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1940s engineering Black & White Stock Photos
RM2JFG1F2–Ship engineering in the 1940s. A test is conducted of a shipmodel to simulate how it performs in the water, if the ship hull is of a good design or not. The test is among the first steps in shipbuilding and the results affects the safety, design, economics and overall performance of the ship to be built. Sweden 1949 Kristoffersson ref AU51-3
RM2A2MD37–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier Stoßtrupp mit Sturmgepäck, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering unit mustering, Germany 1940s.
RMB3YM3K–Bosch, Robert 23.9.1861 - 9.3.1942, German electric engineering technician, portrait, inventor and design engineer,
RMB405K5–Bosch, Robert 23.9.1861 - 9.3.1942, German electric engineering technician, portrait, inventor and design engineer, circa 1940,
RMCWBYA7–Wind tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in the 1940s was used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving
RMB587E8–Four miles west of Manchester, between Stretford and Worsley, is one of the wonders of the waterway world - the Barton Swing Aqueduct, carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal.;It was opened in 1893 to replace Brindley's 1761 stone aqueduct crossing what was at that time the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. Barton Swing Aqueduct;February 1949 P005190
RMR8G631–1948, historical, Leeds University, a male engineering student in a workshop using measuring equipment to make machine tools, England, UK.
RMP4Y6PM–Roosevelt Dam, Roosevelt, Arizona, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, May 1940
RM2BWAFW4–Women ' s Engineering Society ' s Coming of Age Lunch at Park Lane Hotel Miss Monica Maurice , A mine lighting engineer from Yorkshire 4 March 1940
RM2WGGW6C–Women working at General Engineering Company munitions factory during the Second World War in Scarborough, Ontario circa 1943
RM2K916W9–Man and machine in the 1940s. Two men are seen in a room with a unusual construction of unknown purpose. Picture taken at KTH Royal institute of Technology. Sweden 1945 Kristoffersson ref P47-3
RM2WGGW6D–Women in safety equipment packing material for ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory during the Second World War in Scarborough, Ontario circa 1943
RMC1J9FX–1940s, civilian AVRO Lancastrian aeroplanes under construction at a hangar at Yeadon Aeordrome, a conversion of the famous Lancaster bomber.
RMDB6225–industry, mechanical engineering, factories, Vogtlaendische Maschinenfabrik AG (VOMAG), Plauen, Saxony, exterior view, circa 1939, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMB4XP48–The problem of transporting a car across a river is soon solved by Royal lEngineers with the use of a tracked raft These recruits are demonstrating the military engineering at the Royal lEngineers training centre somewhere in the Northern Command area
RM2A2MD34–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier Stoßtrupp mit Aurüstung angetreten, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering unit mustering, Germany 1940s.
RMM22WMR–A view of an antique manual typewriter mechanism from underneath a portable typewriter built in the 1940s.
RME1CTA0–Major Douglas MacArthur, as an Engineering Officer on the Army General Staff during World War 1. Ca. 1916. (BSLOC 2013-12 86)
RME1CTG1–Two women workers in a cramped aircraft space at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. During World War 2, ca. 1942-45.
RMCWAJTR–1948 Tucker automobile was ahead of its time with many advanced engineering and safety features. The story of the car is told
RMC13E0F–Former President Herbert Hoover, receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering from Dr. John A. Ross Jr., President of Clarkson College of Technology, New York, October 8, 1945.
RM2WGF57T–Woman working at General Engineering Company munitions factory during the Second World War in Scarborough, Ontario circa 1943
RF2AX25NB–1940's , GERMANY : The german physicist GUSTAV Ludwig HERTZ ( 1887 - 1975 ), Nobel winner prize in 1925 with James Franck , nephew of most celebrated physicist HEINRICH RUDOLF HERTZ ( 1857 - 1895 ) who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by James Clerk Maxwell. He was the first to conclusively prove the existence of electromagnetic waves by engineering instruments to transmit and receive radio pulses using experimental procedures that ruled out all other known wireless phenomena. GUSTAV HERTZ after 1950, moved to Moscow . In 1951, Hertz was a
RMCPG55T–Ruska, Ernst, 25.12.1906 - 27.5.1988, German engineer, half length, working at electron microscope, 1944,
RM2RFH6AR–Pennsylvania Turnpike and overhead bridge, Pennsylvania, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1942
RM2K916WE–Man and machine in the 1940s. A man is seen in a room with a unusual construction of unknown purpose. Picture taken at KTH Royal institute of Technology. Sweden 1945 Kristoffersson ref P47-4
RM2RCC615–Cherokee Dam spillway, Tennessee Valley Authority, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Farm Security Administration, June 1942
RMDB3PMF–technics, computer, digital computer Z3 of Konrad Zuse, 1941, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2RG59D2–Twin tunnels, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1942
RMDB403J–technics, computer, digital computer Z4 of Konrad Zuse, 1945, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2A2MD31–Original- Bildunterschrift: Piionier Stoßtrupp mit Ausrüstung, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering soldier group with equipment, Germany 1940s.
