Archive

Manufacturing

January 1931: the pneumatic grain elevator

Defence & security

November 1867: HMS Hercules

Rail & marine

November 1962 – the birth of Maglev

Civil & structural

September 1939: The great bell of Moscow

Automotive

July 1960: An automatically fast lane to the future 

Ford Levacar concept in 1959 (Image: Ford Motor Company)
Automotive

June 1960: Floating a new idea

Aerospace

May 1949: The Boulton Paul Balliol

Rail & marine

April 1949: a peerless landmark

Automotive

March 1948: London's zero-emissions trolleybus was ahead of its time

Guérinière water tower
Civil & structural

February 1958: The construction of the Guérinière water tower

January 1940: How WWII bombers dominated The Engineer's aeronautical review

The launch of the Caronia from the Clydebank yard in 1947
Rail & marine

November 1947: How The Engineer reported on the world’s largest post-war liner, RMS Caronia