Scaffold Collection

Bricklayers 1827
A bricklayer standing on a rather precarious looking scaffold. His assistant mixes mortar behind him; his hod for carrying bricks etc is nearby

Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

USS AKRON CONSTRUCTION. The USS Akron (ZRS-4) photographed in its shed in Akron, Ohio, 29 July 1931

William Herschels reflecting telescope of 40 ft (12 m) focal length, 1789 (1807)

A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934
A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, under construction at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934

Big Ben with scaffolding, Palace of Westminster, London, and the musical notes of the chimes given below (in E Major)

Cornish tin mining, 19th century
Cornish tin mining, 19th-century artwork. Miners working in a shaft in a tin mine in Cornwall, UK. Many such excavations were near the coast and extended out under the sea for nearly a kilometre

Construction of the Needle Eye Bridge over the M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. During the construction of the M1 in the early 1960s a great number of bridge structures needed to be created

Spine with workers, spine repair F007 / 9907
Conceptual computer artwork depicting a spine being repaired

Scaffolding - Liviesmore Castle, Printed 1862 circa. Creator: F. C. Currey
Scaffolding-Liviesmore Castle, Printed 1862 circa

St. Georges Cathedral, one of the largest wooden churches in the world, Georgetown, Guyana, South America

TITANIC: CONSTRUCTION, c1910. View of the Olympic (left) and Titanic under construction at the Harland & Wolff shipyards, Belfast, Ireland. Photographed c1910

STATUE OF LIBERTY, c1884. Statue of Liberty in scaffold outside the Foundry, Rue de Chazelles, Paris, France. Oil on canvas, c1884, by Victor Dargaud

Francois Rude Working on the Arc de Triomphe, 1893 (oil on canvas)
CH440528 Francois Rude Working on the Arc de Triomphe, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Sylvestre

Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, London, 1908
Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, 102-116 Arlington Road, London, 1908. Site of an electricity sub-station with workmen and scaffolding

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Reparation of the railway bridge over the Marne river at Trilport, near Meaux, destroyed by the French in 1870. Engraving

Reign of Henry IV of Castile (1454-1474). Farce of Avila

Shipwright driving wedges into the stern of a ship
Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC - CIRCA 1970s: Retro photo shows construction workers. Vintage photography

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Scaffolding DP248470
Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth Park, Wentworth, Rotherham. General view looking through a maze of scaffolding poles towards the urn on the parapet of the mansion houses east side

Construction of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, two of the giant scaffolding towers, Merseyside. Circa 1964

Schooner shipyard, Bira, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Portrait of Asensio Julià, 1798. Creator: Francisco Goya
Portrait of Asensio Julia, 1798

Strand with sky, 1916. Creator: Francis Dodd
Strand with sky, 1916

St. Mary le Strand, 1916. Creator: Francis Dodd
St. Mary le Strand, 1916. Shows James Gibbs's early 18th century church of St Mary le Strand, in London's West End

The clock tower, Paris, 1852. Creator: Charles Meryon
The clock tower, Paris, 1852

The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, [Bexley], 1864. View of...the works at this important outlet for the whole of the sewage drained from the area on the south side of the Thames

How films are made: Making Snow (colour litho)
8660302 How films are made: Making Snow (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making Snow)

Eyes that stare through time unblinking (b/w photo)
8676261 Eyes that stare through time unblinking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eyes that stare through time unblinking)

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

How a house is built (litho)
8675783 How a house is built (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How a house is built)

Liberty Suspended Lord Castlereagh
527914 Liberty Suspended Lord Castlereagh and Lord Eldon stand at the foot of the scaffold on which the liberty of the British Press is being suspended

Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy (engraving)
8676890 Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy)

How films are made: Plasterers Department (colour litho)
8660294 How films are made: Plasterers Department (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plasterers Department)

The Viaduct, Durham, June 28th, 1855 (b/w photo)
7426775 The Viaduct, Durham, June 28th, 1855 (b/w photo); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: View of the construction of Durham viaduct)

Annex to Westminster Abbey built for the Coronation of King Edward VII (litho)
8672115 Annex to Westminster Abbey built for the Coronation of King Edward VII (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Annex to Westminster Abbey, London)

The RMS Olympic on the Stocks (b/w photo)
8667132 The RMS Olympic on the Stocks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The RMS Olympic on the Stocks)

Phidias at work on the Parthenon (engraving)
8634885 Phidias at work on the Parthenon (engraving) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phidias at work on the Parthenon.); © Look and Learn

Lindisfarne Priory under repair (b/w photo)
8634506 Lindisfarne Priory under repair (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lindisfarne Priory under repair)

English Period Costumes: A Sculptor, Fourteenth Century (colour litho)
8668177 English Period Costumes: A Sculptor, Fourteenth Century (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sculptor, Fourteenth Century)

View of the Garnier Opera still covered with scaffoldings before its inauguration
1749965 View of the Garnier Opera still covered with scaffoldings before its inauguration, 1875 (photo); (add.info.: view of the Garnier Opera, built in 1861-1875)

Volgoverkhove Monastery for women; Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord under construction

Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, [London], 1864

Side view of the railroad bridge being built across the Tobol River, Yalutorovsk, 1912

