Electric Collection (page 31)

Silhouette of people on a tram
Silhouette of people on both decks of a tram. A dog is running in front, and a man is running after it, trying to get on board

Communications Palmin 4
Operating an electric telegraph using the Morse code

Scalextric Track
A lucky little boy plays with his Scalextric car race track! 1960s

Salmon Fish Ladder
The salmon fish ladder on the River Tummel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Illuminated Electric Car to celebrate Kings Visit
Illuminated Electric Car to celebrate the Kings Visit to Leeds on July 7th 1908 - There are 3000 electric lights on the car which required 150 horsepower to run it!! Date: 1908

WW2 - Tram - Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw, Poland - Electric tram. WW2 era - 1940-1944. Both cars were constructed in 1926 and both survived the war. Number 281 was scrapped in 1959 and the trailer, Number 1202, was scrapped in 1962

Advertisement for the Crescent Hotel, Buxton
An advertisement for the Crescent Hotel, Buxton, North Derbyshire: a first-class hotel with electric light in all rooms, and a new electric passenger lift. Date: 1913

Advert for Frigidaire electrical fridge
Frigidaire automatic electrical refrigeration cabinet, keeps your food fresh, with ice for cooling drinks, and it cost less than a garage for your car! Date: 1928

Communications Palmin 6
Operating the electric telegraph

Chicago Streetcar
A streetcar at the entrance to Lincoln Park, Chicago. Date: 1916

Johannesburg Tramways - Generators
The Power House (Generators) for the Johannesburg Municipal Electric Tramways system Date: 1907

Scotland / Pitlochry
Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. A view of the River Tummel, looking down from part of the Dam and Hydro-Electric Station. On the right is the salmon fish ladder. Date: 1960s

LIGHT AND POWER
Power and light, a study of electricity sub power lines and pylons among the clouds. Date: 1960s

Electric Cooling Towers
Winter study of the electricity cooling towers at Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, in the morning sunshine, with mist rising from the River Nene. Date: 1960s

Electric Iron
An electric iron. Date: 1974

Tram Graveyard
The sad sight of a Special London Transport trams in their graveyard (having been replaced by buses), Charlton, south east London. Date: 1950s

Train Driving Lesson
Driver Instructor CYRIL BULL, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England (left), explains the cab layout of an electric locomotive to Preston train driver RICHARD THOMAS. Date: circa 1980

Nantymoch Chapel, in the Upper Rheidol Valley, Cardiganshire Wales. Sadly submerged when the Rheidol Hydro-Electric Scheme was completed in 1964. Date: 19th century

London Trolley Bus

Television console Date: 1952

American Scouts playing with cars
Three American boy scouts and two leaders stand and watch one of them operates a toy car racetrack. circa 1980s

Scouts learn about science
One American Boy Scouts demonstrates some equipment in a Scout-built project to show another group of Scouts the principles of static electricity

The Queens Dolls House - a section showing Electric Lighting and Water Systems Date: 1924

Trackless Trolley Tour - First in California
Balloon Route Excursion - The Scenic Trackless Trolley Trip - 101 miles - one day - one dollar! Visiting 10 Beaches and 8 Cities, paralelling the mountains from Los Angeles to the Ocean

The Simplon Tunnel at Brig, Switzerland
The Simplon Tunnel - an Alpine railway tunnel which connects the Swiss town of Brig with Domodossola in Italy. It consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart

TV Studio Typists 1960S
Two typists at Southern Television studios. Date: 1960s

Hypnotic Ball
BARTONs ISLAND (Harl Vincent) The electric long-distance hypnotic ball is sent to incapacitate a member of the Secret Council, just in time Date: 1929

Siemens Electric Lift
An electro-magnetic lift exhibited at Mannheim, designed by Siemens and Halske. The back rail is a set of teeth to prevent a sudden fall. Date: 19 February 1881

Advert for Belling eletctric fires
The 2 kilowatt Belling is a flicker coal fire fitted with a beautiful flame effect : it keeps your teapot warm for a second cuppa, and its radiant heat warms the whole room ! Date: 1931

Overland - Telegraph
The old pre-electric telegraph signals the abstract of the Indian Mail from Marseille to Paris, or vice versa. Date: 1844

Brixton / Electric Avenue
Brixton, south-west London: Electric Avenue Date: circa 1912

Machine Sheep Shearing
A row of men machine shearing sheep at a New Zealand Sheep Station. Date: early 1930s

Telegraph Wires
The advance of civilisation - a bear investigates a telegraph pole amid the mountains of Sweden. Date: 1907

Advertisement for Hotpoint gifts for Christmas
Hotpoint gifts " Your problem - everyones - now is - what can I give". Various useful items for the housewife that will save her time, trouble and expense

Travellers Pocket Lamp
An electric pocket lamp designed for travellers; the bulb has a silvered reflector behind it to intensify the light Date: 1889

Fire engine in Paris, answering a call
An electric fire engine of the Paris Fire Brigade, answering an emergency call. 1900

Locomotive Electro-turbo-loco

Electric Mule, Panama Canal

A car by the Diamond T Motor Corporation, Chicago
An electric car by the Diamond T Motor Corporation, Chicago

Chauffeur with motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A uniformed chauffeur at the wheel of a motor car, registration EU 613, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The tyres are early inflatable ones, manufactured by Goodyear

Crewe Railway Station electric signal box, Cheshire
View inside an electric signal box near Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire

Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A Blondin winder at work, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The Blondin is a high wire carriage system used to move the slate up or across

Pacific Electric Railway, on the way to Pasadena, California, America

New York Tram

New York Double Decker Tram

Electric train line indicators
Three early train line indicators, with arriows which moved from red to green, depending on whether a train was on that portion of track or whether it had left it

Electric Trams at Patras, Greece
Patras - Greeces third largest city, located in northern Peloponnese, over 200km west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. Electric Trams

Georgia - Tbilisi - Palace Street
Palace Street - Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia

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