Erecting Collection

AE Erecting Shop, 1927
First batch of King class locomotives under construction

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen Huts
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

AE Erecting Shop, c1927
Construction of a King class locomotive

AE Erecting Shop, c1927
King class boiler being lowered on to driving wheels

View of Swindon Works, c1930s
This photograph was taken from the Pattern Store building and shows tehe Works turntable and A Shop in the background

Landing of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator, cartographer and admiral. He served the Crown of Castile

Landing of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator, cartographer and admiral. He served the Crown of Castile

The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch
antica, arch, arches, attraction, attractions, battles, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, built, built in, central italy, commemorating, commemoration, constantine

Erecting a grain silo using cranes at an exhibition in March 1965. Date: 1965

A wiring party. Soldiers erecting barbed wire entanglements in No Man's Land under cover of darkness during World
3058448 A wiring party. Soldiers erecting barbed wire entanglements in No Man's Land under cover of darkness during World War One

Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov
Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Erecting an awning Royal Navy

Construction of Lenin's mausoleum, Red Square
Vladimir Lenin was an exceptional revolutionary, adored by the majority of Russia, and regarded as being among the leading global intellectuals of the time

Construction of Lenin's Temporary Mausoleum
A temporary but elaborate wooden mausoleum was quickly built on Red Square in Moscow to hold Vladimir Lenin's Body following his death in 1924

Lenin's mausoleum, Construction, Red Square
The Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924

Temporary buildings after World War Two under construction at the Bristol Aeroplane Company's factory at Barwell. Date: 1947

Fortified church of Homorod, Hamruden
attraction, attractions, balkan, balkan peninsula, brasov county, building, buildings, built, built in, castell, castelo, castles, church building, church castle, churches, construct, defence

Trajan's Column, Colonna Traiana
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, archive, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, central italy, column, construct

Templum Iunonis Lucinae Hodie S
antica, attraction, attractions, b.c

The Faun Temple was the only temple dedicated to the god Faun in Rome and was built on the Tiber Island
antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, built, built in, central italy, construct, contemporary, depiction, depictions, deserted, drawing, drawings

The Arch of Gratian. The Arch of Gratian
antica, arch, arches, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, bow, bows, building, buildings, built, built in, central italy, church building, churches, construct, contemporary

Arcus Traiani Augusti ob Victoriam Dacicam
antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, capital market, capital markets, cash, central italy, coins, concept, conception, conceptions, construct

Arcus Traiani Augusti ob Victoriam Germanicam
antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, central italy, construct, contemporary, depiction, depictions, deserted, drawing, drawings, drawn, early

Baths of Constantine, on the Quirinal Hill
antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, central italy, construct, contemporary, countryside, depiction, depictions, deserted, drawing, drawings, drawn

Thermae Neronis Et Alexandri Severi
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antica, antiquity, attraction, attractions, bath, baths, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, built, built in

Septizonium Severi ad Viam Appiam
17th-century, antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, bunch of, central italy, characteristic, construct, contemporary, corners, culture, custom

Septizonius Vetus Ad Thermas Antonianas
17th-century, antica, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, bunch of, central italy, characteristic, construct, contemporary, corners, culture, custom

The interior of the Capella Palatina in Palermo around 1850
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, artful, artfully, artistic, artistically, arts, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, built, built in, capella palatina

Ancient Rome, Colonna Antonina
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, antoninus pius, antonius pius, black, black-and-white, black-white, built, built in, construct, contemporary, copy

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

Hoisting the Union Jack in the Far North
IL283072 Hoisting the Union Jack in the Far North, illustration from The Romance of Canada (colour litho) by Stott, W.R.S. (1878-1939); Private Collection; British, out of copyright

Messrs Howell and Cos New Premises, erecting in Cardiff (engraving)
6018929 Messrs Howell and Cos New Premises, erecting in Cardiff (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Messrs Howell and Cos New Premises, erecting in Cardiff)

Progress of the International Exhibition Building
1620239 Progress of the International Exhibition Building, French Workmen erecting Stands in the French Court (engraving) by English School

