Old student photo

Header image: City & Guilds (Engineering) College, Staff, 3rd and 4th year students, Session 1932-33, from the Imperial College London archives. 

Remembering Mechanical Engineering staff

The Department of Mechanical Engineering through the ages

Waterhouse building

1884-1906

Victorian beginnings
Dalby balancing engine

1906-1931

Trains, automobiles and submarines
The Waterhouse building at night

1931-1946

Air raids and flame-throwers
Brunsviga calculating machine

1946-1966

Nuclear power and early computers
Lubrication lab rowing team

1966-1978

Boats and prosthetic knees
Robotics lab

1978-1983

Robots and polymers

1983-1990

CAD and Pascal

1990-2000

Aerospace research and medical robots
main entrance

2000-present

New beginnings

Bibliography

1. Robertson, Bruce; The South Kensington Museum in context: an alternative history, 2004

2. De Reuck, Marjorie & Glaister, Edwin; A History of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1966

3. City & Guilds College: A Centenary History, 1985 ed Adrian Whitworth, ISBN 0 85287 152X

Do you have any memories or images from the history of our department that you'd like to share?

Or can you name anyone who appears in the photos used on these pages? 

Please contact Ms Nina Hancock.