Flood Collection (page 4)

Eyam Ball Hotel and rocks, Dovedale
Labelled as the Eyam Ball Hotel, this shows the street approaching the dwelling mentioned - it also notes the piles of rock by the front door which may have been in place for use as a flood defence

Flooding in Port Arthur, Texas, USA, 16-17 August 1915. Showing people standing in deep water at the corner of Austin Avenue and Proctor, near the First National Bank (right). Date: 1915

River Ugutka flooded valley in spring, typical scene. tributary of Bolshoi Ugan river, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Cattle - grazing on a flood-meadow along river Lalya in desolated village Karaul. Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg, Russia; summer. (Land is state owned)

Russian Desman - habitat: small fresh-water lake with lush vegetation and rich water-life (Desmana moschata). near Tashla settlement, Orenburg region, South Russia

South Russia - sunrise over a flood-plain of river Ural. Tashla settlement, Orenburg region. Part of desmans (Desmana moschata) primary area of distribution

Marsh marigold / Kingcup - flowering in flooded forest near river Taz (Caltha palustris ). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia. (Ranu subspecies ?)

The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath Robinson
Heroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson

WW1 cartoon - the water logged Western Front
Illustration originally reproduced in the trench newspaper, The Gasper, featuring soldiers wading waist deep through a water-logged landscape on the Western Front

Inundated polder, Tervaete, Belgium, WW1
Inundated polder, Tervaete, Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sluices of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, WW1
Sluices of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

At Moist Maidenhead by C. E. Peto
Scenes captured in silhouette of Maidenhead, the fashionable riverside town in Berkshire, coping with flooding early 1915

Brigadier General Arthur Solly Flood CB, WW1
Brigadier General (later Major General) Arthur Solly Flood CB (1871-1940). Date: 1910s

Floods at Hankow (Hankou), China. Date: circa 1890

Flooded Out
A family with two children and their dog wade through flood water in a rural setting. In the background, belongings are being rescued from their home Date: 1880

Plan of 18th centurary Mons, Belgium
A detailed engraving of 18th centurary Mons in Belgium, indicating how it used its system of locks to keep the city from flooding. Date: 1780

Norwich flooded 1912
The Great deluge in East Anglia. General view of the floods in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. August 1912

Lynmouth before Flood
A cyclist standing in the harbour of the lovely village of Lynmouth, North Devon, England, as was before the great storm and flood of August 1952. Date: 1940s

Montgomery Home
The splendid home of JAMES MONTGOMERY, the author of The world before the flood, at The Mount, Sheffield, a far cry from his humble Scottish cottage birthplace. Date: early 19th century

Montgomery Birthplace
The humble Scottish cottage in which JAMES MONTGOMERY, the author of The world before the flood, first saw the light of day. Date: 1771

Japan - Flooding at Karuizawa - 10th August, 1910. Here we can see the attempts to build dams across the roaring torrent. Date: 1910

Aleppo, Syria - Flood of February 1922 covering the old bridge and the automobile park Date: 1922

Nogent-sur-Marne, France - L Avenue Neptune flooded
Nogent-sur-Marne, France - L Avenue Neptune (!) flooded - January, 1910. Date: 1910

The Great Flood in Paris, France
The Great Flood in Paris - January 1910. Date: 1910

Record Rainfall - flooding at Brentford Docks
Record Rainfall in June 1903 - flooding at Brentford Docks. Date: 1903

Panoramic view of the flooding at Edirne, Turkey Date: circa 1910

Edirne, Turkey - Flooding. Area around the Mihal Bridge with Mosque in distance. Date: circa 1910

Liege, Belgium - Flood of 1910
Flooded street in Liege, Belgium - 27th February 1910. Date: 1910

de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver AL1, of the Army Air Corps supporting Royal Engineers during Exercise Mirza, seen here taking off from the flood plain of the River Tonj in the southern Sudan. c.1974

The animals leave Noahs Ark, the flood waters having subsided. circa 18th century

Le deluge asiatique
Fig 312 from La Terre Avant Le Deluge (1863) by Par Louis Figuier

Volcanic eruption
A flood basalt eruption. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Bassano, Jacopo. Noah after the Flood. ca. 1575. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Noahs Ark around the Ka bah during the Great Flood. Islamic art. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Basilica of St Jesus Christ Blessing. Decoration of the atrium. Noah sends a carrier pigeon from the ark at the end of the flood

LCC-LFB Flooding caused by burst water main in street
An area of Hammersmith and Fulham extensively flooded following the fracture of a large diameter water main in the street

Thames flooding 1947
Aerial view of 1947 River Thames flooding at Oxford Date: 1947

Noahs ark and the general deluge. Date c1882 June 28

A flood. Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. Date c1897 October 25th

The country residence at Menlo Park of James C. Flood, Esq

Boys having fun during Medway floods, Kent
A group of boys having fun on their way home from school after the River Medway overflowed its banks. All along the Upper Medway Valleys from Maidstone to Tunbridge

A flood at Omsk, Russia
Omsk, the administrative centre of Omsk Oblast, Russia, located in southwestern Siberia - a flooded street. Date: circa 1910s

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

Flooding near the Pyramids, Egypt. People bring containers to fill with water. Date: early 20th century

St Mary Street, Cardiff, and River Taff
Colour drawing of St Mary Street, Cardiff, showing damage done by flooding from the River Taff, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1840

Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare
Scene of Welsh floods, with people standing near a damaged bridge in Aberdare, South Wales. Two lives were lost when the bridge collapsed due to heavy rain -- two youths

Flood Damage in Madeira
Debris and mud deposited in the streets of Funchal, Madeira as a result of severe flooding in February, 2010. 2010

Romania - Floods at Galati, the capital of Galai County. The largest seaport on the Danube, the waterfront was prone to flooding, as shown here

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