Barge Collection (page 8)

Kyoto, Japan - Tunnel of the Lake Biwa Canal, a waterway in Japan constructed during the Meiji Period to transport water, freight, and passengers from Lake Biwa to the nearby City of Kyoto

Bridge at Kanuyabashi, Kyoto and Lake Biwa Canal - Japan (showing the rail track system). Date: circa 1910s

London - Tower from Thames - Flat Barge, masted ships, Tower background. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London. Date: circa 1890s

The Old Port, Spakenburg - The Netherlands (De Oude Haven). Image of Dutch Barges in the Old Port of Spakenburg. The Old Port has been around just as long as Spakenburg

Barnardos Labour House - Discharging a Cargo of Wood
A cargo of wood is transferred from a barge onto wagons for Barnardos Labour House, London. The home prepared older boys for emigration to Canada. Date: circa 1905

West Seattle Yacht Club, USA
West Seattle Yacht Club, Washington State, northwestern USA Date: circa 1910s

HMS Marlborough - Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick
HMS Marlborough - Getting out the Admirals Barge on the Main Derrick (port side). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

River Sampan and transport by wheelbarrow, China. Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Riverbank scene on the Irrawaddy River. Date: circa 1910s

Elaborately carved stern of a Burmese Boat / Barge. Date: circa 1908

Thibaws state barge, Irrawaddy River, Mandalay, Myanmar
King Thibaws state barge moored on the Irrawaddy River, Mandalay, Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. IV Dynasty. The Khufu ship. Detail. It was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Sacred solar boat. Egyp
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Sacred solar boat. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Temple of Ramses III. Sacred solar boat procession. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt

Temple of Ramses III. Sacred solar boat carried by priests. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt

Sacred solar boat carried by priests. Relief. Ramesseum. Egy
Ramesseum. Relief depicting the sacred solar boat carried by priests. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt

Morito Shrine - Hayama - Japan. Date: circa 1907

Barges on the Sumida River - Tokyo, Japan. The Sumida branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. Date: circa 1910s

Dax, France - Hauling a Barge
Dax, France, a commune in Aquitaine in south-western France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department. - Three men haul a Barge along the L Adour River, past a gaggle of geese. Date: circa 1910s

Princess Diana on a barge named Prince William, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1980s

Sea Scouts 1933
The Chiswick Sea Scouts have been given the Fairwind, a 50 ton ex-coastal sailing barge, as their headquarters. Here they are on board the barge doing Knot Lessons ! Date: 27 May 1933

Sacramento River waterfront, Sacramento, California, USA, with buildings and giant barges. Date: circa 1910

Sacramento, California, USA - Sacramento River, the greatest inland waterway in the west. Date: circa mid 1930s

London - St Pauls Cathedral from Bankside - fine river barge
London - View toward St. Pauls Cathedral from Bankside past a fine river barge. Date: circa 1920s

London - The River Thames from Tower Bridge looking west - early morning light. Date: circa 1920s

A Tugboat with barge carrying cannon in America Date: circa 1900

Coal barges at Lydney, South Wales receiving coal

Sailing Barge, Horning, Norfolk
Sailing Barge, Horning, near Hoveton, Norfolk, England. Date: 1940s

Scenic View, Bramerton, Norfolk
Scenic View, Bramerton, near Norwich, Norfolk, England. Showing a Norfolk Barge Date: 1910s

Coal barge wreck, Pemberton, Massachusetts, USA
Coal barge wreck at Pemberton, Massachusetts, USA. It was driven ashore during the great November storm of 1897. Date: circa 1905

Barges by William Henry Pyne 1805
Hand coloured etching with aquatint engraved by William Henry Pyne. Plate 35 from The Costume of Great Britain, 1805. Date: 1805

The Ratcliffe Fire - Mr Beres House miraculously saved
The Ratcliffe Fire was the largest fire disaster in London between the Great Fire of 1666 and the Blitz in 1940. The fire took place in July 1794 when a smaller fire ignited a barge loaded with

Regents Canal Locks Print
Print of T&M Pickford of Manchester barges City Basin and The Tiger passing through lock gates on the Regents Canal

LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial Wharf
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1

Nile barge, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Ships that pass by G. H. Davis
Ships that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1861- Killarney Lake
The royal barge proceeding through the upper lake of Killarney to Derricunihy Castle. Date: 1861

The Barge, Aubrey Beardsley
The Barge by Aubrey Beardsley, one a series of illustrations to The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope. Date: 1896

Drainage Aqueduct at Abbey Mills, London, 1864
Engraving showing the aqueduct which carried the London main drainage works over the River Lea at Abbey Mills, Stratford, London, 1864. In the foreground, a sailing barge approaches the aqueduct

Barges on the River Thames, 1845
Engraving showing a number of barges on the River Thames, on the day of the Lord Mayor of Londons Show, 1845. The Stationers Companys barge may be seen at left, being rowed

Weighing Barge Load
Calculating the weight of a barge load by displacement of water, on the Grand Union Canal, England. Barges are paid according to weight of freight being carried. Date: 1950s

River Lagan with Barge. Frazer, Hugh fl.1826-1861

Docks and Warehouses - Matanzas, Cuba. Date: circa 1910s

A View of The River Thames with Tower Bridge, London
A View of The River Thames with Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, London Date: circa 1950

Tokyo, Japan - The Sumida River with River barges laden with timber and otehr goods. Date: circa 1910s

Holmens Canal, Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: circa late 1930s

Shanghai, China - Suzhou Creek and Astor House Date: circa 1906

Shanghai, China - Suzhou Creek Date: circa 1906

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