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Engineers from the firm of Messrs Blight & White of Plymouth constructing the new helicopter landing platform at Bishop Rock Lighthouse (on the Isles of Scilly) in July, 1976.

DUPLICATE OF BUILD 8.032

Engineers from the firm of Messrs Blight & White of Plymouth constructing the new helicopter landing platform at Bishop Rock Lighthouse (on the Isles of Scilly) in July, 1976.

DUPLICATE OF BUILD 8.030

Richards Photograph

Richards Photograph

Newlyn's heave up slip under construction.

Construction of the ship heave-up slip at Newlyn, with houses in the background.

General view of the construction, note men standing on scaffolding middle left. Image is annotated "Construction works on right bank of river 4-11-59"

General view with construction and boulders on left, a crane to the right. Image is annotated "View from Tail Bay 4-11-59"

from a large collection of photos see box 3B

Additional poorer print

Drift Dam

Construction of the Penzance floating dock (wet dock) in the 1880s. Taken by G H Gibson at Penzance. The amount of detail in the photo is incredible, with each worker's clothing being plainly visible.

Construction of Tower Bridge or Blackfriars
Samuel Turner was the Engineer.