Electric Collection (page 32)

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

The Glasgow Electric Railway, Scotland. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

LMR Dual-Purpose Maintenance Depot
The Depot at Allerton on the outskirts of Liverpool, opened to serve the maintenance needs of the London Midland Railway (LMR) to maintain and service electric and diesel rolling stock

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brunswick Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with electric tram, carts and buggies

View across the Galata Bridge, Constantinople with a passing electric tram

King William Street - Adelaide, Australia
A wonderful photographic postcard of a muffin man. The caption on the reverse reads thus:

Cyan Separation at a printing works
A printer uses an electronic device to work on the negative image of the blue component of a printed page, known as the cyan separation. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A technician doing miniature work
A technician uses an unidentified instrument, incorporating a microscope and an electomagnetic circuit to work on very tiny electronic components. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Electric Tramway - St. Petersburg, Russia
The new Electric Tramway running alongside the River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia

Three-wheeler milkfloat
A Milkman on his morning round, fills up a crate from his vintage yet stylish three-wheeled float. This model is a Norwich Dairy milk electric, (DP Kathanode battery operated) delivery float

Electrolux advertisement
Advert for Electrolux vacuum cleaners, showing a woman opening her Christmas present and looking pleased or bemused that it is one of those new-fangled vacuum cleaners

Galata Bridge - old view - Constantinople
A view of carriages and pedestrians crossing the Galata Bridge in Constantinople, avoiding the electric trams

Tram Station and the Ferry Boat landing stage at Kadikoy
Tram Station and the Ferry Boat landing stage in Constantinople at Kadikoy on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara. The capital city of the Roman Empire between 330-395 AD, in Byzantine times

Beyoglu - Istanbul, Turkey
A street in Beyoglu, Istanbul

The Reis Telephone system
The Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction

Photograph of the automatic electric photographic apparatus
Undated photograph of the automatic electric photographic apparatus used in the Rudi Schneider experiments. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into

Chicago by night 1911
As the sun goes down, the electric lights go on, illuminating shop fronts in Chicagos commercial centre. Empty tram lines run down the middle of the street

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

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

Izmir, Turkey - Electric Tram
A suburb of Izmir (Smyrne), Turkey with an electric tram in the foreground

Izmir, Turkey - Electric Tramway
An electric tram (Number 5) at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey heading toward the Town Centre

Terrestrial Flames
The abbe Maffei is surprised when electric flames erupt from the Earth

Photograph of locomotives
Various UK locomotives: at the top, a model of a 1600 horsepower diesel electric locomotive, built at Derby in December 1947. Below are eight locos of various railway companies

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Waterworks
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Electric Tram - Alexandria, Egypt
Getting onboard the Electric Tram - Alexandria, Egypt at the Ramleh Station

St Clair Tunnel
Electric Locomotive emerging from the St Clair Tunnel (1890) - part of the Grand Trunk Railway System. The first submarine rail tunnel connecting Sarnia, Ontario, Canada with Port Huron, Michigan

The electric wire at Cape Grinez
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. The image shows a view of Cape Grinez, taking the wire up the cliff

The Goliah steamer paying out the electric wire
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. Here, the cable is laid out as the Goliah steam ship sails from England to France

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush
Advertisement for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, 1883. This advert claimed the brush could cure headaches, neuralgia, baldness, dandruff and Immediately soothe the weary brain

Electric Lighting at Alexandra Palace Lakes, 1880
Engraving showing a large crowd of Victorian holiday-makers enjoying the illumination of the Alexandra Palace lakes, London, by electric light, 1880. Date: 21 August 1880

Electric Clock and Time-Ball, Strand, London, 1852
Engraving showing the electric clock and time-ball (on left) erected in the West Strand, London, 1852

The Gramme Electricity Machine and Light, 1878
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen viewing the Gramme electricity generator and several images showing the electric lamps used with the generator, 1878

British Troops fighting at Aanderberg Crossroads; Second Wor
Sketch showing British infantry fighting off German paratroops at Aanderberg Crossroads, Holland, January 1945. On the left of the image is a disabled British Cromwell tank

Prince of Wales opening the new electric railway
The Prince of Wales opening the new electrical railway. The arrival of the train into Stockwell.The underground electric railway runs for three miles from a point in King William Street

Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic car
The train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons

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