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Odeon cinema, Leicester Square under construction, London: the erection of the tower structure in August
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NOTES: Built on the site of the Moorish-style Alhambra Theatre, demolished in 1936, this was the London flagship cinema of the Odeon group, opening on 2nd November 1937.
Britannia Bridge, Gwynedd, under construction
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SOURCE: Edwin Clark. The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges (London, 1850), plates vol., pl. II NOTES: This tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section carrying rail traffic spanned the Menai Strait between the Island of Anglesey and the mainland Wales at Bangor. Damaged by fire in 1970, it was rebuilt as a two-tier steel truss arch bridge, carrying both road and rail traffic.
Britannia Bridge, Gwynedd: the Carnarvon tower under construction
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SOURCE: Edwin Clark. The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges (London, 1850), plates vol., pl. IV NOTES: This tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section carrying rail traffic spanned the Menai Strait between the Island of Anglesey and the mainland Wales at Bangor. Damaged by fire in 1970, it was rebuilt as a two-tier steel truss arch bridge, carrying both road and rail traffic.
Scaffolding used to install the frieze of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. VIII
Centring platform used for the portico of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXI
Scaffolding used for the portico of the Rotonda (Pantheon?), Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXXII
System for lifting Antoninus column, Rome
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SOURCE: Castelli e ponti di maestro Niccola Zabaglia (Rome, 1743), pl. XXXVI
Wooden winch used to raise the Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 135
Vatican obelisk being lowered by wooden winch during transportation to St Peter's Square, Rome, in 1586
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SOURCE: Carlo Fontana. Templum Vaticanum (Rome, 1694), pl. 143