Hydro Collection

Crieff Hydropathic - Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland which opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment. Founded in 1868 by Dr Thomas Henry Meikle with an emphasis on exercise

Advert, Hotel Hydro, Peebles, Scotland
Advert for Hotel Hydro, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland. 1905

Rhayader, Wales - Craig-y-alt-Goch dam
Craig-y-alt-Goch dam, in the Elan Valley, Rhayader, Wales. The reservoir supplies water to Birmingham - 80 miles away! Date: circa 1920s

The Harrogate Hydro, spa and hotel in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate with accommodation for 300 guests and the very latests in hydropathic treatments

Golf Hotel, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
A birds eye view illustration of what was originally a spa hydro at Ben Rhydding, near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. By the 1930s, it had rebranded itself as a golf hotel

Putting at the Hydro, Tramore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Cartoon showing Syd Chaplin, actor, writer, as well as brother and manager of Charlie Chaplin, seen with one of the bathing belles in a scene called The Hydro at the Palladium variety show. Date: 1912

Advert, Craigside Hydro, Llandudno, Wales
Advert for Craigside Hydro, Llandudno, Wales. circa 1900

Cartoon, boarding house landlady and guest. 1923

Derby Reclamation Dam, Truckee River, Nevada, USA
Derby Reclamation Dam, Truckee River, near Derby, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1908

Truckee River Dam, near Reno, Nevada, USA
Truckee River Dam, Truckee Carson Irrigation Project, near Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1908

Chaudiere Falls and dam, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chaudiere Falls and dam on the Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910

Steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras Workhouse
The steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras workhouse was a combination of Macalpines Washing machines and Manloves dash wheel and hydro-extractor, all driven by steam-power. Date: 1857

Bell 47G-2 CF-JPU (msn 1972), of Ontario Hydro, at Toronto International - Malton. Returned to the USA as N2292B in 1964. Date: circa 1960

Curtiss 1911 - Hydro
Curtiss 1911 Hydro 2-seater, with dual controls. Date: circa 1912

ELECTRIC LIFTS
Electric, and hydro-electric, lifts Date: 1895

Abano Terme, Italy - The Roma Hydro (" Thermal Establishment" ). Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy

Group outside Moffat Hydropathic Hotel - believed to be at the front door, the woman on the left is holding a copy of The New Machiavelli. A sign behind them advertises charabancs for hire

Craigside Hotel Hydro, Llandudno, North Wales. Date: circa 1950s

Ambervale Hydro, Ashover, Derbyshire
Ambervale Hydro, Ashover, Chesterfield, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1900s

Moffat Hydro grounds - four men on a bench, one of whom has a hat behind him in the bushes to look as if it is floating above him

Tennis match at Beechgrove Tennis Club, Moffat
Tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro. Date: circa 1911

Tennis players at Beechgrove Tennis Club, Moffat
Tennis players at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro Date: circa 1911

Spectators at tennis match, Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat
Spectators at tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat. A very natural study of conversations beside the court. The photographers camera case sits on the bench. Date: circa 1911

Tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro Date: circa 1911

Tennis pavillion in Moffat, Scotland. Three people inside the building resting in he shade while a friend of the photographers makes no secret of the fact he is hot and thirsty

The hydro-aeroplane by G. H. Davis
The hydro-aeroplane: coming changes in its construction. Showing the evolution of the waterplane or seaplane. 1912

Bell Model 47B-3, CF-FJA, patrols hydro transmission lin?
Bell Model 47B-3, CF-FJA, patrols hydro transmission lines in Ontario, Canada, c1949

M Garros flying a Morane-Saulnier Hydro-Monoplaneu
M. Garros flying a Morane-Saulnier Hydro-Monoplane over the Tir-Au-Pigeons at Monte Carlo during the Monaco Schneider Trophy Contest, April 1913

Gilberts Morane-Saulnier seaplane (left)
Gilberts Morane-Saulnier seaplane, left, and the Borel Hydro-monoplane on the quay at the Monaco Schneider Trophy Contest, April 1913

Borel Hydro-monoplane at the Monaco Schneider Trophy Contest, April 1913

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) in front of his hydro-bipla
Samuel Franklin Cody, 1862-1913, in front of his hydro-biplane fitted with land undercarriage. Date: 1913

Bleriot XXI Hydro above the Seine
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Sweden - Trollhattan
Trollhattan, Southern Sweden - founded by the river Gota alv, at the location of Trollhattan Falls. In the late nineteenth century

Salmon Fish Ladder
The salmon fish ladder on the River Tummel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Scotland / Pitlochry
Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. A view of the River Tummel, looking down from part of the Dam and Hydro-Electric Station. On the right is the salmon fish ladder. Date: 1960s

Nantymoch Chapel, in the Upper Rheidol Valley, Cardiganshire Wales. Sadly submerged when the Rheidol Hydro-Electric Scheme was completed in 1964. Date: 19th century

Aix-les-Bains - Source de St Simon
Refreshment Bar (Tap Room) of the Source de St. Simon - Aix-Les-Bains (Savoie), France

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

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