Barges Collection (page 5)

Armours Hole, Newcastle, Co. Down; verso, Barges, Fleetwood (1846). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1846

Vietnam - Saigon - The Chinese Creek ( Arroyo Chinois )
Vietnam - Saigon - The Mouth of the Chinese Creek ( Arroyo Chinois ) circa 1906

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

R. Bann at Camus, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry - a view over the river Bann with a road running alongside. On the river can be seen barges. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Coleraine)

London, England - Barges off Greenwich - Old sailing barges. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - London. Date: circa 1900

Island Spinning Mill, Lisburn - a scenic view across the river to the spinning mill. There are barges on the water. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Lisburn). Date: circa early 1900s

Pazundaung Creek, Myanmar - showing traditional Burmese river boats and a backdrop of heavy mechanised industrial factories/buildings. Date: circa 1920s

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

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

Refuse Boat
Refuse is tipped onto barges moored at Hammersmith, on the River Thames, London Date: late 1960s

Flower Market Amsterdam
The Flower Market at Amsterdam, Netherlands, picturesquely located beside a canal where the barges serve as market stalls Date: 1912

Alexander Pope / House
ALEXANDER POPE English poets house on the River Thames at Twickenham Date: 1688 - 1744

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

London - Cecil and Savoy Hotels from across the River Thames Date: 1929

London at sunset - View westward from Blackfriars Bridge - the distinctive silhouettes of the Savoy and Cecil Hotels can be seen far left. Date: circa 1920s

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

River barges and dockworkers towed under Tower Bridge, London. Date: 1957

Coal barges at Lydney, South Wales receiving coal

The Thames & College Barges, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1920s

Canal and Bridge, Canton, China, c. 1910
A view of the canal and bridge connecting Shameen Island and Canton, China. Date: circa 1910

Pollution - abandoned docks and rusting barges - bay of Krasnovodsk town. Caspian sea shore - oil refinery and oil storage on another side of the bay - Turkmenistan. April

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

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

Thames Barges
Sailing barges on an industrial stretch of the River Thames, London, England. Date: early 1930s

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

Cuba - Havana - Wharf Scene in the harbour - The Cuban Treasury is on the left and the Cabana Fortress is in the distance across the bay to the right. Date: circa 1909

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

Shanghai, China - Suzhou Creek Date: circa 1906

Vietnam - Cho Lon - The Canal of the Potteries
Cho Lon in southern Vietnam, immediately west of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), from which it is separated by a small water channel

Oude Schans and Montelbaanstoren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Oude Schans or Oudeschans, originally New Canal, a broad canal in the eastern part of the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In the background is the Montelbaanstoren Tower, built in 1516

Armentieres - Le Pont de Nieppe. During World War I, in April 1918, German forces shelled Armentieres with mustard gas. British troops were forced to evacuate the area but German troops could not

The Central Market, Hamburg, Germany Date: circa 1910s

Late afternoon light over River Thames - From Tower Bridge
Atmopheric Late afternoon light over River Thames - From Tower Bridge Date: 1919

Pier on the Volga by Kustodiev
Pier on the Volga - reproduction of a painting by Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (18781927) - Russian painter and stage designer. Date: circa 1925

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

Budapest, Hungary - Parliament Building
Budapest, Hungary - The new Parliament Building, constructed at a cost of 1.25 million pounds. Designed by Imre Steindl who won an International Competition to choose the architect. Date: circa 1906

Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal at Barton, opened in 1761. People regarded it as a marvel and flocked from afar to see boats sailing over the bridge whilst barges passed below

Bangkok Royal Barges - Thailand - To see Royal barges, like Egyptian frescoes, in a dry-dock shed. 8 or 10 of them, up to 150 feet in length, holding 60 rowers and a throne

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

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

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

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

The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at the ceremony of opening by their Majesties. Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending

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

Eights Week - Oxford
Summer Eights is a bumps race that constitutes Oxford Universitys main intercollegiate rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in May every year

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