Heaving Collection

Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr
Engraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom)

Womens tug of war team training in Battersea Park
A womens tug-of-war team preparing to " take the strain" while training in Battersea Park, wearing sturdy boots and practical clothes. 1928

Sailor - Heaving the Lead
A sailor heaving the lead (to take soundings) Date: 18th century

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 3
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 2
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle. Another gang of men launch their wooden fishing boat Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 1
A line of beach fishermen hauling their fishing net from the Indian Ocean, Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Fishermen with nets, St Abb s
Four strong young fishermen haul fishing nets ashore in the harbour at St Abbs, Scotland Date: 1990

Fisherman Eyemouth
a fisherman hauls his nets from his boat onto the quayside at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1988

MERSEY TUG
Heaving a stern line to a tug before proceeding down the River Mersey, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

A Sailor Heaving the Lead, at sea, 1884
Engraving showing a seaman, on the side of an emigrant ship, heaving the lead to check the depth of the water with a plumb line, 1884

Silver Jubilee 1935
Central London, heaving with buses and traffic, gaily decorated with flags and bunting to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary

Germans Heaving Lead
Heaving lead on a German warship

Sailor / Heaving the Lead
A sailor of the British navy heaves the lead to measure the depth of water in which the ship is sailing

Unemployed Crowd / Downing
The police try to control a crowd of unemployed people in Downing Street

Reading the Log - 3
On board a troop ship bound for the East, a log line is used to measure the speed of the ship in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Reading the Log - 2
Aboard a ship on the way to India a log line is used to measure her speed in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

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