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Royal Engineers cutting piles to construct a bridge, France, during World War I
Royal Engineers cutting piles to construct a bridge, France, during World War I
This photograph is one of a series attributed to Tom Aitken which show different processes in the construction of a new railway bridge by Royal Engineers. This view shows some of the men sawing huge baulks of timber to the correct length to make the vertical piles of the bridge. Many of the men working on this type of project would have been time-served engineers in civilian life. [Original …
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Engineers
- Piles (structural elements)
- Sawing
- Timber (lumber)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Engineers
- Piles (structural elements)
- Sawing
- Timber (lumber)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74549128
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:46.495Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:47.074Z