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"Unveiling the Past

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Manchester Central Public Library BWS01_01_43

Manchester Central Public Library BWS01_01_43
Central Public Library, St Peters Square, Manchester. Elevated view of the Central Public Library during construction, showing approximately one third of the steel frames of the outer ring having

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Manchester Central Public Library BWS01_01_42

Manchester Central Public Library BWS01_01_42
Central Public Library, St Peters Square, Manchester. Elevated view from the top of the Midland Hotel of the Central Public Library during construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Construction site JLP01_08_071887

Construction site JLP01_08_071887
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. An elevated view of the construction of the cruciform Main Block of the Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, looking north west

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Construction site JLP01_11_46795_14

Construction site JLP01_11_46795_14
VAUXHALL CROSS, ALBERT EMBANKMENT, VAUXHALL, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Looking south-west during the construction of Vauxhall Cross, showing a team of men working on steel reinforcements

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Hangar walls JLP01_08_086451

Hangar walls JLP01_08_086451
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A SERVICING HANGAR, HEATHROW, HILLINGDON, GREATER LONDON. The west wall of the BEA aircraft servicing hangar at Heathrow Airport during its construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Hangar walls JLP01_08_086298

Hangar walls JLP01_08_086298
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A SERVICING HANGAR, HEATHROW, HILLINGDON, GREATER LONDON. The BEA aircraft servicing hangar at Heathrow Airport during construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Hangar support column JLP01_08_084165

Hangar support column JLP01_08_084165
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A SERVICING HANGAR, HEATHROW, HILLINGDON, GREATER LONDON. A steel octagonal column being lowered by a crane into a shaft

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Lattice framework JLP01_08_083781

Lattice framework JLP01_08_083781
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A SERVICING HANGAR, HEATHROW, HILLINGDON, GREATER LONDON. The metal lattice framework core of the roof structure of the BEA aircraft servicing hangar at Heathrow Airport

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Future Home 2000 JLP01_09_810281

Future Home 2000 JLP01_09_810281
Future Home 2000, Coleshill Place, Bradwell Common, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. An elevated view from a cherry picker of progress at the Future Home 2000 construction site in Milton

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Foundations JLP01_08_057339

Foundations JLP01_08_057339
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. Looking north-east over the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Building during construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441b

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441b
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking from the roof of Coventry Cathedral towards a RAF Belvedere helicopter parked on the tarmac below

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441a

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking up from the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral towards a RAF Belvedere helicopter lowering the 80ft bronze spire on to the roof of the new

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062439

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062439
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A view over Coventry Cathedral from the tower of the old cathedral, showing a RAF Belvedere helicopter lowering the 80ft bronze spire on to the roof

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062436

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062436
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A group of RAF staff on the roof of Coventry Cathedral watching a RAF Belvedere helicopter making an approach towards the cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062433

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062433
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A RAF officer with a hand held signal lamp standing on the roof of Coventry Cathedral during the lowering of the 80ft bronze spire

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062432

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062432
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking up at a RAF Belvedere helicopter in the process of lowering the 80ft bronze spire on to the roof of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062429

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062429
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A view looking north from the roof of Coventry Cathedral, showing a RAF Belvedere helicopter attempting to hoist the 80ft bronze spire for the new

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Reading the papers JLP01_08_062428

Reading the papers JLP01_08_062428
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Laing staff with a RAF officer reading a story in The Coventry Evening Telegraph

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Installing the spire JLP01_08_062427

Installing the spire JLP01_08_062427
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. RAF aircrew on the roof of Coventry Cathedral manoeuvring the 80ft bronze spire on to a 1 yard square plate

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Installing the spire JLP01_08_062425

Installing the spire JLP01_08_062425
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. RAF aircrew on the roof of Coventry Cathedral manoeuvring the 80ft bronze spire on to a 1 yard square plate

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Installing the spire JLP01_08_062422

Installing the spire JLP01_08_062422
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Laing workers on the roof of Coventry Cathedral attaching the 80ft bronze spire to a 1 yard square plate

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Winged cross JLP01_08_062421

Winged cross JLP01_08_062421
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A close-up of Geoffrey Clarkes 12-foot aluminium sculpture of a winged cross

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062419

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062419
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A RAF Belvedere helicopter lowering the 80ft bronze spire on to the roof of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Installing the spire JLP01_08_062418

Installing the spire JLP01_08_062418
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Laing workers on the roof of Coventry Cathedral bolting the 80ft bronze spire to a 1 yard square plate, with RAF officers standing in the background

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062417

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062417
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A group of people on the roof of Coventry Cathedral watching a RAF Belvedere helicopter making an attempted approach towards the cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Sculpting the font JLP01_08_062033

Sculpting the font JLP01_08_062033
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Ralph Beyer carving the baptismal font in Coventry Cathedral. Ralph Beyer (1921-2008)

