Gangway Collection

Gatwick airport, 1936
The improved Gatwick airport at the time of its official opening, 1936. The new Martello tower-style design enabled the airport to deal with six big air liners at once. 1936

Little Eaton and Denby Coal Gangway

Little Eaton and Denby coal tramway - known as the Little Eaton Gangway - early 1900s

Passengers prepare to disembark cross-channel ferry
Ships officers and Captain confer before disembarkation of passengers from cross-channel ferry. Date: circa 1950s

Art Deco bridge score card - ocean liner
Art deco bridge score card featuring a lady waving farewell as she boards an ocean liner with her tickets in hand. Date: c.1930

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - The Lifeboat Gangway Date: circa 1909

Concorde interior, with passenger seating. Date: late 1960s

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

The Port Baikal loading installations
A view of the installations at Port Baikal for loading/boarding the icebreaker Baikal. Trains were loaded on a track that led through the gantry at the left

Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA
Mississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905

Prince Edward of Wales, 1931
Prince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) photographed alighting from a ship on 11th February 1931. Later, Edward would become known as the Duke of Windsor

Aftermath of major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
The aftermath of a fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958, looking north along the eastern gangway, taken about 36 hours after the fire had broken out

Aftermath of major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
The aftermath of a fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958, looking east along the southern gangway, taken about 36 hours after the fire had broken out

Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Passengers on the gangway, Liverpool, 1870
Engraving showing two emigrants, a mother and child, being helped on board ship at Liverpool by a uniformed member of the crew, 1870

Immigrants arriving in Britain, 1903
Illustration showing Eastern European immigrants coming down the gangway of the ship to arrive in Britain, 1903

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