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Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge
March 1890: Pictures showing various aspects of building the Forth Bridge: its size compared with the Eiffel Tower; a demonstration of the cantilever process; a cassion being towed into position

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Inter-City 125

Inter-City 125
15th May 1978: The Scotsman, the high speed, Inter-City 125 train, gliding out of Londons Kings Cross station, on its way to Edinburgh

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge
Construction of the Forth Bridge, on the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in Lothian, 23rd June 1888. The steel cantilever construction was designed by John Fowler

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Caernarvon Bridges

Caernarvon Bridges
The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson, between mainland Wales and Anglesey. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Picken

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Road Into Liverpool

Road Into Liverpool
circa 1920: Horsedrawn carts bring the goods from Liverpool Docks into the city centre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Tunnel Pump

Tunnel Pump
1837: Pumps draining the Kilsby Tunnel of quick sand during construction of the London - Birmingham Railway. Original Artwork: Lithograph by J C Bourne after a drawing by the same

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Llanfair PG

Llanfair PG
circa 1935: Fifty eight letters in the name of a Welsh village means an extra long name board on the local railway platform. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Station Interior

Station Interior
17th February 1928: A general view of the interior of Marylebone Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Zurich Meters

Zurich Meters
September 1962: Parking meters on the streets of Zurich. (Photo by Terry Chambers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Canal Construction

Canal Construction
Construction work during the making of the Panama Canal, engineered by French diplomat Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805 - 1894)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Underground Opening

Underground Opening
A battery of ticket issuing machines at the newly opened Piccadilly Circus Underground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: New Station

New Station
The underground station at Piccadilly Circus under construction. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: The Underground

The Underground
February 1927: Part of the tunnel being built at Piccadilly Circus tube station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: High Street

High Street
circa 1925: Trolley Buses making their way along High Street in Belfast. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Berlin Airport

Berlin Airport
A Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Mowe on the tarmac of Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Tunnel Traffic

Tunnel Traffic
A luxury car and a van in the 9, 250 foot long Holland Tunnel running under the Hudson River linking New York with Jersey City. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Rail Workers

Rail Workers
13th January 1925: Signalman Roberts of Liverpool Street Station, London, synchronising the clocks which send the time out to all the signal boxes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: New Dock

New Dock
March 1877: Crowds on a hilltop are viewing the new dock at Avonmouth near Bristol. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - supplement -The New Avonmouth Dock Near Bristol - pub

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Ferry Station

Ferry Station
12th March 1870: Illustrated London News - Proposed Channel Railway Ferry Station And Pier At Dover - pub. 1870 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: The Snake Bridge

The Snake Bridge
circa 1958: The sacred red lacquered bridge or Shinkyo over the river Daiya in Nikko. It was built in 1636. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Rock Face Railway

Rock Face Railway
circa 1910: A train passes through a stretch of the Colombo to Kandy railway in Ceylon, constructed on a narrow piece of rock face. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Drawbridge

Drawbridge
May 1946: Londons Tower Bridge with the drawbridge up. The bridge is a bascule bridge with its drawbridge working on counterweights. (Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Over East River

Over East River
circa 1925: Low angle view of the Manhattan Bridge, with a ship passing underneath on the East River, New York City. (Photo by Lionel Green/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Railroad Repairs

Railroad Repairs
9th April 1931: London and North-Eastern Railway workers repair the tunnel and lines at Kings Cross Railway Station in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Panama Passage

Panama Passage
16th July 1915: The warship USS Missouri during a passage through the Panama Canal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Bus Dock

Bus Dock
circa 1955: A bus in the bus docks at New Yorks East Side Airlines Terminal. The docks are open on one side to permit exhaust fumes to escape. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Macao Lighthouse

Macao Lighthouse
circa 1950: The oldest lighthouse on the Chinese coast, Guia Hill, in the Portuguese settlement of Macao, west of Hong Kong. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Railway Viaduct

Railway Viaduct
circa 1940: A railway viaduct in Germany. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Taking A Stroll

Taking A Stroll
circa 1960: A grandfather taking a stroll with his grandson in the pedestrian lane of Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Village Sign

Village Sign
circa 1956: A road sign marking the entrance to the French village formerly known as Pouy but renamed Saint Vincent de Paul after the saint who was born there

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass
circa 1950: The Khyber Pass, controlled by Pakistan, viewed towards Afghanistan. The Khyber is the most important pass connecting the two countries. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Alaska Highway

Alaska Highway
circa 1950: A stretch of the Alaska Highway cuts through a forest. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Union Pacific

Union Pacific
The original wooden viaduct at Dale Creek, Wyoming, built for the Union Pacific railroad. It was later replaced by a steel construction before the route was abandoned altogether

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Covered Bridge

Covered Bridge
1950: One of ten thousand bridges in New Brunswick, Canada. As it is covered, it has a longer life expectancy than a normal timber bridge. (Photo by BIPS/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Tyne Bridge

Tyne Bridge
circa 1950: Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge
October 1935: The first major suspension bridge in the world, built in 1819-1826 by Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford across the Menai Strait

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: On The Way To Queens

On The Way To Queens
1936: Cars travel on the Triborough Bridge ramp to Astoria, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Triborough Bridge

Triborough Bridge
circa 1945: Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge with Hell Gate Bridge, which still carries high-speed trains from Boston to New York, in the background, 1940s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Christiansen Canal

Christiansen Canal
circa 1930: The Christiansen Canal, Copenhagen. (Photo by Fatens/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Rush Hour

Rush Hour
View of a traffic jam at dusk?on a freeway in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by William M Graham/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Regents Canal

Regents Canal
1827: The Double Lock and East Entrance to the Islington Tunnel on Regents Canal, London. Original Artwork: Drawn by Thomas H Shepherd and engraved by Frederick James Havell

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: America On Wheels

America On Wheels
circa 1850: Streams of traffic pouring up and down busy Broadway. Pedestrians are using a bridge. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Railway Lines

Railway Lines
Newcastle Central Stations East crossing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Autosilo

Autosilo
4th June 1955: An Autosilo - a multi-storey ramp garage, invented in Switzerland - at Karlsruhe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7789 - A Plan To End The Traffic Jam - pub

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Skyport 2000

Skyport 2000
15th February 1957: An architects model of Skyport 2000, a futuristic proposal for an airport building to stand in St Georges Circus, near Waterloo Station, London in the year 2000

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Subway From Track

Subway From Track
June 1907: A subway leading off the track at Brooklands racetrack. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: Busy Railroad

Busy Railroad
Steam engines on a steel bridge at Richmond, Virginia, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransport Infrastructure Collection: The Needles

The Needles
5th November 1938: One of the isolated cliff faces that form the Needles, obscuring their lighthouse off the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 10 - Life In A Lighthouse - pub



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