Flood Collection (page 6)

Great Sheffield Flood
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield. Scene showing the wrecking of Coronation Bridge

Flooding Sheffield 1864
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield and surrounding areas and wrecking nearly all

The Flood-Scale on the Pont Neuf, Paris, November 1910
Photograph of the Flood-Scale on the Pont Neuf, showing the heights of various floods that had affected Paris between the 17th and 20th centuries

Nilometer / Cairo
Nilometer, Cairo. Used to measure the height of the Nile at flood. Also the site traditionally believed to be where Miriam discovered Moses

Stage Coach / Flood Tide
A Flood Tide " Ship a hoy!!" A concerned gentleman is offered passage by jolly boat, but encouraged to stay in the stage which will make the final five mile in 20 minutes

Flooding in Paris
Floods in Paris outside the Gare Saint-Lazare: the streets awash with water

Fleeing Glacial Flood
Humans and other animals flee southwards before the glacial flood which devastates Europe at the end of the Ice Age

Mississippi Floods / 1927
Memphis inhabitants try to contain the Mississippi flood waters with a wall of sandbags

Gatwick Airport Flood
A young couple pushing their Mini car along the on the flooded A23 road near Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England

Australian Gold Rush
A new rush, and more people flood in to make their fortunes

February landscape in the Welsh Borders. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Noah Thanks God
After the flood has subsided, Noah thanks God for saving him, and a rainbow is Gods sign of his good intentions

Refugees into Netherland
One quarter of a million Belgian refugees pour into neutral Holland in the face of the German invasion; others flood southwards into France, some escape to England

Victory Day Fireworks
Scene on the Thames (Westminster) during the flood-lighting and firework display on Victory Night

Animals in Flood
When floodwaters carry away his livestock, a farmer near Cardiff, Wales, does his best to save them

Thames Floods at Putney
The river Thames rises above its banks at Putney, west London, and residents have to escape from the top floors of their houses into a horse- drawn cart

Floods in Essex, England
A man in bowler hat and splendid beard and several other homeowners stand in the flooded gardens of their houses during a flood in Essex

Flood in Swiss Valley
Torrents of mud fill a Swiss valley when a lake breaks its natural barrier

Noah Builds the Ark
Having received a flood warning from God, Noah sets about the construction of an Ark in which he, and two of every living creature, can survive

London Floods 1947
A No 10 London bus, which had been on its way to Woodbridge before it was abandoned in a suburban street during the 1947 floods

The Industrial Thames
A tug hauls industrial barges along the River Thames, photographed from Chelsea Bridge at flood tide

Noah on the Ark
Noah, on the deck of his Ark, welcomes the arrival of a dove carrying a twig, because it means that the floodwaters are subsiding

Return of the Dove
NOAHs ARK - The Dove returns with an olive twig, showing that the Flood is receding

Animals Leave the Ark
While the animals leave his Ark, Noah gives thanks to God for preserving him from the Flood

Flood in Thames Tunnel
Visitors viewing work on the Thames Tunnel are caught in a flood

Red Flood Let Loose 1931
The Red Flood let loose Workers are swept through an open lock

Pavlovs dogs trapped in a flood
When Pavlovs dogs are trapped in a flood of the River Neva at Leningrad (St Petersburg), their conditioned reflexes are altered, leading him to a crucial psychological breakthrough

John Wesleys carriage
The carriage in which John Wesley, Methodist preacher, travelled from meeting to meeting across Britain

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