Driven Collection (page 5)

The Sunbeam 1000hp, also known as Mystery or The Slug, was the first car to exceed 200mph when it was driven by Henry Segrave at Daytona Beach on 29 March 1927

Cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, 1934-1968, is driven into Prague from the airport in April 1961

Hiram Maxim model for a steam-driven aircraft 1890
Hiram Maxim model for a steam-driven aircraft, 1890

Abbot 105mm self-propelled gun
An Abbot 105mm self-propelled gun being driven off a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 of No53 Squadron

Four-decker compressed-air driven model. Hargrave Slide 67

48-band rubber-driven flying machine (showing purchase and winder). Hargrave Slide 16

Rubber-driven flying machine: front plane eliminated. Hargrave Slide 11

Maxims steam-driven biplane test rig 1894
Maxims steam-driven biplane test rig, 1894

Maxims steam-driven biplane after the crash 31 July 1894
Maxims steam-driven biplane after the crash, 31 July 1894

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Langleys successful petrol-driven 1 / 4-scale model 1903
Samuel Pierpont Langleys successful petrol-driven -scale model flies over the potomac. August 8th 1903

Bugatti aerodynamic car
Aerodynamic experiments: Bugatti aerodynamic car driven by Friderich in 1923 French Grand Prix at Tours; Mercedes-Benz model from 1939

Battle of Alexandria - Egyptian Campaign
Battle of Alexandria: General Abercrombys men defeat and drive back the French, but he is killed. Alexandria is then returned to Turkish rule. 1801

LCC-LFB Fireboat Alpha, River Thames
From 1912 the previously used rafts, towed by tugs, were replaced by Londons first fireboats. These steam driven self-propelled shallow draught craft were based on the Royal Navy gunboats

LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape
An electric-driven escape van at the Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and weighed about two tons

Electric pump escape van, Southwark HQ
An electric-driven escape van with 85 foot turntable ladder pulling away from the extended Southwark Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road.SE1

LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape at Brigade HQ
Seen here at Southwark, Brigade headquarters, is an example of one of the electric driven escape vans. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and the fire engine weighed about two tons

LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pump
The Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield fire engine
An LFB firefighting crew on a motorised steam pump. The motorised age came to the London Fire Brigade at Southwark in September 1909

LFB fireboat Alpha II and crew on River Thames
The Alpha II fireboat was a self-propelled steam driven fireboat brought into service by the London County Councils London Fire Brigade

Self-propelled fire engine at LCC-LFB Southwark HQ
The Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump

LCC-MFB petrol driven motor tender
This chain transmission driven first-aid tender carried the first small water tank which operated under pressure of carbon dioxide gas

LCC-LFB rear of a Shand Mason steam fire engine
The working end of the Shand Mason horse drawn steam fire engine, showing the detail of the steam driven fire pump

LCC-LFB Merryweather chain-driven Hatfield pump
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump. Note the chain drive to the rear wheel axle. This was one of four such pumps that the Brigade purchased from Merryweather of Greenwich

LCC-LFB horse drawn steamer at drill, Southwark HQ

NFS London Region lorry driven into basement area, WW2
National Fire Service -- a London Region lorry driven into a basement area

The Horse in motion. Abe Edgington, owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878

The celebrated trotting mare Hattie Woodward, by Aberdeen, dam by Henry Clay: driven by Gus Wilson. Date 1881

The celebrated trotting mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they appeared June 15th 1883: At the gentlemens driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq. Date 1883

The champion trotting Stallion Nelson, by Young Rolfe, dam G

Celebrated Boston team mill boy and Blondine, owned and driven by John Shepard, esq: record 2:22. Date between 1882 and 1890

The champion pacer Johnston, by Bashaw Golddust. Named for and driven by Peter V. Johnston, of Chicago. Date c1884

Celebrated trotter Jay Eye See, driven by Ed. Bithers: By Dictator, dam Midnight, by Pilot Jr. Date 1883

Celebrated pacing mare Pocahontas, driven by James McMann esq: Peforming her wonderful feat of pacing a mile in the unprecedented time of 2

The grand trotter Edwin Thorne, driven by John E. Turner: by Thornedale, dam by Ashland. Date c1883

Trotting mare American Girl driven by M. Roden. Date c1870

The grand trotter St. Julien, driven by Orrin A. Hickok: by volunteer, dam by Sayres Harry Clay. Date c1880

Mr. Bonners horse Joe Elliott, driven by J. Bowen: trotting in harness at Mystic Park, Medford, Mass. June 28th 1872. Date c1873

The trotting gelding Billy D. with Running Mate: owned by J.B. Barnaby, driven by John Murphy. Date c1881

The trotting gelding Frank with J. O. Nay, his running mate
The trotting gelding Frank with J.O. Nay, his running mate: as they appeared at Prospect Park, L.I. Nov. 15th, 1883, driven by John Murphy. Date c1884

The queen of the turf Maud S. driven by W. W. Bair: by Harold
The queen of the turf Maud S. driven by W.W. Bair: by Harold, dam Miss Russell, by Pilot Jr. Date c1880

The grand trotter Clingstone, driven by G. H. Saunders: by Ry
The grand trotter Clingstone, driven by G.H. Saunders: by Rysdyk, dam Gretchen, by Hambletonian. Date c1883

Trotting stallion Tom Moore driven by Danl. Mace: sired by Hambletonian dam by Townsend Mare raised by John Minchin Goshen Orange County, N.Y. Date c1870

Grey Eagle: driven by Hiram Woodruff, Esq. Date c1850

R. B. Conklings bay gelding Rarus, the King of Trotters: dri
R.B. Conklings bay gelding Rarus, the King of Trotters: driven by John Splan. Date c1878. R.B. Conklings bay gelding Rarus, the King of Trotters: driven by John Splan. Date c1878

The king of the turf St. Julien, driven by Orrin A. Hickok: by Volunteer, dam by Sayres Harry Clay. Date c1880

Mr. William H. Vanderbilts celebrated team Small Hopes and Lady Mac: driven by their owner to road-wagon, time 2:23. Date c1878

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