antonio (1775-after 1822); (add.info.: Sappers)

Background imageEngineers Collection: Picture of Steam Locomotives Traveling (Jokisha rikudo tsuko no zu), 1870

Picture of Steam Locomotives Traveling (Jokisha rikudo tsuko no zu), 1870

Background imageEngineers Collection: Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA

Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project

Background imageEngineers Collection: Apollo 17 Astronaut Training, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA

Apollo 17 Astronaut Training, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 Astronaut Training, Florida, USA, 1972. Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Jack Schmitt are preparing the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)




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"Engineers: Masters of Innovation and Bravery" From the Royal Logistic Corps to the United States Naval Construction Battalions, they have always been at the forefront of progress and courage. Their contributions span across various fields, leaving an indelible mark on history. One cannot forget the Rolls-Royce Merlin X / 10 Supercharged Piston Aero-Engine, a marvel that powered countless aircraft during World War II. Its ingenuity allowed pilots to soar through the skies with unmatched speed and precision. In Swindon, skilled engineers dedicated their talents to building diesel locomotives, revolutionizing transportation and connecting communities like never before. Their craftsmanship propelled nations forward on iron tracks. Even in times of conflict, engineers stood tall. Bruce Bairnsfather's WW1 cartoon "A Miner Success" depicted their unwavering determination amidst chaos—a testament to their resilience in adversity. The Churchill AVRE Tank in France during World War II showcased engineering prowess combined with military might. These machines were instrumental in overcoming obstacles and securing victory for allied forces. Joseph Whitworth's IMechE medal and invitation symbolize recognition for exceptional engineering achievements—an honor bestowed upon those who push boundaries and redefine possibilities. Tragedy struck when the Titanic sank, but we must remember the brave engineers who fought valiantly against all odds. Fourteen lives lost but forever remembered for their dedication till the very end. WW1 poster "Types of British Army" highlighted how diverse skills within engineer regiments contributed to overall military strength—each role crucial in its own way towards achieving victory on battlefields worldwide. Royal Engineers - British Army Regiment maneuvered through challenging terrains with skillful precision—building bridges where there were none, fortifying defenses when needed most—a force that shaped landscapes both physically and strategically. On Silverstone's race track, Mike Hawthorn raced fearlessly behind Vanwall's wheels—an embodiment of engineering excellence merged with sporting passion. A testament to engineers' ability to push boundaries beyond conventional limits.