RMG8J1DN–Rod Man with Surveying Crew, Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California, USA, Russell Lee, December 1941
RMDB75DR–energy, water, Kaprun power station construction site, heavy excavator at the LImberg dam, Austria, circa 1950, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2RG59DE–Pennsylvania Turnpike and tunnel, Pennsylvania, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1942
RMKWC3JH–Aerial view of Hughes Flying-boat seaplane under construction at its dock in Long Beach, 1947. The prototype was named 'Hughes H-4 Hercules', but better known as the 'Spruce Goose' because of its wood (birch) construction. Developed as a troop transport, it was six times larger than any aircraft of its time. On Nov. 2, 1947 it made its only test flight, because the war that caused its creation was over. (BSLOC 2015 14 123)
RM2WGF57X–Women inspecting ammunition at General Engineering Company munitions factory during the Second World War in Scarborough, Ontario circa 1943
RMDDRHJH–medicine, instruments / equipment, nurses during exercise with Iron lung, Charing Cross hospital, London, circa 1940, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2GY5KMH–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier Stoßtrupp mit Sturmgepäck, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering unit mustering, Germany 1940s.
RMMPTY5N–Middle Docks & Engineering Co Ltd Ship Repair Yard, Middle Docks, South Shields, Tyneside, 1947. Artist: Aerofilms.
RM2K916WC–Man and machine in the 1940s. A man is seen in a room with a unusual construction of unknown purpose. Picture taken at KTH Royal institute of Technology. Sweden 1945 Kristoffersson ref P47-5
RM2M3JT54–The control panel of the automatic sequence-controlled calculating machine at Manchester University; showing the monitor cathode-ray tube with Dr. T. Kilburn (left) and Professor F. C. Williams (right), inventor of the memory storage system. Williams became Professor Electrical Engineering at Manchester in 1946 is chiefly known for his development of the Williams tube, the first successful electrostatic random access memory for the digital computer. This enabled him, along with Kilburn, to operate the world's first stored-program computer in June 1948. 1949
RMKWCRP7–Tape-punching equipment for the automatic message accounting system at Bell Telephone laboratories. 1949. - (BSLOC 2015 1 225)
RM2HHT5MT–Preparatory Training Centre, Rathbone Road, Liverpool, 2nd July 1940. The school is now being expanded for use as a training centre for the instruction in the engineering trades, when completed it will accommodate 1,000 pupils.
RM2A2MD3A–Original- Bildunterschrift: Piionier Stoßtrupp mit Ausrüstung, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering soldier group with equipment, Germany 1940s.
RM2R8FKJ6–Learn engineering, learn meatcutting courses classes advertising page in Popular Science magazine, USA, February 1949
RM2X2E3TG–A view at sea of a German Schnellboot, S8 c.1940 during World War II. These fast-attack craft (S-Boots, Schnellboote or ‘fast boats’) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II were often called E-boats by the allies. S8 was a S7-class vessel, diesel powered and carried large 533mm (21-inch) torpedos. The two torpedo tubes were mounted on the forecastle. It had a crew of 18 (later 21) men. S8 was built in 1934 – she was scuttled in the North Sea in 1945 – a vintage 1940s photograph.
RM2RG59D4–Tunnel at night, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1942
RMKWC3JD–V-2 rocket, before launching at the U.S. Army proving grounds, White Sands, N.M. On May 7, 1946 its Flight-control instruments were adjusted on the launch pad. On May 10 it launched and reached an altitude of 112 kilometers, the first successful flight in the U.S. (BSLOC 2015 14 121)
RM2WGF57R–Women quality checking ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) munition factory during the Second World War circa 1943, in Scarborough, Ontario
RM2F7CKF4–The strength tests of wings on aircraft Saab B 17 on the aircraft experimental trial, 1940s. The strength test of wings on aircraft Saab B 17 on the aerospace engineering, 1940s.
