Floating Collection (page 4)

Machinery produced by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars

Karaweik Palace restaurant, Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar
Karaweik Palace floating restaurant, Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar Date: 2016

The Largest Floating Dry Dock in the World - Southampton
The Largest Floating Dry Dock in the World (960 ft. long and 134 ft. wide) at Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in 1922 by Armstrong, Whitworth, for the Southern Railway. Date: circa 1923

Shipbuilding at Belfast, the 200 Ton Floating Crane - a view of the large crane. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Sphere cover - floating gondola at the Savoy by Matania
A remarkable dinner party given at the Savoy Hotel, London by Mr G. A. Kessler who entertained twenty-four guests in a large white

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Floating landing strips for aircraft by G. H. Davis
Surface tension seadromes: floating landing strips for aircraft. A revolutionary British invention: a floating aerodrome tested by the Admiralty. 1945

Whale hunting vessel and factory by G. H. Davis
Floating whale factories: ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot. A whale-hunting factory and its catcher vessels at work in the Antarctic

Swimming a Witch
The art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but

Cretaceous chalk seafloor
An artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster

A Human Cork
A human cork ! One of the most difficult feats in Royal Life Saving Societys Diploma tests is raising arms above ones head and even reading a newspaper whilst floating! Date: 1930s

HMS Onslow, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Onslow, British M-class destroyer, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, including the Battle of Jutland, decommissioned 1921

Hospital ships Atlas, Endymion, Castalia, at Long Reach
View of the Metropolitan Asylums Boards hospital ships Atlas (left), Endymion (centre) and Castalia (right) on the River Thames at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, September 1874
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, September 1874. Launched in that year, for the English Channel Steamship Company

Gulliver & Laputa
The island floating in the air

Floating swimming bath in the Seine, Paris, France
View inside Les Bains Deligny, a floating swimming bath in the River Seine at Paris, France

Hospitals for fighting ships 1916
Floating dock on which works is often taken place to repair battleships, a box-like structure with pontoon floors and side-walls

Floating torii of Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
Floating torii gate at the Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Aki Province, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

Famous floating Torii, Itsukushima Shrine, Japan - Evening
Itsukushima Shrine in the evening light - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its " floating" torii gate (pictured on this card)

Hvitarvatn Lake, Iceland
Hvitarvatn is a glacier lake in the Icelandic highlands, feeding the glacier river Hvita in South Iceland. North of the lake is the mountain hut Hvitarnes. Date: circa 1930

View from a cruise ship to an Ice Barier
View from a cruise to an Ice Barier, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen) circa 1930

Iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)
Floating iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Norway. circa 1930

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