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Preston Docks, LancashireA wonderful photograph showing the Bardic Ferry unloading British Road Services trucks while docked at the quayside in Preston, Lancashire. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Wallsend, TynesideHouses and factories with cranes on the skyline in Wallsend, Tyneside
Wallsend-on-Tyne - Shipbuilding and the BP Tanker British Hazel in dock. Date: 1963
Blitz - Fire at Surrey Commercial Docks, RotherhitheWarehouses ablaze (the left wing of the No.8 warehouse) following the heavy enemy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - CompletedA view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - pictured shortly after construction had finished
Shipyard SunsetSunset over the shipyards of the River Wear at Sunderland, Co Durham, England
RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard LinesCruise liner RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard Lines. Date: circa 1960s
Devonshire Dock - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Date: circa 1910s
London Docks 1930SBarges, cranes and tramp steamers at the London Docks
Tower Bridge 1930SA view of Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, open to allow ships to sail down the Thames. Industrial view from beneath massive cranes
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London
London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London Date: circa 1940
2-4-2 Tank Engine Suspended by Cranes, Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Date: 1900s
Liverpool Cathedral under construction from St. James Mount Date: circa 1908
Native vessels, Manama Pier, Bahrain, Persian GulfNative vessels by the pier at Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s
Sunderland DocksIndustrial scene of ships docked at Sunderland in County Durham
The Landing Jetty - Port Elizabeth, South Africa Date: circa 1905
A Lincolnshire Handicap by Heath RobinsonA race between cranes at the test ground of excavation specialists, Ruston-Bucyrus, who commissioned the ingenious Heath Robinson to draw a number of comical engineering drawings for a booklet
General Rawlinson and General Ironside, ArchangelGeneral Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925) (left) and Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside (1880-1959) (right), British army officers, seen here with others on the quay at Archangel (Arkhangelsk)
Embankment and River Thames, LondonView of the Embankment and River Thames, London, on a misty day, with traffic crossing a bridge. circa 1940s
Three Cranes Inn pub York
Overhead cranes at Lockheed-Georgia move the first Lockh?Overhead cranes at Lockheed-Georgia move the first Lockheed C-5A Galaxy upper forward fuselage to a new position
The PygmiesThey were constantly at war with the Cranes. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Pygmies, in Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Date: 1918
Africa - Wildlife of Africa (Lions, Elephants, Leopard, Grey Crowned Crane and Antelope). Date: circa 1970s
Japanese Print - Waterside pine and a family of cranesUnattributed Japanese print - Waterside pine and a family of cranes - Edo Period Date: circa 19th century
Geisha seated before a folding screen featuring cranes, writing in a small book. Date: 1916
Construction of the Panama Canal - East Chamber looking North, Gatun Locks. Date: circa 1912
Construction of the Panama Canal - West wall and berm cranes, Pedro Miguel locks. Date: circa 1912
Construction of the Panama Canal - bird's eye view of Center wall, Pedro Miguel Locks. Date: circa 1912
Mormugao, Goa, India - The Quay. Date: circa 1910s
Early morning scene, London Bridge, City of LondonEarly morning scene, with pedestrians and traffic crossing London Bridge, City of London. Date: circa 1930s
Docklands development, London, England. A mass of cranes and jibs during construction work on tower block offices in the old docks Date: 1989
Fairey Firefly Being Loaded Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) at Iwakuni Docks, Southern Japan Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951
Erecting a grain silo using cranes at an exhibition in March 1965. Date: 1965
Port Sunlight - barges laden with soap - early 1900s
Walney Bridge Barrow in Furness Edwardian period
Southampton Ocean Quay early 1900s
Folkestone Harbour, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Graf Zeppelin flying over the Port of Hamburg, GermanyA stunning real photographic postcard showing the Graf Zeppelin airship flying above the Kehrwiederspitze in the port of Hamburg, Germany
RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating craneRMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG
Three famous Dockyards in EuropeThree dockyards in Europe, Germany, France and Austria building Dreadnoughts
British Army, Light Refreshments, Heath RobinsonBritish Army, illustration by W Heath Robinson. Captioned Our Special Artist with The British Army: The Relay System for Conveying Light Refreshment to Advanced Posts'
City of Port Elizabeth at Royal Albert Dock, LondonTMV City of Port Elizabeth loading at the Royal Albert Dock, London
Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacific linerCanadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain in floodlight Date: 1936
Cranes in flight, Japanese painting Date: circa 1830
