Brake Collection

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

A Driver Climbing in to his Cab
A train driver climbs in to the cabin of a British Rail diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Common bracken or brake, Pteridium aquilinum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Date plum, Diospyros lotus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Bracken or common brake fern, Pteridium aquilinum, Pteris aquilina, Pteride aquiline. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil

Cretan brake fern, Pteris cretica albo lineata. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Brake fern, Pteris aspericaulis (Pteris tricolor). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Comic postcard - Two Street Urchins with their soapbox racer
Comic postcard - She ain t exactly a Rolls Royce, but she rolls fine don t she? 1934

Maserati 250F preparations - painting by Andrew McGeachy
Preparing a red Maserati 250F before a race. The 250F was a racing car made by Maserati of Italy used in 2.5 litre Formula One racing between January 1954 and November 1960

Third class carriage no 220. Inscribed An old passenger III brake of the GIP. These vehicles are now replaced by handsome bogie cars as photo sent'. Date: circa 1905

WW2 - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Driver on the farm
WW2 - British Home front, October 1941 - Mrs John Steel, daughter of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British Pathologist, lends her hand to the war effort

The Brake Lightship moored to ward ships away from Brake Sand, near Goodwin Sands, off the south east Kent coast between Ramsgate and Sandwich

Suffragette Demonstration W. S. P. U London 1908
A photo of a suffragette demonstration by the W.S.P.U through London in 1908. Mrs Pankhurst, Mary Clarke (Her sister), Charlotte Marsh and Jessie Kenney are seated in the brake

Vincenzo Lancia - Italian Motor Engineer and pilot
Vincenzo Lancia (18811937) - an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of the Motor Company Lancia. Pictured in a Fiat Motorcar Date: circa 1908

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - George Westinghouse Memorial
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Memorail to George Westinghouse (American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry) at Schenley Park

Pedate-leaved brake fern, Pteris pedata or Doryopteris pedata.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Bethlehem, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA -- a morning start on a mountain brake. People riding in a carriage drawn by eight horses. Date: circa 1908

Man at the wheel of a car
A man at the wheel of a rather smart-looking early car

George Cayleys design for a train brake system. 1841

Pteris denticulata, brake fern
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pteris dichotoma

Pteridium aquilinum, bracken
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pteris ciliata

Veteran car wheel and brake
Automobile (Cars). Automobile part, mechanical part of a wheel and brake

Workman with slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman with a slate quarry tram, somewhere in North Wales. This small tram can carry half a ton of raw slate, and one man can operate it

Tramway, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of part of the tramway at the top of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with rope haulage and brake equipment

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Ryder car disc brake pad machine
A factory worker operates a Ryder disc brake pad machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shock absorbers in action
An artistic photograph of a train suspension system in action, absorbing the shock of the wheel on a rail when in motion. A photograph used in an advertisement for Rocksil rock wool - used

A Ryder disc brake pad machine in action in a car factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Brother and sister in a toy vintage car
A young boy in a sailor suit at the wheel of his fantastic replica model car complete, with running boards, fenders, horn, lanterns and steering wheel

A New Winter Sports Attraction
The New Magnetic Ski-de-luxe. Fitted with patent telescopic emergency brake, this invention is ideal for uphill work. Please note: Please note

Disciples / Last Supper
Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake (sic) it, and said " take, eat; this is my body." And he took the cup, and gave thanks

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