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Cladding the mullions JLP01_08_061274

Cladding the mullions JLP01_08_061274
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking from the inside of the Chapel of Christ the Servant towards a man outside, cladding one of the vertical mullions with green slate

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Engraving glass JLP01_08_061031

Engraving glass JLP01_08_061031
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. John Hutton engraving a panel of glass on the West Screen at Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Plastering JLP01_08_060780

Plastering JLP01_08_060780
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Two men plastering a wall in Coventry Cathedral around a panel inscribed by Ralph Beyer

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Flooring JLP01_08_060776

Flooring JLP01_08_060776
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking from the nave towards the chancel in Coventry Cathedral during its construction, showing two men in the foreground working on the flooring

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Fitting windows JLP01_08_060329a

Fitting windows JLP01_08_060329a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A man in the process of fitting a stained glass window during the construction of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Fitting windows JLP01_08_060323

Fitting windows JLP01_08_060323
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Two men fitting a stained glass window during the construction of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Carving inscriptions JLP01_08_059383a

Carving inscriptions JLP01_08_059383a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Ralph Beyer with his assistant Michael Watson carving an inscription on a Hollington stone panel in Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058911a

Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058911a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. The Provost of Coventry Cathedral with Henry Sumner at the unveiling ceremony of the Boulder from Bethlehem

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058910

Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058910
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. The Bishop and Provost of Coventry Cathedral at the unveiling ceremony of the Boulder from Bethlehem

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Installing the nave canopy JLP01_08_058447

Installing the nave canopy JLP01_08_058447
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. The installation of the nave canopy at Coventry Cathedral, with a man manoeuvring a ribbed timber panel into place

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Cathedral construction and Coventry JLP01_08_058197

Cathedral construction and Coventry JLP01_08_058197
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A view from the spire of the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, looking in a north-east direction over the construction site of the new Coventry

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Concreting JLP01_08_058127

Concreting JLP01_08_058127
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A team of Laing builders concreting part of the roof of Coventry Cathedral during its construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Concreting JLP01_08_058125

Concreting JLP01_08_058125
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A team of Laing builders concreting part of the roof of Coventry Cathedral during its construction

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Coventry Cathedral construction site JLP01_08_057858

Coventry Cathedral construction site JLP01_08_057858
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A view from the spire of the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, looking in a north-east direction over the construction site of the new Coventry

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057621c

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057621c
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A crowd of people watching the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein at Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058908

Boulder from Bethlehem JLP01_08_058908
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A crowd of people gathered outside Coventry Cathedral for the unveiling of the Boulder from Bethlehem

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057621b

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057621b
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Lady Epstein unveiling the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein at Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057620

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057620
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A crowd of people watching the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein at Coventry Cathedral The statue of

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057617

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057617
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A group of people attending the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein at Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057615a

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057615a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Lady Epstein with Sir Fordham Flower at Coventry Cathedral for the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Copper roofing JLP01_08_057565

Copper roofing JLP01_08_057565
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Two men working on a section of copper roofing during the construction of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageBuilding Site Collection: Construction and the old cathedral JLP01_08_057564

Construction and the old cathedral JLP01_08_057564
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A view looking south-west over the ruins of the Cathedral Church of St Michael from the roof of the new Coventry Cathedral



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"Unveiling the Past: A Glimpse into Iconic Building Sites Throughout History" Witness the transformation of Swanley Bridge in Kent as it undergoes widening construction in 1938, paving the way for enhanced connectivity and smoother journeys. Delve into history with a watercolor depiction of the Shoreham Railroad being meticulously crafted around 1840, showcasing the dedication and craftsmanship of early railway pioneers. Behold the awe-inspiring Burj Dubai, standing tall as the world's tallest building in Dubai; a testament to human ingenuity and architectural marvels. Step back in time to witness London's St Pancras Station taking shape in 1867, an iconic landmark that continues to serve as a gateway to adventure and exploration. Marvel at skilled workers repairing Milbank Estate P_H00261_001, breathing new life into this historic residential complex while preserving its timeless charm. Discover artistry beyond canvas through an enchanting engraving glass piece JLP01_08_061032a, capturing intricate details of bygone eras forever etched within glass panels. Journey through time with George N. Barnard's lens capturing Columbia from the Capitol in 1866, immortalizing an era defined by progress and resilience against adversity. Relive engineering triumphs as Needle Eye Bridge emerges over M1 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1963; a symbol of innovation bridging communities together seamlessly. Uncover forgotten hobbies from yesteryears with glimpses into a c1930 (1945) project where passion meets craftsmanship - creating lasting legacies one stroke at a time. Witness cranes dominating Dartford's skyline during construction of a new coal electric power station near Kent – harnessing energy for generations yet to come. Experience Coventry living through residents' eyes on Queens Street balcony.