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  • Civil engineering: building the Victoria Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal. Coloured lithograph by the Kell brothers, 1860.
  • Civil engineering: a double-tiered aqueduct over a river valley. Engraving by L. Sellier after Foucherot.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865.
  • Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865, after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • A plan of the Thames Embankment, from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, with sections at three points. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • The controlled explosion of an underwater mine to clear rocks in the East River between Harlem and the Bronx, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Nitocris, Queen of Babylon, supervising the building of a bridge over the River Euphrates. Etching after J. de Seve.
  • Eton College from Romney Lock, Berkshire. Wood engraving by P. Roberts after P.H. Delamotte.
  • Engineering: a Cornish steam engine used for pumping water in London.
  • Longitudinal section of the Boulton & Watt engine erected at the East London Water Works, Old Ford / Thomas Wicksteed ; G. Gladwin.
  • Water supply. Photograph, c. 1911.
  • Water supply. Photograph, c. 1911.
  • Ma Robert, D. Livingstone's steam boat on which he explored the River Zambezi. Lithograph by T. Picken after S. Walters, 1858.
  • The Radcliffe Viaduct, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire: a locomotive passing over the River Trent, and cattle drinking in the river. Lithograph by George Childs.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • The construction of the great sewage tunnels, near Old Ford, Bow. Wood engraving, 1859, after F. Thompson.
  • The construction of the great sewage tunnels, near Old Ford, Bow. Wood engraving, 1859, after F. Thompson.
  • Men building a road through the Malakand Pass, India (subsequently Pakistan). Wood engraving after C. de W. Crookshank and J. Nash, 1895.