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Foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, ScotlandA view of the turbine hall foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland, showing the first reactor building in the background
Exterior of the Three Cranes, coffee tavern
Landing wines and spirits 1902Unloading wine and spirit barrels from a ship. 1902
An inside view of a covered slip, with overhead travelling cranes at the Germania yard at Kiel, Germany. The ship being built is Battleship L'. Date: 1902
The Boiler shop (Water-tube boilers) at the Germania Shipyard, Kiel. Date: 1902
Dredging barge on the River Nile, Egypt, c. 1890 s19th century vintage photograph - steam driven dredger, dredging barge on the River Nile, Egypt, c.1890 s
The Pool of London with cranesThe Pool of London, view towards the Tower of London with cranes in the foreground. Date: circa 1930s
River Thames, Pool of LondonView of the River Thames looking from The Pool of London towards Tower Bridge. Date: circa 1950s
Cranes and warehouses on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London. Date: circa 1930s
City of Durban unloading cargo, Pool of LondonThe City of Durban passenger and refrigerated cargo ship having cargo moved onto barges in the Pool of London, River Thames. Date: circa 1950s
Barges moored on River Thames at Woolwich, SE London, at low tide. Date: circa 1960s
Gray Crowned Cranes at Nyeri, Kenyacirca 1910s
c. 1880s - dockyard scene, probably London, with cranesc.1880s - dockyard scene, probably London, with cranes
Kings Cross Railway Station, goods shed 1853The view of the goods shed at Kings Cross Railway Station. Workers loading goods into the boats. Date: 1853
Doves foot cranes bill, Geranium molle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800
Cut-leaved cranesbill, Geranium dissectumCut-leaved cranesbill or jagged-leaved cranes bill, Geranium dissectum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800
Yellow fumitory-flowered cranes bill, Pelargonium rapaceum var. luteum. Handcoloured botanical engraving by Weddell from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816
Prefabricated unit delivered to a garden by cranePrefabricated unit, complete with curtains at the windows, delivered to a garden by crane. Date: circa 1960s
Advert, Nicol Esplin, Aerial Cableways, Arbroath, ScotlandAdvert for Nicol Esplin, Aerial Cableways, Leysmill, Arbroath, Scotland. 1905
View of fort and pier, St Vincent Island, Cape Verde IslandsView of the fort and custom house pier, St Vincent (Sao Vicente) Island, Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean. Date: 1922
Fire at Rum Quay, West India Docks, East London, 21 April 1933, with firefighters in action with hoses. Date: 1933
Curtis British Entomology Plate 51Coleoptera: Platypus cylindrus (Cylindric Ambrosia Beetle) [Plant: Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane?s Bill)] Date: 1824-39
The interior of Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York
The works for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge at Blackfriars, London. Sinking a cylinder for one of the stone piers. Date: 1863
The Naval Steelworks of Saint-Chamond, Loire, FranceThe Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France
Progress on Thames Embankment 1865View from Westminster Bridge, of the progress on Thames Embankment. Date: 1865
The Three Cranes in Thames Street was a famous tavern as early as the reign of James I. It was one of the taverns frequented by the wits in Ben Jonsons time
Tower Bridge over the River Thames, London in the early morning. Date: 1950s
Docklands development, London, England. One of the preserved and listed cranes in the Royal Docks during development Date: 1989
Docklands development, London, England - barge and DocklandDocklands development, London, England. An old barge lighter in a former dock - the Docklands Light Raiway passes over the dock Date: 1989
Swimming, Cadiz, Spain -2Swimming and splashing in the sea at Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain. Ships in the port can be seen in the distance. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1989
Swimming, Cadiz, Spain -1Swimming and splashing in the sea at Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain. Ships in the port can be seen in the distance. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Old Japanese Matchbox label with a crane made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Eiffel Tower being built 1888Construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, strated in January 1887 and finished in March 1889, here you can see workmen building parts of Eiffel Tower
RMS Queen Mary leaving Southampton for the last timeRMS Queen Mary, Cunard ocean liner, leaving Southampton for the last time, 31 October 1967. Date: 1967
Battersea Power Station - First Phase OperationalBattersea Power Station, London - on the banks of the River Thames - built in two phases. This is the coal-fired power station in 1934, with the first phase operational (two towers - the A Station)
17th Century CraneA 17th century crane, timber construction : the wheel enables it to be turned, for instance when loading a vessel from a dock. Date: 1690
Artist at work on a canvas, Brixham Harbour, DevonArtist at work on a canvas at Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1960s