Gorge Collection

Royal Gorge Bridge
The railway bridge over the Royal Gorge, Colorado : at the time of its construction, it is the highest bridge in the world

Afghanistan / Khyber Pass
Through the Khyber Pass by the North-Western Railway - the illustration shows the Al-Masjid Gorge

Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon, Bristol
Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon Gorge, Bristol. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: 1905

Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)
Cast of the cranium of a young male of Paranthropus boisei discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge. The specimen which is the Holotype of Zinjanthropus boisei (Leakey 1959)

Stream of Charabancs
The popular pleasure of the charabanc ! - four in a row make their way through the Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - and there may be more to follow

Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - even more spectacular with only a rough country road passing through it

Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge
Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) over the River Avon Gorge - a paddlesteamer passes beneath. Date: 1936

Niagara Falls Date: 1950

Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast
Cast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago

Engineers at Ironbridge Gorge Museum - first railway loco
Engineers at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum with a working replica of the first railway locomotive in the world, which was designed by Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick and built in Coalbroakdale

Treffgarne Gorge, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Treffgarne Gorge and River Cleddau at Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, before the Great Western Railway line was built

Clay pipes from Southorns pipeworks, Broseley, Shropshire
A selection of clay pipes found in the workshops of Southorns pipeworks, Broseley, Shropshire - now The Broseley Pipe Museum Date: 1987

Mr Ivor Southorn, at the Brosley Clay Pipe works
Mr Ivor Southorn, whose great, great grandfather William Southorn started clay pipemaking on an industrial scale in Broseley, Shropshire

King William II crossing the river at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland, 1 July 1690. Deposed Catholic King James II of England losing his wig and hat as he flees on horseback

Japan - Poling a barge along the Hozu River
Japan - A brave boatman poling a barge solo along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Cheddar Gorge, Victorian period

Niagara Gorge Belt Line probably early 1900s

Niagara Gorge Belt Line tram, USA

Tasmania Launceston Cataract Gorge pre-1900

Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania

Gorge of the Lutschine River, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period

Bristol Suspension Bridge probably 1920s

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, early 1900s

Charabanc trips through Cheddar Gorge, early 1900s

Pinnacles and Castle Rock, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Waterfall, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Cheddar Village and Lion Rock, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Avon Gorge, Clifton, Bristol - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Cascade and Cliff Hotel, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Castle Rock, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Pinnacle, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Cheddar Cliffs, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Fort de la Bonnelle, Saint-Geosmes, Haute-Marne, France
Entrance across the gorge to the Fort de la Bonnelle, a defensive fortress built 1870-85, used in the Franco-Prussian war and First World War, at Saint-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est

Idol in Red Idol Gorge, on the road to Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to

Modernist House, Sneyd Park, Bristol
A photograph of the south elevation of a modernist house, which stands on high ground above Avon Gorge, by the Clifton suspension bridge, Sneyd Park, Bristol

The Congo. Climbing a slope in the Mpagassa Gorge
History of Africa. 19th century. Climbing a slope in the Mpagassa Gorge. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

The Motor Picture Book, Through the Cheddar Gorge Date: 1930

Poster, Chamonix Valley, Diosaz Gorges, Chamonix Valley, Servoz station Date: circa 1948

Bristol - Cabot Tower and the Clifton Suspension Bridge (viewed from the Observatory). Date: 1910

Vintage 19th century / 1900 photograph: The Lorelei, also spelled Loreley in German, is a 132 m high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge at Sankt Goarshausen in

Tamina Gorge, Pfaffers, Switzerland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tamina Gorge, Pfaffers, Switzerland

Narrow gorge with precipitous walkway, Italy
Narrow gorge with precipitous walkway, Northern Italy (1 of 2) Date: circa 1920s

The Verdon Gorge, south-eastern France
The Verdon Gorge (Gorges du Verdon), a river canyon located in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur region of south-eastern France. Date: circa 1920s

Niagara Falls - Illuminated in multi-colour at night - Oakes Garden Theatre. Date: circa 1920s

Photogravure, Donald Mennie, The Grandeur of the Gorges
Photogravure from a photograph by Donald Mennie, from his book The Grandeur of the Gorges, published in China in 1926. He took the pictures during two trips on the upper Yangtze River in China

1920s China - boat in a Yangtze river gorge by Donald Mennie

Corrieshalloch Gorge presented to the National Trust
Corrieshalloch Gorge in Braemore, Scotland, containing the famous falls of Mesach. Presented to the National Trust by Mr Calder of Ardargie in 1945. Date: 1945

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