Turning tides
Joseph Bazalgette, as seen by Punch magazine, 1883; and Bazalgette’s Embankment by Charing Cross Station, showing high- and low-level sewers. The steam engine is running along today’s Circle underground line; the wooden gantry seems to be supporting a hand-powered winch. 1867 wood engraving. Both courtesy Wellcome Trust, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bespoke sheerlegs by ALE -
Joseph Bazalgette, as seen by Punch magazine, 1883; and Bazalgette’s... -
Joseph Bazalgette, as seen by Punch magazine, 1883; and Bazalgette’s... -
A Kobelco working on piling. -
ALE system carrying segment of the TBM -
A Liebherr LR 1300 lattice crawler unloads tunnel lining segments near... -
TBM section being lowered down the shaft -
A Link-Belt telecrawler at work for the Tideway project. -
An AGD Sennebogen telecrawler at the bottom of the Kirtling Street shaft
