Cranes Collection (page 2)

Gray Crowned Cranes at Nyeri, Kenya
circa 1910s

c. 1880s - dockyard scene, probably London, with cranes
c.1880s - dockyard scene, probably London, with cranes

Kings Cross Railway Station, goods shed 1853
The 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 dissectum
Cut-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 crane
Prefabricated unit, complete with curtains at the windows, delivered to a garden by crane. Date: circa 1960s

Advert, Nicol Esplin, Aerial Cableways, Arbroath, Scotland
Advert for Nicol Esplin, Aerial Cableways, Leysmill, Arbroath, Scotland. 1905

Early morning scene, London Bridge, City of London
Early morning scene, with pedestrians and traffic crossing London Bridge, City of London. Date: circa 1930s

View of fort and pier, St Vincent Island, Cape Verde Islands
View 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 51
Coleoptera: 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, France
The Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France. The Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et dHomecourt (FAMH)

Progress on Thames Embankment 1865
View 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 Dockland
Docklands development, London, England. An old barge lighter in a former dock - the Docklands Light Raiway passes over the dock Date: 1989

Swimming, Cadiz, Spain -2
Swimming 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 -1
Swimming 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

Harbour Scene - Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1927

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a crane made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

RMS Queen Mary leaving Southampton for the last time
RMS Queen Mary, Cunard ocean liner, leaving Southampton for the last time, 31 October 1967. Date: 1967

Battersea Power Station - First Phase Operational
Battersea 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 Crane
A 17th century crane, timber construction : the wheel enables it to be turned, for instance when loading a vessel from a dock. Date: 1690

Eiffel Tower being built 1888
Construction 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

Fishing boats on a beach. Date: circa 1920s

The Pool of London with ships and barges being loaded and unloaded with the distinctive outline of Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: circa 1920s

Sarus Crane - pair in wetland habitat (Indian population) (Grus antigone). Nepal

Millbank Tower under construction, London SW1
Millbank Tower under construction in March 1961, London SW1. Originally known as Vickers Tower, it was completed in 1963. It is located opposite LFB Headquarters. Date: 1961

Armstrong Whitworth crane
A hydraulic crane at the Armstrong Works, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, lifting 120 tons. Date: 1887

Piers and boats, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Piers and boats in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910

Bay and piers, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Bay and piers in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1905

Panorama of Valparaiso, Chile, South America, showing the harbour, ships, docks and city. Date: circa 1920

Wharf at Cotonou, French Dahomey, West Africa
Wharf at the port of Cotonou, French Dahomey, West Africa. Date: circa 1907

Busy waterfront scene, Stockholm, Sweden, with the Katarina Elevator (passenger lift) after its 1936 rebuild. Date: circa 1938

HMS Vulcan Torpedo-boat in Dry Dock
HMS Vulcan was launched in 1889 as a cruiser and torpedo-boat depot ship. Visible at top of picture are the curved arms of the special cranes fitted for deploying torpedo boats. Date: 1896

Construction work at the Bank of England
Rebuilding of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street. In the late 1920s much of John Soanes original building was knocked down and a new

Wharfs, docks and sheds, Beira, Mozambique, East Africa
Wharfs, docks and sheds, Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1920

View down Corporation Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1905

Dunkirk, France - Guillain Lock, WW2
Dunkirk, France - Guillain Lock and Chamber of Commerce building, showing damage suffered during WW2. Date: 1940-1945

Pier at Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Pier at Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Old Japanese Matchbox label with Whooping Cranes made in Osaka in Japan Date: c. 1910s

Demolition of London Bridge, London
Demolition of the 19th century London Bridge, which opened in 1831. The bridge was dismantled and sold to an American entrepreneur, Robert P McCulloch of McCulloch Oil, for US $2, 460, 000

Leonardesque models. Revolving cranes. 15th century. Models
Machine. Leonardes models. Revolving cranes. 15th century. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Reliefs depicting the flora and fauna along the Nile River. Wall of the Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir El-Bahari. Egypt

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