Icicles Gallery

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey

A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters and their hoses resulted later in the sight of frozen water.

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Winter scene with St Paul's Cathedral on a Christmas card

Winter scene with St Paul's Cathedral, London, on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of white lace and pink bells. Date: circa 1890s

© The David Pearson Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Building with icicles, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

A building covered in icicles in Berlin, New Hampshire, USA, on 4 February 1908. The temperature was minus 20 degrees. The building had been on fire, and the icicles were formed when water hoses were used on it. Date: 1908

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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