Erection of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris, 1836 (engraving)
977898 Erection of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris, 1836 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erection of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris, 1836.); © Look and Learn

Statue of King William the Third, now erecting in St Jamess Square, London (engraving)
602921 Statue of King William the Third, now erecting in St Jamess Square, London (engraving) by Rawle, Samuel (1771-1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of King William the Third)

South Abutments and Piers of Victoria Bridge
2771832 South Abutments and Piers of Victoria Bridge, showing the Scaffolding employed for Erecting the Tubes (engraving) by English School

Transit of Venus Observations at Kerguelen Island
1611716 Transit of Venus Observations at Kerguelen Island, erecting Buildings at the Chief Station (engraving) by Robinson

Plaster decoration at the New Oxford Theatre
A workman seen high up in the roof of the New Oxford Theatre in the process of erecting plaster decoration from Messrs. White Allom for Charles B. Cochran

Erecting Aeroplanes, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
Erecting Aeroplanes -- an RE8, 2-seater reconnaissance plane being built at the Coventry Ordnance Works, February 1917, lithograph by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

The Land Agitation in Ireland, erecting a Police Hut at New Pallas, Limerick (engraving)
1037565 The Land Agitation in Ireland, erecting a Police Hut at New Pallas, Limerick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Land Agitation in Ireland)

Raising the May-Pole (engraving)
981875 Raising the May-Pole (engraving) by Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raising the May-Pole. Digitally cleaned image.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Site of the Model Lodging-House
1601711 Site of the Model Lodging-House, erecting by the General Society for Improving the Dwellings of the Working Classes (engraving) by English School

Since 13 August 1961 the state frontier of the German Democratic Republic with West Berlin has been reliably protected
3638395 Since 13 August 1961 the state frontier of the German Democratic Republic with West Berlin has been reliably protected by the National Peoples Army

Oswald erecting the Cross (engraving)
2792994 Oswald erecting the Cross (engraving) by Townsend, Frederick Henry (1868-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oswald erecting the Cross)

Mechanics (colour litho)
2795446 Mechanics (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mechanics)

A South African Gold-Field, Witwatersrand, Transvaal (engraving)
1595980 A South African Gold-Field, Witwatersrand, Transvaal (engraving) by Loye, Charles Auguste (Montbard) (1841-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: A South African Gold-Field, Witwatersrand)

Communards constructing barricades around the July Column on the Place de la Bastille
6001303 Communards constructing barricades around the July Column on the Place de la Bastille, Paris Commune, 1871 (engraving) by European School

Demonstration by the Tenants Union in Paris (colour litho)
2779793 Demonstration by the Tenants Union in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demonstration by the Tenants Union in Paris)

The Womens Jubilee offering to the Queen (engraving)
1041521 The Womens Jubilee offering to the Queen (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Womens Jubilee offering to the Queen)

Afghanistan, erecting Tablets over the Graves of those who fell at the Taking of the Peiwar Kotal
1045340 Afghanistan, erecting Tablets over the Graves of those who fell at the Taking of the Peiwar Kotal, 2 December 1879 (engraving) by Nash

"Hydraulicing"at the Transvaal Gold Fields (engraving)
1055654 " Hydraulicing" at the Transvaal Gold Fields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Hydraulicing" at the Transvaal Gold Fields)

The Workers; Le Travail, 1914 (oil on canvas)
825352 The Workers; Le Travail, 1914 (oil on canvas) by Martin, Henri (1860-1943); 84.5x193 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Workers; Le Travail. Henri Martin (1860-1943). Oil on canvas

Erecting the funnels (litho)
3622179 Erecting the funnels (litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erecting the funnels)

Progress on the International Exhibition Building; French workmen erecting stands in the French Court (engraving)
609285 Progress on the International Exhibition Building; French workmen erecting stands in the French Court (engraving) by English School

Proposed chapel to be attached to the Hospital for Consumption (engraving)
609952 Proposed chapel to be attached to the Hospital for Consumption (engraving) by Dutton

The first preaching of Christianity in Britain, engraved by John Easton (litho)
STC306492 The first preaching of Christianity in Britain, engraved by John Easton (litho) by Cope, Charles West (1811-90) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon (engraving)
6010349 The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon)

