Dumps Collection

Giant Makes the Wrekin
A giant intends to dam the Seven & flood Shrewsbury, but a cobbler persuades the giant that it is a very long way, so the giant gives up & dumps his load creating the Wrekin

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

Rags the puppy skulking in a corner
Down in the Dumps -- Rags the puppy skulking in a corner. Date: 1912

Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY
Photograph: Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY, 0900 hours, 7th June, 1944. In the foreground is a DUKW (amphibious 3-ton lorry)

The Reef, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Reef (looking west), Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with mining dumps (Robinson Deep) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

Cyanide dumps, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Cyanide dumps from mining, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Mine dumps, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1930s

Supply dump, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
One of the supply dumps at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

General view of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, around the time of the Empire Exhibition, showing a football ground, the offices of British General Electric

WW2 poster, Official scrap iron dumps, bring victory nearer. The Ministry of Supply requesting old iron such as ploughshares, railings, fenders and fire irons for converting into munitions

Cover design, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Rags
Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Rags, His Adventures, told by May Byron. Date: 1912

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

Parsons as Dumps
WILLIAM PARSONS actor, as Dumps in The natural son Date: 1736 - 1795

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

Losing America
News from America, or the Patriots in the Dumps - Britons hear from lord North that their American colonies are revolting

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

Dumping Rubbish 1940S
Men working at a rubbish dump, unloading a lorry of waste paper for Kingston-upon-Thames Health Department, Surrey, England

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