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Robert Stephenson was born #onthisday 1803. Engineer for Newcastle High Level Bridge, Britannia Tubular bridge and London and Birmingham railway. ICE President 1855-7

T is for Thames Tunnel, the first successful tunnel to be built under a river. Designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and built 1824-43, it was originally designed to carry carriages, shown by the large circular entrances on these drawings which were never built #ArchiveZ

S is for Brunel's South Devon atmospheric Railway. These paintings of views along the line between Exeter and Totnes were painted by William Dawson 1847. They were designed to show both sides of the line, hence one view is upside down.

P is for presidential portraits - John Rennie, Sir John Wolfe Barry, Robert Stephenson and Sir John Coode. We probably have the largest collection of portraits of civil engineers in the world, though it is a bit of a niche area. #ArchiveZ

P is for pneumatic railway. Long before Hyperloop, the Victorians used pneumatic railways to transfer parcels and later passengers. Examples from The Pneumatic Dispatch by Alfred E Beach, 1868 #ArchiveZ

Joseph Locke, railway engineer and ICE past President, was born #onthisday 1805 - Dutton viaduct, Liverpool and Manchester railway with George Stephenson, French railways with William Mackenzie and Thomas Brassey .

Week 11 of #ArchiveZ and K is for Kennet and Avon. We love these watercolour sketches of bridges and structures on the canal by John Rennie. https://t.co/F76TUhQZl5

I is for Illustrated London News (ILN), a wonderful source of images (and not just about London). Thames embankment under construction, Kings Cross station, Loch Karine water supply opening and bridge at London Bridge station #ArchiveZ

2/2 Our records complement and are complemented by the collections of our friends
@IMechELibrary
,
@IETLibArch

@SSGreatBritain

@BrunelMuseum

@RochesterBridge
and the other engineering organisations

1/2 We can't leave `E' week without `E is for engineers and engineering'. Our collections contain records relating to infrastructure e.g. water supply, drainage, transport, structures, tunnels etc. #ArchiveZ