Tide Collection (page 6)

The rising tide. Illustration shows the governor of New York, Benjamin B. Odell, tied with a rope labeled Contracts to a submerged barge labeled $255, 000

Beach at low tide, St. Malo, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Casino and beach at low tide, Cherbourg, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Royal London Yacht Club racing, Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Royal London Yacht Club racing at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The first race in 1911 saw White Heather out for the first time in the season

The Beach at Le Treport
Le Treport, France, the beach at high tide, with a very packed beach, filled with holidaymakers, bathing huts and parasols! Date: circa 1908

The hotel bus to Burgh Island
The tractor ferry for the use of guests and their luggage at Burgh Island Hotel, which lies on an island off Bigbury-on-Sea on the South Coast of Devon

Scilly Isles - The Custom House
Scilly Isles - St Marys - The Custom House Date: circa 1910s

St Austell harbour, Cornwall
Aerial view of St Austell harbour in Cornwall, with fields in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1952

Gathering seaweed for fertiliser - Channel Islands
Gathering seaweed ( wracking ) for use as fertilizer at a low spring tide - Channel Islands Date: 1907

Rough Sea at Staithes, Yorkshire
A fabulous wave hits the quayside at Staithes, Yorkshire Date: 1908

Morton, North Yorkshire - The Aegir - a tidal surge on the River Trent. It takes its name from Aegir, the Norse god of the ocean

THE EBBING TIDE
The Ebbing Tide, a photograph taken in the Port Meirion Estuary, Meirionethshire, north Wales. Date: 1930s

Low Tide at Lynmouth
Low tide at Lynmouth Harbour, North Devon, England. Date: 1930s

Devonshire Coastline
The rugged Devonshire coastline at low tide, near Hartland Quay, England. Date: 1930s

Raw Sewage Outfall
Raw sewage outfall at low tide, Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Cornish Fishermen
A corner of the harbour of the typical Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey, England, showing fishermen repairing their nets in preparation for the next tide. Date: 1940s

Coastal Jetsam
Jetsam, cast ashore by the ebb tide on the coast of Cornwall, England. Date: 1930s

England / Salcombe
Low tide at Salcombe, a picturesque village on the south coast of Devon, England. Date: 1950s

The Beach - Eastbourne Date: circa 1900

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Trawler at low tide Date: circa 1903

Mont St Michel, Normandy, France (1 / 6)
Mont St Michel, Normandy, France - high tide with a rough sea Date: circa 1930s

Regal Procession by Vernon Ward
A slow procession of swans on a winters evening drifting downstream on the Thames tide

Neyland landing stage and Pembroke Docks, South Wales
A GWR collier vessel tied up at low tide at the Neyland landing stage, with Pembroke Docks visible in the background, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales - Date: 1930s

High tide at Solva Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
High tide at Solva Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Boats on shore
Two boats pulled up on the shore of a river in an industrial area

High Tide by Muriel Dawson
A child in a striped bathing suit and large green straw hat, has fun in the sea playing with a bucket. Date: c.1930

Roughing it at Brighton / Ally Sloper
Having been refused by the majority of hotels in Brighton, Ally Sloper decides to make the best of it on the beach instead, where he cooks up a hearty lunch of sausage and mash

Cornwall scene - Coverack
Coverack, Cornwall. A typical

Cannon Street Station from the Thames
A view from the south bank of the River Thames at London (at low tide), looking toward Blackfriars Bridge and Cannon Street station. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Saint Malo, France - Le Pont Roulant
Le Pont Roulant at Saint Malo - a remarkable track-mounted ferry bridge, enabling the crossing at high tide between the hold of the Exchange, Saint Malo to Naye of Saint-Servan

Horse pulling Ostend beach huts
A hello from Ostend! A beach scene from Ostend, Belgium depicting a solid young lady in striped swimsuit sat astride one of the horses used to pull the beach bathing huts in and out of the water

Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma
Ramree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"

Greenwich High Tide
An exceptionally high tide washes over the embankment before the Hospital

Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sons
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), British First Sea Lord in 1914 with his sons, George (right) and Louis (Lord Louis Mountbatten)

Seaside scene - Turn of the Century
A seaside/holiday scene from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Children play in the sand and in the surf while elegantly dressed parents promenade

The Zulu war. General Newdigate addressing the lancers befor
General Newdigate addressing his men, with ranks of lances held in the air. The tide had already turned in favour of the British at the Battle of Gingindhlovu with Ulundi the decisive final British

Tom Jumps out of Water
Tom swims with the tide towards a life buoy and skips three feet in the air out of the waves

Horse & Cart on Sands
A horse and cart (and a car in the far distance) drive over the sands at Holy Island (Lindisfarne) at low tide, a three mile ride from the mainland, possible twice daily

Macmahon Stuck in Mud
Macmahon sticks to his conservative principles, stuck in the mud despite the rising tide of Republicanism

Pembrokeshire Coast
The beautiful Lydstep Haven and Point, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The celebrated caves are reached at low tide and are noted for their size and beauty

England / Westward Ho
Looking down on Westward Ho, North Devon, famous for its Peeble Ridge and the associations with the novel of the same name, by Charles Kingsley

Freshwater Bay, 1940S
Freshwater Bay and the Stag Rocks, a lovely part of the Isle of Wight, England

England / Polperro
A view of the Inner Harbour at low tide, at Polperro, Cornwall, England

The Duplex Catamaran, 1880
Engraving of a Duplex Catamaran, built in Rhode Island USA, for Mr. Henry N. Custance, honorary treasurer of the Corinthian Yacht Club, August 1880

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Langstone Mill
Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire. The tower mill was used for milling cereals, the tide mill is in the foreground. Both date from the 18th century

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