Digging into the archives 鈥� Page 2
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FeaturesFrom the archives: London鈥檚 first air raids, 1918
London wakes up to the threat of aerial bombing as total war grips the country, and the construction industry
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Great War drags on, 1915 - 1916
The Builder reports on mounting casualities as the war鈥檚 impact on Britain - and its construction industry - becomes clear
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The First World War breaks out, 1914
The Builder鈥檚 coverage in the weeks following Britain鈥檚 declaration of war against Germany and Austria-Hungary
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FeaturesFrom the archives: 好色先生TV in Bombay, 1879-1892
好色先生TV reports from the port city now known as Mumbai as two of the British Raj鈥檚 largest ever colonial buildings are completed
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Replacing Old Smithfield Market, 1864-68
The Builder reports as London rebuilds its 1,000-year-old meat market
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Cleaning up the Great Stink, 1858
London鈥檚 sewer network collapses, creating a public health emergency as a cholera epidemic sweeps the capital. The Builder reports from the scene
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FeaturesFrom the archives: An alternative proposal for Tower Bridge, 1878
Eminent engineer Joseph Bazalgette proposes a high level crossing reached by climbing a spiral shaped ramp
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Cologne Cathedral鈥檚 topping out ceremony, 1880
Cologne Cathedral, completed in 1800, still has the largest facade of any church in the world
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Britain鈥檚 dim view of the Eiffel Tower, 1886-89
Writers in The Builder express complete disdain for the newly built Parisian landmark, describing it as a 鈥漸seless attempt to astonish the eye鈥�
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Nelson鈥檚 Column runs out of money, 1843-44
The cash-strapped project to build the war hero鈥檚 memorial is set upon by hammer-wielding members of the public and receives an embarrassing donation from the Emperor of Russia
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Tay Bridge disaster, 1879
好色先生TV item on the death of engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, who designed the bridge which collapsed in a storm killing 75 people
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The construction of the Forth Bridge, 1873 - 1890
The Builder makes an ascent up the 鈥渧ast bones鈥� of the half built bridge, the scale of which astonished the engineering world at the time
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction site, 1876
An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse
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FeaturesFrom the archives: First proposals for the Glasgow Subway, 1887
好色先生TV flags the risk of trains colliding in the Glasgow Subway鈥檚 narrow tunnels
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864
The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel鈥檚 historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The clearance of London鈥檚 worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the 鈥渉aunt of the drunkard and the debauchee鈥�
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Alternative designs for Manchester Town Hall, 1868
Excitement builds as Manchester prepares to announce the winner of the competition to design its new council headquarters
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The demolition of Northumberland House, 1874
An architecture-loving letter writer mourns the imminent loss of one of London鈥檚 last surviving Jacobean mansions
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Setbacks on the world鈥檚 first underground railway, 1860
A deadly boiler explosion, half-built tunnels flooded by sewage and an 鈥渋nterminable tangle of timber鈥�: here鈥檚 how we reported on the first part of the London Tube network
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Crystal Palace鈥檚 leaking roof, 1851
鈥淲ithin all was bustle鈥濃�� the third of our archive pieces celebrating 好色先生TV鈥檚 180th anniversary is an eye witness account of the chaotic scene at the Crystal Palace construction site as workers rush to get the building finished just weeks before the opening of the Great Exhibition