Lift Collection (page 2)

1934 Engineering Staff At Burnley Tramways About
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Cliff Bandstand and Lift, Southbourne, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Poster, St Johann, Tyrol, Austria Date: 1960

Poster, Skiing in the Italian Alps - Limone, Piemonte Date: 1953

Tecton Bomb Shelter Design 7, 600 People
An architectural design showing a sectional view of a bomb shelter that can contain 7, 600 people, numbers indicate features including the entrance ramps, air-lock and first raid post

The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water-powered funicular railway joining the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the rugged coast of North Devon Date: circa 1910s

Mining conditions
Miners lift to the mines in a dangerous lift. The conditions were drear for the men working in these mines. The nation coal strike was in protest of the conditions seen here. Date: 1912

The Prince of Wales visits Stockholm
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, views the city of Stockholm, Sweden, from the Moseback elevator. Now known as the Katarina Elevator/Lift, it is a passenger lift built in 1881

The Clown - Dancer of the Moulin Rouge, Paris Date: circa 1910s

The new high-lift Handley-Page wing, invented by Frederick Handley Page, an English industrialist who was a pioneer in the aircraft industry. Date: 1920

Gothic Art. France. Paris. Notre Dame. Portal of the Virgin (c. 1220). Detail depicting the Death of the Virgin. Mary lies on her deathbed surrounded by Jesus and the Twelve Apostles

Fork-lift truck Gagarin salute
A salute is made to the achievement of Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, at a demonstration of fork-lift trucks at the Basingstoke factory of Lansing Bagnall Ltd

Margot Fonteyn dancing with Michael Somes
Prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) dancing a pas de deux with Michael Somes (1917-1994). They were frequent dancing partners in the Royal Ballet company. Date: circa 1950s

Lift Bridge, Wrenbury, Llangollen Canal by Alan Firth

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

Necessity the mother of invention: an incident during the cabmens strike. A gentleman is conveyed in the barrow of a coalman while his wife has to hitch a lift on his head. Date: 1853

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Breguet scheme for augmented lift

Underground station, Stockwell, South London, showing the street view, the lift, and the platform and carriages, with passengers. 1892

Underground railway, Bank Station, London 1903
Underground railway, Bank Station, London, showing passengers waiting for the lifts. Date: 1903

Strongwoman Mademoiselle Arniotis 1893
Famous French strongwoman Mademoiselle Arniotis. The accompanying article reports on an interview in which Arniotis claims her strength was something she was born with

Kinnear Shutters, Dickins & Jones, London
Kinnear shutters, used for security and fire protection at Dickins & Jones department store, London, for the lift lobby openings. Date: circa 1930s

Balboa attacked by the Dabaibe Indigenous people
Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his men fight with the indigenous people that lived in the Dabaibe region of what is now Columbia

Santa Justa lift in Lisbon, Portugal
The famous Santa Justa lift in Lisbon, Portugal, which connects the Lower City with the Upper City. Date: 1910s

The Lift, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Date: early 20th century

Jack-knife Bridge, South Water Street, Chicago, USA
Jack-knife Bridge looking north from South Water Street at State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1907

Tourists at exhibition tower lift, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tourists at the foot of the exhibition tower lift, waiting to ascend, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. Date: circa 1906-1907

Poster, The sun goes skiing in France. Designed by Dubois. circa 1955

Poster, Bagneres de Luchon, Pyrenees, France. Date: circa 1950s

Georgia Air National Guard - Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter
Georgia Air National Guard - Boeing C-97G-135-BO Stratofreighter 52-0925 at Baltimore. Built as a KC-97G-23-BO and converted to C-97G for service with the Georgia ANG

Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma
circa 1910s

Cable car on the Schauinsland, Black Forest, Germany
Cable car on the Schauinsland, a mountain in the Black Forest with an elevation of 1, 284 m (4, 213 ft) above sea level. circa 1930

BOTALLACK TIN MINE
The Prince and Princess of Wales descend on the lift at the Botallack Mine, Cornwall. Date: 1865

HARTS CONTINUOUS LIFT-2
Harts continuous lift system in action, with the engine mechanism shown below. (pic 2 of 2) Date: 1882

STEPPED LIFT / CAUTERETS
A stepped hydraulic lift at Cauterets in the Pyrenees, designed by Edoux. Date: 1881

APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)
Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century

LIFT ASSISTANT
A lift girl opens the lift doors and waits outside the lift in her uniform. Date: 1930s

EDOUX LIFT 1887
He sits, she stands, as they make their vertical journey together in the EDOUX ascenseur Date: 1887

ELECTRIC LIFTS
Electric, and hydro-electric, lifts Date: 1895

FRENCH MINERS, LIFT SHAFT
French miners descending a shaft Date: 1869

Farnborough 92 - Yak-38M - Yellow 38
Farnborough 92 - Russian Naval Aviation (Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) - Yakovlev Yak-38M - Yellow 38. Detail of the rear fuselage and lift/cruise engines port exhaust nozzle. Date: 1992

Boy jumps on cart, Nefta, Tunisia
A boy jumps onto the back of a mule cart and gets a free ride down a dusty street. Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Warehouse fire, Manchester
Simon Snorkel is used to fight a warehouse blaze at night in Shudehill, Manchester Date: circa 1969

Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch & Furnicular
Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch and the Furnicular with a distant view of the snow-capped Alps. There has obviously been a little bit of artistic license invoked in the construction

The East Cliff Lift - Bournemouth, Dorset - built in 1908 the lift links the beach to the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum. Date: circa 1909

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to the Mercury capsule at the top of the Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather

Loading a small boat into a Cargo Plane operated by International Air Freight Ltd - capacity per machine over 2 tons or 700 cubic ft. Date: 1920s

Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Otis Elevators. The Otis elevator in the Eiffel Tower, built by the American Elevator Company

Dance, Ballet - two dancers demonstrating lifts and poses. Date: circa 1930s

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