Extension Collection (page 4)

AFS cap badge, WW2
In March 1938 recruitment began in London for the Auxiliary Fire Service. This is the cap badge for the newly formed extension to the fire service that was established to meet the anticipated demands

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

Live carry-down from drill tower at Lambeth Brigade HQ
Saturday drill displays at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by carrying down an extension ladder from the second floor window during the display

Trendy Conservatory
A trendy new conservatory on a modern house. The man reads a book on a wicker chair in the conservatory; the woman sips a cold drink on a garden lounger chair! Date: 1960s

Works of the Midland Railway near Kings Cross Date: 1867

Eastern Extension Telegraph Company - Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China - The Building of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company Date: circa 1910

Buckingham House, St. Jamess Park, 1705
Engraving showing the exterior of Buckingham House in St. Jamess Park, London, in 1705. Buckingham House later, after much modification, extension and a change of ownership, became Buckingham Palace

Garden Party on Hampstead Heath, 1885
Engraving showing a garden party on Hampstead Heath, given by the Hampstead Heath Extension Committee, 1885. At this time there was a proposal to extend Hampstead Heath by purchasing the adjacent

Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a York transport airplane at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. In the background of the image, extension work on the runway can be seen being undertaken

Paris Rebuilding
Demolition around the Tour Saint-Jacques =-la-Boucherie, extension of the rue de Rivoli

Metropolitan Railway western extension. Interior of Kensingt
Metropolitan Railway western extension, a view of the interior of the Kensington Station

Railway extensions at Portsmouth
The railway extension at Portsmouth, the new harbour station

Metropolitan railway works at Westminster
The Metropolitan District Railway works at Westminster. The extension of the worlds first underground railway, joining up Westminster and South Kensington to Paddington

Extension of South Western railway to Waterloo Bridge
Extension of the South Western railway, from Nine Elms to Waterloo, a distance of just over two miles. The construction cost 800000"

Bathroom Extension
The bathroom extension

Saint Hubert
SAINT HUBERT French bishop, who became the patron saint of hunters and trappers and, by extension, butchers

Piccadilly Circus Tube
Piccadilly Circus station, on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway : the American financier C T Yerkes master-minded this much-needed extension to the system

Irish Monks Working
Irish monks clearing the ground for an extension to their accommodation

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