Cranes Collection (page 4)

Grey crowned-crane (Balearica regulorum)

DEMOISELLE CRANES - In flight, over mountains (Anthropoides virgo). Nepal

Demoiselle Cranes - in flight over Himalayas (Anthropoides virgo). Nepal. Migration

Demoiselle Cranes - feeding. India

HMS Birmingham, British light cruiser, seen here at Avonmouth Docks. Date: circa 1914

insert Date: 1936

Kleinhuningen, port on the Rhine, Basel, Switzerland
Kleinhuningen, a port on the River Rhine, Basel, Switzerland

LFB fireboat AFB2, River Thames, Pool of London
LFB fireboat AFB2 on the River Thames, Pool of London, with Tower Bridge in the distance

View of Tower Bridge, London, with the Tower in the distance on the far right

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

Britain poster, Hull, The Docks, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Poster design, British and American shipping
Poster design, Britain and America have over two million tons more shipping today than in August 1942

Cargo ship with cranes. Date: 20th century

River Thames with Tower Bridge, London. Date: 20th century

River scene with cargo boats. Date: 20th century

Launch of Cunarder, Aquitania, by G. H. Davis
The launch of the year. First drawings of the gigantic Cunarder, the Aquitania, in the process of being built on the Clyde. Above: a cross section

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

The Corner Grab Crane by Heath Robinson
The Corner Grab Crane for working round corners - a valuable suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson now under consideration by Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd

The Multiplex Dragline by Heath Robinson
The multiplex dragline for dragging winding streams - another suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson. A complicated excavation machine enabling the operator to drag in curving lines. Date: c.1938

A ship moored near Tower Bridge, London
A ship moored at the Central Steam Navigation Company docks. From Tower Bridge, London. Date: c. 1950s

Building the Aswan Dam
Excavation at the Western Channel of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Construction of the Aswan Dam
Construction of the first Aswan Dam (the low or old dam) on the River Nile in Egypt: commencing masonry in the western channel. Date: 1902

Multi-Storey Car Park
An ugly new multi-storey car park, on the banks of the River Thames, London. Note the cranes and modern office blocks under construction behind and St. Pauls (left). Date: late 1960s

Riverside Cranes
A symmetrical row of huge industrial cranes in Germany. Date: early 1930s

Cranes, Baker Street. Shoesmith, Kenneth Denton 1890 - 1939

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

The New Pier - Yokohama Harbour, Yokohama, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Santos, Brazil - Aerial view looking toward docks / harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Two Japanese women cleaning a Geisha House
Beautiful postcard, depicting two Japanese women (O-Kiku-Ean and Ayame-San) cleaning a Geisha House. Date: circa 1910s

Demag Duisburg Giant Cranes
Advertisement for Demag Duisburg Giant Cranes

LCC-LFB Southwarks breakdown lorry and crew
A view of the London Fire Brigades first breakdown lorry, commissioned in 1919. This Dennis vehicle had a rear mounted crane and various sheerlegs to allow for sewer and other line rescues

Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next to a screen with painting of cranes. Date between 1791 and 1795

Chile - Valparaiso - View of Malecon
The Malecon (the stone-built embankment or esplanade along a waterfront) at Valparaiso, Chile. Date: circa 1910s

Fishermen - Dvina River, Russia
Russia, Arkhangelsk (Archangel) - Fishing on the banks of the Dvina river. 2010

Statue of Liberty, New York, America
The Statue of Liberty and cranes at the docks silhouette in New York, America circa 2008

North Woolwich Docks
Eventide at George V Dock Dock, North Woolwich, east London, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: 1930s

Masonry Equipment 18th C
Equipment used by builders in the 18th century including cranes, saws, winches, scaffolding, etc. Date: Circa 1760

St Nazaire Harbour
Harbour scene in the French port - huge cranes, and a steamer in the dry dock. Date: 1934

Patent travelling crane by Scott Burn Brown and Company, on Blackfriars bridge, London, 1863 Date: 1863

Locomotive no 1651 0-6-0 L&NWR with crane

Upper and lower locks, showing chamber cranes, Miraflores, Panama Canal

Sand cranes at Balboa, Panama Canal

Floating Dry-dock, Southampton. The largest floating dry-dock in the world

The Pool of London and Tower Bridge, London

View of Tower Bridge from the Thames
A view from the middle of the River Thames looking west toward Tower Bridge, London. Watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Cannon Street Station from the Thames
A view from the south bank of the River Thames at London (at low tide), looking toward Blackfriars Bridge and Cannon Street station. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Morocco, Casablanca - The Port and Harbour
The port and harbour at Casablanca in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Greater Casablanca region

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - Construction (1 of 2)
The construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia. The bridge was designed and built by Dorman Long and Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Teesside and Cleveland Bridge, Darlington

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