Expansion Collection

Tower Bridge jams in summer heat
Tower Bridge, London, jams when the metal expands in the summer heat on 2 July 1968. The bridge is closed for two hours while firefighters cool it down with their hoses

London going out of town -- the expansion of London
London going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London

LCC-MFB Headquarters station at Southwark SE1
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was created in 1866, having replaced the former London Fire Engine Establishment brigade. It moved from its former Watling Street HQ to the Southwark site due to

Pumping Engine
Kempton Park, Surrey : the triple expansion pumping engine in the waterworks. Note the size of the men

Sultan Selim I conquering Egypt
Sultan Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz " the Stern", " the Steadfast" or " the Grim" (1465?-1520) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

Julius Caesar invading Britain
Caesar at the coast of Britain surveying his new opponents who have already assembled upon a cliff on horseback awaiting Roman attack. Date: 51 B.C

Gallic Wars - Titus Labienus hatches a trap
Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). Titus Labienus hatches a trap to get the Treveri to cross the river before his troops, attacking them later. Engraving

HMS Mutine
Royal Navy - HMS Mutine, a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper, pictured on 1 May 1958 whilst on the reserve at Chatham

Almogavars. 13th-14th centuries. Engraving
The Christian Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula. Almogavars. 13th-14th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expects
The Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

Brill Tavern, Somers Town
View of the Brill Tavern in Somers Town in 1780. This rural area was swept away during the expansion of London and the development of railway termini in the 19th century. Date: 1875

Railway cutting works in progress in the early days of rail expansion. Date: 1840s

Extension of London Underground railway, 1906
Extension of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing the Booking Office at Piccadilly Station, the line running from Hammersmith in the west to Finsbury Park in the north

Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British Politician
U=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900

Viking Longship
A Viking Longship heading across the sea to plunder and conquer... Date: circa 12th century

The Age of Brass, or the Triumphs of Womans Rights Date: 1869

Unveiling of Liberty Date: 1886

Cyrus Field Date: 1950

Goethals in Panama Date: 1950

Office Conference Room Date: 1947

Firemen at Work Date: 1880

SOCIAL / LONDON GOING OUT
A satire on the expansion of London: London going out of Town - or - The March of Bricks & Mortar Date: 1829

Thomas horns steam engine. Built around 1850 by the Thos. H
Thomas horns steam engine. This machine was built around 1850 by the Thos. Horn Engineer firm in London. It was used in the Paine Co. Ltd of St

VIRIATHUS (190-139 BC). Leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania. Engraving

RAF aircraft of 1935 by G. H. Davis
The Royal Air Force. Representative types of the latest fighting and bombing machines used in a service now undergoing great expansion and likely to become eventually Britains first line of defence

Kaiser Wilhelms greed
Kaiser Wilhelm II is portrayed as greedy for foreign expansion and empire building, biting into the globe, but finds it too difficult. The caption reads L Ingordo - trop dur, The glutton - too hard

Colonialism - Annexation of Ado by the British
The Annexation of the territory of the King of Ado by the British in 1891 - a real pictorial example of the extension of the British Empire

Two rival designs for the Map of Europe, WW1
Two rival designs for the Map of Europe at the start of the First World War. Above: a new map as probably already designed by the Hohenzollern map specialist in Berlin

LCC-LFB Auxiliary Fire Service vehicles, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) vehicles. The onset of WW2 brought about a vast expansion of the London Fire Brigade to deal with the anticipated enemy bombing of London

Sallust (86-35 BC). Jugurthine War. Engraving
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86-35 BC). Roman politician and historian. Jugurthine War (111-104 BC). Engraving depicting the battle between the army of Jugurtha

Relief map of the Roman Expansion. Rome. Italy
Relief map showing the Roman Expansion in the 8th century B.C. The founding of Rome. Imperial Forum. Rome. Italy

Jules Ferry
JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE FERRY French statesman, favoured colonial expansion, held anti-clerical views. Date: 1832 - 1893

Mustard loaded aboard a Royal Navy ship - 18th century
Mustard for the Royal Navy being loaded aboard a ship setting out to broaden the scope of the British Empire during the reign of King George II in the mid 18th century. Date: circa 1750

John Cabot receives charter from King Henry VII
John Cabot and his sons receive the charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of new lands. Date: 1496

Changes in Whitehall, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon demonstrating the changes at Whitehall during the First World War, when women replaced men in most of the clerical roles, and the war necessitated the War Offices expansion. Date: 1916

Chest measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his chest measured by A D O Packer, commandant of the Training School. The brigade minimum is 36 inches with a two-inch expansion

An engine jig for assembling engine and controls in the Handley page works at Cricklewood where assembly and equipment of the latest type of heavy bomber aeroplanes built for the Royal Air Force

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

The Three R s
Following the introduction of the Elementary Education Act, commonly known as Forsters Education Act, in February 1870, Punch magazine depicts William Forster, the Liberal MP who drafted the Act

Jules Ferry (Photo)
JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE FERRY French statesman, favoured colonial expansion, held anti-clerical views. Date: 1832 - 1893

London, Locomotive engine with Fentons expansion gear, plan, front, side elevations, sections Date: 1844

Proposed Scheme for Westminster Embankment, 1909
Illustration showing a scheme, proposed in 1909, for the expansion of Westminster Embankment, London

Grosvenor Square 1746
The United States don t yet exist, so theres no American Embassy to dominate this imposing square, part of Londons inexorable expansion westwards

San Francisco, in 1848
Compare this 1848 view with our view from 1850, and you ll see the enormous expansion of the town during the Gold Rush of 1849 !

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