RM2WGGW6A–Canadian Actress Mary Pickford posing with a group of employees during her visit to the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory in Scarborough, Ontario Circa 1943
RM2GY5KKC–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier-Stoßtrupp in Deckung, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering troops taking cover, Germany 1940s.
RM2WGF57N–Women producing munitions in GECO Munitions factory, Scarborough Ontario during the Second World War in Scarborough, Ontario circa 1943
RMB5F4TP–Engineering firm receives direct hit. Director of the company sits outside in his car dictating to his secretary. Apr. 21st 1941
RM2FWKWEP–1949, historical, an Alvis motor car taking part in a motor club trials event on a large flat area of gravel, England, UK. This kind of off-road event, gave the car owners and car enthusiasts the chance to meet up and an opportunity to test their own driving skills and their vehicle's reliability and manoeuvrability. Alvis, a British engineering and car manufacturer in Coventry, England, started in 1919 as T.G John & Co, becoming The Alvis Car & Engineering Company in 192. The model seen here is the 1930 12/50 Alvis Silver Eagle, possibly the Sportsman model.
RMKWC584–Aerial view of Hughes Flying-boat seaplane under construction at its dock in Long Beach, 1947. The prototype was named 'Hughes H-4 Hercules', but better known as the 'Spruce Goose' because of its wood (birch) construction. Developed as a troop transport, it was six times larger than any aircraft of its time. On Nov. 2, 1947 it made its only test flight, because the war that caused its creation was over. (BSLOC 2015 14 123)
RM2HHTD39–A section of the Hayes Engineering plant at Speke, south Liverpool, now working to capacity, turning out agricultural machinery. The company is eagerly waiting for the opportunity to extend its premises there. January 1940.
RMETXHGT–Bomb damage in Liverpool during the Second World War. During a Merseyside bomb raid on the 12th and 13th of March the corner portion of the Engineering Laboratory of Liverpool University was severely damaged by a bomb. The Medical School and Laboratories
RM2A2MD3P–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier-Stoßtrupp in Deckung, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering troops taking cover, Germany 1940s.
RM2WGGW6H–Display of the various Artillery Ammunitions produced in to the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory in Scarborough, Ontario Circa 1943
RM2X1ATY2–Member of the combat engineering in the snow covered terrain, soldier with his ski, 1940 - 19400101 PD3406 - Rechteinfo: Rights Managed (RM)
RM2RFH6B5–Pennsylvania Turnpike and overhead bridge, Pennsylvania, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1942
RMCWCEJ5–1949 computer used by rocket scientists at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, (now John Glenn Research Center), Cleveland
RM2RGABN9–The Daily Herald Modern Homes Exhibition - held at Dorland Hall, from March 25 to May 27, 1947
RM2GGE6GX–A view of concrete being poured from a mixer into a wheelbarrow below, during work on the foundations for Plymouth 'B' Power Station. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
RM2F7CKFJ–The strength tests of wings on aircraft Saab B 17 on the aircraft experimental trial, 1940s. The strength test of wings on aircraft Saab B 17 on the aerospace engineering, 1940s.
RM2RCC605–Boulder Dam at night, Nevada, Arizona, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Farm Security Administration, March 1940
RM2GY5KKH–Original-Bildunterschrift: Pionier Stoßtrupp mit Aurüstung angetreten, Deutschland 1940er Jahre. Engineering unit mustering, Germany 1940s.
RM2BWAFTP–Mansion House , Turkish mission entertained to luncheon by Lord Mayor. MME Orbay , The Lord Mayor , Lady Mayoress ( Lady Bowater ) and General Orbay 6 October 1939
RMKWC582–V-2 rocket, before launching at the U.S. Army proving grounds, White Sands, N.M. On May 7, 1946 its Flight-control instruments were adjusted on the launch pad. On May 10 it launched and reached an altitude of 112 kilometers, the first successful flight in the U.S. (BSLOC 2015 14 121)
RM2G4DHG7–transport / transportation, railway, wagons, flat car of the Swiss Federal Railways, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE
RM2HHTDF6–Engineering Laboratory of Liverpool University, severely damaged by a bomb during last nights raids, pictured, Wednesday 13th March 1941. The only people on duty were members of the Auxiliary Fire Service and no one was hurt, with the exception of a night watchman who was slightly cut by flying glass.
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