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263 photos and 4 illustrations tagged engineering, from 23 members of Flickr Commons.

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• State Library of New South Wales 12 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 5 photos & illustrations
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North South line to Jesmond

from North East Museums

• Rhubus said:

  I wonder where the excavated dirt was taken to?

Workmen assembled in front of P. N. Russell Engineering works, Sydney, c. 1872

from State Library of New South Wales

• Andy Brill said:

  Peter Nicol Russell (1816–1905) - Australian foundry owner and manufacturing engineer. In 1855 with his brothers, formed P. N. Russell & Company, which became the largest steelworks in Australia at the time. Photo shows Peter (centre with tophat.) ADB: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/russell-sir-peter-nicol-4527

• beachcomber australia said:

  Someone must have noticed this before - the three important looking gents in pale top hats in front might be - [centre] - Peter Nicol Russell (1816-1905) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nicol_Russell [right] - James Barnet (1827-1904) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barnet Not sure about the gent on the left. Possibly John Rae? - adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rae-john-4443

• State Library of New South Wales said:

  Yes - I think john Rae is a good call.

26_0069717 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• Chuck Walla said:

  This series is believed to have been shot about 7 months after Rohr acquired this line of business.
  
  San Diego Prestressed Concrete Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rohr (1975 annual report). The company first filed corporate filings 07/23/1953. Corporate filings suggest Rohr bought the company on 02/04/1971. On that date, the address filed was, "850 Lagoon Dr., Chula Vista." It seems like they diversified too widely...