Support Wall and Railcut at Verst 11, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Support Wall and Railcut at Verst 11, 1900-1904

Building of a Bridge Over a Road, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Building of a Bridge Over a Road, 1900-1904

Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864

The Charing-Cross railway station, as seen from the river, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Charing-Cross railway station, as seen from the river [Thames, London], 1864

At the construction site 3
Victoria Glinka

Workers 2
Violeta Milutinovic

Crowded House
Gilbert Claes

Construction workers and scaffolds
Dragan Lapcevic

Needing repair
Eden Antho

Replacing the Statue of Napoleon I. on the Vendome Column, Paris, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Replacing the Statue of Napoleon I. on the Vendome Column, Paris, 1876. The original column was started in 1806 at Napoleon's direction and completed in 1810

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860

The Age of Bronze, published 1589. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
The Age of Bronze, published 1589. From Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 1, plate 5

Landscape with Hermit, Pilgrim and Peasant Woman, 1690-1740

The Great Clock-Dial of the New Houses of Parliament, illuminated, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Clock-Dial of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], illuminated, 1856

View of Manhattan. c.1660. Creator: Anon
View of Manhattan. c.1660. Inscription - Nieuw Amsterdam ofte nue nieuw Iorx opt t Eylant Man. View from the sea of the coast, the island of Manhattan and the city of New Amsterdam (New York)

Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. 1906. Creator: Unknown
Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. 1906

City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907. Creator: Unknown
City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907

City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907. Creator: Unknown
City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907

City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907. Creator: Unknown
City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907

City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907. Creator: Unknown
City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907

City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907. Creator: Unknown
City of Cleveland, Steamer #168 on the ways, 1907

Night in Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y. c1905. Creator: Unknown
Night in Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y. c1905

View of Ainu village, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
View of Ainu village, 1908

Laying keel of no. 400, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Laying keel of no. 400, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio, ca 1900

La Courte Occupation de Reims; Reims le cathedrale, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La Courte Occupation de Reims; Reims le cathedrale, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Transportation Building, World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892- Transportation Building, 1892

Sculpteur travaillant à la statue d'un saint à Saint-Pierre de Rome
Sculpteur travaillant a la statue d'un saint a Saint-Pierre de Rome, c.1758 c.1759. Sculptor working on the statue of a saint at St Peter's in Rome. The sculptor could be Michelangelo Slodtz

Souvenir de fête à Paris, c.1881. Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin
Souvenir de fete a Paris, c.1881. Festival in Paris. Allegorical figures on top of a building in course of construction. Labour hands an olive branch to Virtue as Science looks on

Les enrôlements volontaires en 1792
Les enrolements volontaires en 1792, (between 1901 and 1902). Recruits volunteering. Recruits gathered on the Pont-Neuf in Paris preparing to leave for the border

Montmartre hill with Sacre-Coeur under construction, c1890

Exterior of Woman's Building, while under construction, at World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois, 1892

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

Building the avenue de l'Opera, in 1878, 1st and 2nd arrondissements, Paris, 1878

Launching of U.S.S. Texas, 1912. May 18th, 1912. Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A. [United States Navy New York-class battleship]

Launching of U.S.S. Texas, 1912. [United States Navy New York-class battleship]

Rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre, with Sacre-Coeur under construction, 1899. Creator: Unknown
Rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre, with Sacre-Coeur under construction, 1899

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"Scaffold: A Testament to Human Ingenuity and Progress" Throughout history, scaffolds have played a vital role in the construction of some of the world's most iconic structures. Dating back to 1827, bricklayers relied on these temporary frameworks as they meticulously built walls that would stand the test of time. One such example is Big Ben, whose majestic clock tower stood tall under a scaffold during its construction. The sight of this towering landmark shrouded in metal beams only added to its mystique and grandeur. Across the Atlantic Ocean, another symbol of freedom took shape amidst scaffolding - the Statue of Liberty. In Paris, craftsmen carefully assembled each piece under their watchful eyes, ensuring Lady Liberty would rise triumphantly above New York Harbor. Scaffolds also served as platforms for progress in other industries. In 1934, an awe-inspiring view captured Queen Mary at Clydebank shipyard in Glasgow. This giant Cunard liner showcased human achievement and engineering prowess against a backdrop of steel bars. Artists too found inspiration within these temporary structures. Francois Rude immortalized his work on canvas while working on the Arc de Triomphe in 1893. His brushstrokes encapsulated both beauty and labor intertwined within each stroke. Closer to home, bridges like Needle Eye Bridge over M1 at Barnsley stood proud thanks to scaffolding support during their construction phase. These architectural marvels connected communities and paved way for progress across South Yorkshire. In Cornwall's tin mining industry during the 19th century, miners relied on sturdy scaffolds deep underground as they extracted precious resources from Mother Earth's embrace – a testament to human resilience even in treacherous conditions. Religion too found solace within scaffolded walls; St George's Cathedral proudly claimed its title as one of the largest wooden churches globally—a spiritual sanctuary crafted with meticulous precision by skilled hands supported by timber frames reaching towards heaven. Even the most iconic structures required temporary support.