Blast Collection (page 2)

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1 Date: circa 1917

Spain (1883). Biscay. Mining industry. Iron factory
" Spain (1883). Biscay. Mining industry. Iron factory of Marquiss of Mudela in the " Desert" (Bilbao). Front of the blast furnaces

Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse
Put the ball down, blast you, Sir! I haven t got it, blast you, Sir! Well, you had it last, blast you, Sir! Full colour humorous illustration by Fougasse aka Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965)

Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof in Peckham Hill Street
Blitz in London -- the trajectory of the vehicle lifted by a bomb blast from Bonar Road onto the roof of a house in Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Blitz in London -- Whitechapel fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a close up view of Whitechapel fire station, in Whitechapel Road, EC1, which suffered heavy blast damage following a bombing raid

Assassination attempt on Napoleon Bonaparte
Royalist plotters attempt to assassinate Bonaparte by placing a bomb in a horse and wagon and lighting the fuse just as he draws near. Whilst Bonaparte survived, 52 people died in the blast

German gunners with 17cm naval gun, WW1
German gunners in action with a 17cm naval gun during the First World War. Two of them are covering their ears as protection from the blast. Date: 1914-1918

Ripon Hornblower
The Ripon Hornblower, with his fantastic curved horn and distinctive tricorn hat. This tradition originates with the wakeman of Ripon

Police Shooting Range
Wearing protective ear pads to silence the blast of gunshots in the police underground range in North London, Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction. Date: 1960s

Weather, March winds
A windy day in the month of March. A school boys hat gets blown off while a woman walks into the wind holding on to hers

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

V-1 Flying Bomb Launch Site; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a German V-1 Flying Bomb launch site somewhere on the coast of France, June 1944. In the foreground of this image can be seen a small concrete control building

V-1 Flying Bomb Launch Site, France; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing a German V-1 Flying Bomb launch site near the coast of Normandy, France, June 1944. Two American soldiers can be seen inspecting the sloping launching-ramp

Island of Krakatoa, in the straits of Sunda. The volcano erupted 4 times in 1883. The blast was estimated to have had the power of 10000 hydrogen bombs

Blast Furnace 1
Blast furnaces at Hanley, Staffordshire

Ironworks, Saarbrucken
Ironworks at Saarbrucken - at full blast !

Blast Furnace / 1911
GERMANY Blast furnace at Friedrich Alfred-Hutte

Blast Furnace / Germany
GERMANY Blast furnace running off the metal

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

Steel - Blast Furnace
Foundry worker at the blast furnace

Tunguska Kulik Camp
Kuliks winter quarters near the Southern swamp. New growth rivals the older trees that perished in the blast

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