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Sewer Construction under London, 1910Illustration showing the construction of a sewer from Belgrave Square to Barking, under London, in 1910. On the right of the image is the Greathead Shield
ST AUSTELL - 1926Carthew clay works, St Austell, Cornwall
Prometheus Forms ManPrometheus forms man of clay and against the wishes of Jupiter steals fire from heaven to animate his work
Cornish Coal LorryCornish coalmen unloading coal from their lorry onto a ship before it sets sail from the harbour with its cargo of China clay
Brick MakingBrick making: a wheelbarrow is used to transport moulded bricks while a pony turns a mixer to produce the clay, sand and water mixture
England / CharlestownThe small but busy harbour of Charlestown, a quaint little Cornish sea port. The local industry is devoted entirely to the shipping of china clay to all parts of the world
The tunnel from the headingView down the second tunnel beneath the Thames. (Isambards Rotherhithe Tunnel being the first) The tunnel passes from Tower Hill to Tooley Street, near the London Bridge Station
Clay Cross Miners / ShaftColliers at the Clay Cross mine at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, wait at the bottom of the pit as their colleagues are hauled to the surface, 300 yards above
Costume / Dutch FishermanA Dutch fisherman in grey coat, fur hat and clogs, and a clay pipe in his hand
Jean Bart SmokingJEAN BART French naval, smoking a clay pipe
Carlyle / Chelsea MoonlighTHOMAS CARLYLE Scottish philosopher and historian, enjoying a moonlit evening outside his Chelsea home
Nu Kua ShihThe goddess Nu Kua, half woman, half dragon, created the first humans out of clay. She also repaired the sky & heavens after a great battle
Man Smoking a PipeA portrait of Aesop, the Drunken Rhyming Cobler (sic) of Eton smoking a clay pipe
China Clay QuarryA china clay quarry near St. Austell, Cornwall. The quarries are often 300 feet deep and a mile round the top. The clay is washed out and the white sand is separated
Polk Inaugurated 1845James Polk, the Democratic candidate, defeats his Whig rival Henry Clay and is inaugurated as president at Washington DC
1845 NY Election DemoThe Democratic party mounts a massive demo in favor of their candidate James Polk. It pays off, and he will be elected president, defeating Henry Clay, and be a good one
1845 NY ElectionSupporters of the rival candi- -dates for president confront one another in a New York street. Polk will defeat Clay and become one of the finest of American presidents
Roman home LightingWell-to-do Romans on special occasions light their homes with torches and bronze candelabras : more commonly, clay oil lamps are used
Prehistoric LampThe cave-dwellers light their caves with lamps made of clay, burning oil derived from animal fat
Jean Bart SmokesThe French admiral Jean Bart depicted smoking a long clay pipe