Monday, 16 May 2016

Golden Gate Bridge. Construction commenced on January 5, 1933, and the bridge was open to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937.


Fighting fires near Camp Angeles at Angeles National Forest, Calif. July 1922


Enormous locks were constructed either side of the canals in 1913


Dressed in rain gear, judges at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 1964,


De Lesseps pushed ahead with the plans, hired 40,000 men and started the construction in 1881


Construction workers pose inside an 18-foot wall culvert at Gatun Locks construction site


Chamber cranes in Pedro Miguel Locks during construction of the Panama Canal


By the time the raised-canal plans were accepted, more than 22,000 workers had perished from the likes of malaria, yellow fever and dysentery


A more familiar modern view is the tarmac packed with aircraft. Pictured here is Terminal 5 which opened in 2008 and is used exclusively by BA and now IAG (Iberia


A monkey is pictured in chains at the animal farm. Today the public can walk around the abandoned animal cages, as the area has been opened as a recreational park


A large skeleton on display at the zoo, which was opened by a friend of Teddy Roosevelt, John Benson