Barge Collection (page 10)

View toward Kiev, Ukraine - Yaremich
A view toward Kiev, Ukraine, focussing on the embankment of the Dnieper River. Date: 1904

Barges on the bank of the Panuco River, Mexico
Barges of the Mexican Oil Company tethered to the Loading Racks on the banks of the Panuco River, Veracruz, Mexico. Date: circa 1930s

A View of the Thames, by William James
A View of the Thames looking towards London Bridge with the Royal Barge, by William James (fl. 1730-1780)

Percival P66 Sea Prince C1, WF137, of the Royal Navy was used as the Admirals Barge of the Flag Officer (Air) Home

Bye Street canal, Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930). Barge Haulers wading. 1872. Realism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

Bangkok Chao Phraya - Thailand - Chao Phraya River houses along river front, and the many boat and barge dwellers. Unloading rice barges by basketsful. Date: 1952

Selling Cakes from Boat
Cooking and selling cakes from a canal-boat in a Dutch town Date: 1904

London Fire Brigade pump damaged by fire
A London Fire Brigade pump damaged by a dramatic fire which took place on the night of 15 August 1920 on the Thames at Woolwich, SE London

LCC-LFB First fireboats in the London Fire Brigade
A fire float and tug were first introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by shallow draft fireboats

MFB fire float and tug on the River Thames
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug on the River Thames. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by fireboats

Drawing of MFB fire float and tug on the River Thames
A drawing of a Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug heading to a riverside blaze in the distance. The fire float was a fire pump mounted in a barge that could supply water to the land via

Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

Large houseboat barge, Volga River, Russia
Large houseboat barge on The Volga River (possibly with a customs or military use?), Russia. Date: circa 1910s

Royal River Pageant, 1919
The royal barge passes under London Bridge as part of the river pageant of sea services to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of World War One

Sea Cadets in hammocks on a barge, Walton, Essex
Four sea cadets in hammocks under the watchful eye of an officer who was also the owner of The British King, a barge moored at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1960

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (5 / 7)
Lake Garda (Italian - Lago di Garda or Benaco) - the largest lake in Italy. A two-masted sailing barge (barque) moored up at a harbour at Riva to receive a cargo of sacks of grain. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

Netherlands - Neighbourhood of Middelburg
Rural scene in the Netherlands - a country girl carryies milk and a basket of laundry along the banks of a canal with a tower and dome of the town of Middelburg in the background

Saint-Omer, France - Canal close to the Cavalry Barracks Date: circa 1910s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (1 / 7)
Sailing barge passing in front of the Island of Pescatori (Island of the Fishermen) on Lake Maggiore, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (2 / 7)
View toward the shore of Lake Como and the distant houses of Menaggio. A heavily-laden sailing barge crosses the still waters of the Northern Italian Alpine lake. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (3 / 7)
A sailing barge on Lake Como, Northern Italy Date: circa 1910s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (7 / 7)
Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) - a two-masted sailing barge on the waters of the lake with the imposing form of the Italian Alps (specifically the peak of Monte Baldo)

Riverside Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England
A pleasure steamer and barge on the Wensum River Ouse at Norwich, Norfolk - Riverside Road runs along the Eastern bank of the River, close to the Main Railway Station. Date: 1910s

The Canal and New Quay at Arras, France Date: circa 1910s

Muheileh Boat on the Tigris, Iraq
Traditional Iraqi Muheileh transport boat on the Tigris, Iraq Date: circa 1920s

Dutch Canal scene with barges and a group of three canal officials (left). A barge operative poles is vessel trough the opened lock gate. Date: 1910s

The Canal at Rimini, Italy Date: circa 1904

Dinan, France
A superb un-folded fold-out postcard view of the port of the French town of Dinan. A magnificent example of the photographers art. Date: circa 1910s

Roubaix, France - The Old Canal - in the north of the country, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. Date: circa 1910s

Arundel - River Arun and barge
A barge sailing along the River Arun at Arundel, West Sussex Date: circa 1910s

River Welland, Fossdyke
View of the River Welland, at Fossdyke, south Lincolnshire, where the river flows into the Wash. Date: 1950s

German 15cm gun on a barge, Aisne Canal, France, WW1
A German 15cm gun mounted on a barge, in action on the Aisne Canal, northern, France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Young Chinese Girl - Barge Girl (probably from Hong Kong) Date: 1904

Placentia, 1560
Placentia (pleasant place), royal riverside residence in Greenwich, as it appeared in 1560. Date: 1560

Switzerland - Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) - Barque
Switzerland - Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) in the moonlight, featuring a traditional barque boat sailing off the shore close to Montreux (visible in the background). Date: circa 1898

France - La Bassee - The Vertical Lift Bridge
France - La Bassee (North) - The Vertical Lift Bridge Date: circa 1909

Charing X Stn (Marshall)
A fine watercolour of the station seen from the Thames, with hay wharves and barge shipping in the foreground. Date: 1905

British Ballad, Rudiger
RUDIGER. Ballad by Robert Southey (1774 - 1843) On the banks of the Rhine sits a palace. A boat or small barge makes toward the shore, drawn by a Swan and carrying an unknown soldier (Rudiger)

Policeman investigating a river barge
A policeman investigating a barge on the River Thames in London

Bargeman eating a sandwich
A bargeman eating a large sandwich, four slices thick!

Mechanical bridge opening for barge
A mechanical bridge opening so that a barge can pass through

France - Provence - Marseille - The Fort St Jean. The card carries a poem by Jean Aicard. The Fort was built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port

A Holiday in the Broads (1 / 2)
A splendid set of two postcards depicting aspects of two ladies holiday to the Norfolk Broads. In this first photograph, our heroines are taking the air onboard their narrow boat on Wroxham Broad

Greece, Crete - Rethymnon
Rethymnon is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and was built between two other large cities of Crete, Iraklion to the east and Chania to the west

Bringing Fresh milk to the Cadburys Factory
Canal narrow boats/barges bringing fresh milk for Cadburys Milk Chocolate through the canal system running close by the Cadburys Factory at Bournville, Birmingham

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