Ballast Collection

Titchfield Road from Ballast Bank, Troon, Scotland
Titchfield Road from Ballast Bank, Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: circa 1938

The walking way in the keel of the R34, shown when the airship was still under construction. Some of the aluminium fuel tanks and canvas bags for the water ballast may be seen. 24 November 1918

Critical position of the ship, the Investigator, part of the Ross Arctic expedition at Ballast Beach, Baring Island. Date: 1853

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

Bundesheer - Sud Aviation SE. 3130 Alouette II F-WIEI
Bundesheer - Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II F-WIEI / PE+195. Fresh off the production line this Bundesheer (West German Army)

Zeppelin raids by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelin raids: some notes on the airships and their weapons. How a Zeppelin goes aloft when attacked -- the working of the elevators and the release of the water ballast. Date: 1915

Zeppelin Design
The pages of a ballast book, showing the design for a Zeppelin L32. Date: 1916

Track laying - using a bulldozer
A Caterpillar bulldozer being operated during track laying by the Wimpey construction company. Nightime engineering works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Laying railway tracks at night
A very atmospheric shot of a steam engine and cranes aiding the laying of a new set of railway tracks. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Railway Line Construction - laying ballast
Ballast is fed down a long conveyor belt into the laying machine, which moves slowly along the railway line under construction under the watchful eye of an engineer. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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