Disused Collection

View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall
View at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements. Please note

Engine house at Carn Galver tin mine, Cornwall
Engine house silhouetted against the sky at sunset at Carn Galver disused tin mine, near Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: 20th century

Disused Tin mine, Cornwall
The ruins of a disused Cornish tin mine

Cornish China Clay Dumps
China Clay dumps and flooded disused workings, near Bugle, Cornwall, England

Susies Castle - Portincaple, Loch Long, Argyll, Scotland
Susies Castle - the home of Hermit Susan McGlone (1847-1929) - Portincaple, Loch Long, Argyll, Scotland - the upturned half-hull of a disused fishing-smack. Date: circa 1909

Discreet Bread Bin
A curtain hung across a disused kitchen range is a discreet way to store your bread in its bread bin. Date: 1930s

Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet

Four Supermarine Scimitars of 807 Squadron (XD243, XD245, XD249 and XD268) approaching the top of a loop. In the background is the disused airfield at Banff and the coastline of the Moray Firth

Disused quarry at Mereworth
A view of a disused quarry at Mereworth in Kent, taken in July 1935. Date: 1935

Engine house at Carn Galver tin mine, Cornwall
Engine house silhouetted against the sky at Carn Galver disused tin mine, near Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

MILL WHEEL AT DUNSTER
The wheel of the water mill at Dunster, Somerset Date: 1954

Prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola
The prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola, a fortified peninsula on Menorca, Spain Date: 1989

Digbeth Canal, Birmingham - 4
Digbeth Canal, Birmingham, derelict before renovation Date: 1987

Digbeth Canal, Birmingham - 3
Digbeth Canal, Birmingham, derelict before renovation Date: 1987

Digbeth Canal, Birmingham - 2
Digbeth Canal, Birmingham, derelict before renovation Date: 1987

Digbeth Canal, Birmingham - 1
Digbeth Canal, Birmingham, derelict before renovation Date: 1987

London Fire Engine Establishment (LFEE) fire station
An example of an LFEE fire station building, possibly in East London. The LFEE was created in 1833 and would eventually have nineteen fire stations

Sunset at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall
Sunset at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. circa 1980s

Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways
A disused tram of the Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways, damaged and rusting in the open air. It still carries advertising for Hovis, Lifebuoy Soap, Hudsons Super Soap

Woman walking along a disused railway track
A woman walking along a disused railway track which has become overgrown with weeds

Torcello, Venice, canal and Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Torcello - Venice - Disused canal. Torcello is the island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon. It is the oldest continuously populated region of Venice

Windmill on South Downs, Hampshire
Disused windmill on the South Downs, Hampshire, England, with boys sitting in the foreground. circa 1937

British soldier standing on top of disused tank
British soldier (possibly Home Guard) standing on top of disused tank after the end of the Second World War. Date: circa 1946

View at Wheal Jane tin mine, West Cornwall
View at Wheal Jane disused tin mine, near Baldhu and Chacewater, West Cornwall. Some of the equipment can be seen here in silhouette against a cloudy orange sky. Date: circa 1980s

View at Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall
View of Levant Mine and Beam Engine, Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, where tin and copper were mined between 1820 and 1930. Date: circa 1980s

Final illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The End. An old man looks at a broken-down old engine rusting in a field. Date: 1935

Sheep in a field with a disused windmill. Date: circa 1920s

Disused Railway Station, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Midland Railway Date: 1910s

Boys at a boarded up window, Balham, SW London
Three boys at a boarded up window of a house in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

British troops in one of the Aisne quarries, 1914
British troops resting in a disused quarry cave in the Aisne district of France. Most of the men when not actually in the trenches sleep

Dr T. B. Stephenson, Found of the National Childrens Home
Dr Thomas Burchell Stephenson who in 1869 founded the National Childrens Home. Its first premises were a disused stable in Lambeth. In 1994, the NCH was renamed Action For Children. Date: Circa 1905

Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth
A Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Economic Information Unit

The first Sopwith Bat Boat I under construction in the newly acquired disused skating rink at Kingston. 1913. Date: 1913

Torcello - Venice - Disused canal Date: circa 1910s

Ilfracombe Lighthouse
Lantern Rock, Ilfracombe, North Devon, England, a guiding light at the entrance the harbour, built into an old disused church. It is visible for considerable distances. Date: 1950s

LONDON HAVEN OF REST
Between Mount Street and Farm Street, Mayfair, London, is this delightful Haven of Rest a charming garden, formed out of a disused burial ground. Date: 1950s

Unidentified ruined building, India
An unidentified ruined building at the side of a river in India. It appears to be a temple or shrine. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Old round tower in Devon
An old round tower somewhere in Devon, with houses surrounding it. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Southampton Row, London - the (now disused) tramway tunnel beneath the road

Disused British trench 1916
An old British trench at the Fricourt Salient on the Somme battlefield

German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing two German boys playing on a railway track leading into the American Sector of West Berlin, November 1948

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