Sketches of Moscow (engraving)
1624394 Sketches of Moscow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Moscow. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 26 May 1883)

With the Afghan Boundary Commission
1591050 With the Afghan Boundary Commission, Turkomans erecting a Kibitka in the Camp at Bala Murghab (engraving) by Simpson

Pushing in the Poles, c. 1882 (oil on canvas)
5310448 Pushing in the Poles, c.1882 (oil on canvas) by Seurat, Georges Pierre (1859-91); 15x25 cm; Private Collection; French, out of copyright

The International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington, Preparation (engraving)
1044125 The International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington, Preparation (engraving) by English School

The New Glasgow Central Railway (litho)
1056783 The New Glasgow Central Railway (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Glasgow Central Railway)

The Celebration of Mass on Mont Blanc, erecting an Altar on the Summit (engraving)
1062919 The Celebration of Mass on Mont Blanc, erecting an Altar on the Summit (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Celebration of Mass on Mont Blanc)

Erecting a concrete mixer at 1910 63rd Street, Brooklyn, c. 1914 (b / w photo)
1078896 Erecting a concrete mixer at 1910 63rd Street, Brooklyn, c.1914 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Elevation of the Cross. n. d. Creators: Claude Gillot, Jacques Gabriel Huquier
Elevation of the Cross.n.d

Della Trasportatione dell Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo, 1590

Progress of building for the International Exhibition 1861
Erecting the London Great International Exhibition, to be held the following year in May 1862. Date: October 1861

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
General View of Erecting Shop, Mens Quarters, Store Shed etc

House Raising, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
House Raising, 1870s

AE Erecting Shop, 1925
French compound, No 4022 Belgian Monarch suspended in air whilst undergoing repair

AE Erecting Shop, c1930
Wheeling a locomotive

AE Erecting Shop
Attaching King class locomotive to front bogie

Apollo 11 Moon landing, 1969, artwork
Apollo 11 Moon landing

AE Erecting Shop, c1910
Locomotives under construction

Erecting Shop, London and North-Western Railway Works, Crewe, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Civil engineers on the site of Coleshill Gas Works, Warwickshire, 1962. The installation of a gantry section

Preparing to lift a fabricated section on the site of Coleshill Gas Works, Warwickshire, 1962

Constructing a new grain silo in Navenby, Lincolnshire, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Constructing a new grain silo in Navenby, Lincolnshire, 1962. Contractors from Crittall Silos lift panels into place during the construction of a new silo

Erecting an absorption tower, Coleshill coal preparation plant, Warwickshire, 1962. Contractors from Woodall Duckham lifting an 85 foot absorption tower into position at the plant near Birmingham

Erecting the annexe to Westminster Abbey in advance of King George VIs coronation, 1937. From The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Erecting the standard of the Young Pretender, 18th century (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume IV, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

The re-establishment of worship after the Revolution, 19th century. From the collection of the Musee des Beaux Arts de lyon, France

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From the AE Erecting Shop in 1927 to the construction of Lenin's mausoleum, erecting structures has always been a testament to human ingenuity and efficiency. During World War Two, the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps played a vital role in erecting Nissen Huts for various purposes. In 1945, the building of prefabricated houses showcased remarkable speed as they were erected within just three hours. The AE Erecting Shop, established in 1927, stands as a symbol of craftsmanship and dedication. Swindon Works offered a mesmerizing view during the 1930s with its bustling activity and ongoing erection projects. Even the Royal Navy took part in erecting an awning, showcasing their versatility beyond maritime duties. However, it was on Red Square where history unfolded with both Lenin's mausoleum and its temporary counterpart being meticulously constructed. Post-World War Two reconstruction saw temporary buildings taking shape at Bristol Aeroplane Company's factory at Barwell in 1947. These structures served as beacons of hope amidst rebuilding efforts. Throughout time, whether it be constructing Nissen Huts or iconic landmarks like Lenin's mausoleum, humanity has proven that we can rise above challenges by skillfully erecting structures that stand strong against adversity.