Km Collection

Bratislava, Slovakia
aka Presburg, about 50 km from Vienna : on the Danube

Miles Sparrowhawk
A clean-lined single-seater aircraft designed for racing and other sporting uses : it can reach 290 km/h

Advert for Malcolm campbell 1931
Dunlop Tyres pay tribute to Malcolm Campbell when he drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 395 km/h. Date: 1931

Factory at Paisley
Bird s-eye view of Messrs J and J Clarks Anchor Thread works at Paisley, 11 km west of Glasgow, Scotland. They are still Britains leading threadmakers

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
A copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869

Eyston Thunderbolt 1937
George Eyston drives his Thunderbolt on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, at a speed of 501 km/h. Date: 19 November 1937

Malcolm Campbell 1931 2
Malcolm Campbell drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 395 km/h. Date: 5 February 1931

France Cahors
The spectacular Pont Valentre over the Lot : Cahors is 95 km north of Toulouse. Date: 1835

De Havilland Comet 1956
The Comet is the first commercial jet-liner, carrying 36 passengers at 800 km/h, half as fast again as any other airliner currently in commercial service

Handley Page Hinaidi
Cruising at 120 km/h, this is a stately old lady of a bomber - yet it will remain in service with the RAF till 1933, and this scene in India seems quite appropriate

Sikorsky Bomber
Igor Sikorsky designed this bomber for the United States Army, with a 30 metre wing span, and an anticipated speed of 225 km/h

Malcolm Campbell 1932
Malcolm Campbell drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 408 km/h

Poster, Castrol oil helps break speed record - used by the Mountain locomotive at 130 km per hour, and Sir Malcolm Campbell's Bluebird car at 437 km per hour Date: 1930

Poster, Castrol oil, Bugatti car, helping Count Czaikowski break the world speed record on the Avus Circuit in May 1933 Date: 1933

Air Charter Bristol 28 Tourer replica VH-UDC (msn 6119, ex G-AUDK'). Non-flying replica, (built by Air Charter. Ltd. at Archerfield, Brisbane)

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1 F-BKMF
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1 F-BKMF (msn 25007), of Air Affaires, at Le Bourget Airport for the Paris Air Show, on 20 June 1965

Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

When this ship is destroyed in a storm the crew take to the boats and are rescued, but the hull travels 8000 km without them ! Date: 1895

Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Prete make a non-stop flight Rome - Brazil, covering 7000 km in 44 hours, in a Savoia- Marchetti SM-64 specifically created for long flights. Date: July 1928

Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 World's fastest helicopter
Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 (msn 102, ex G-LYNX, ex ZA500'), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 18 July 2003

19th century vintage photograph: boat on the Rewa River, Fiji. The Rewa River is the widest river in Fiji. Located on the island of Viti Levu, the Rewa originates in Tomanivi

Dog River near Beirut, Lebanon - The Nahr al-Kalb
Vintage 19th century photograph: Bridge over Fleuve du Chien or dog River near Beirut, Lebanon. - The Nahr al-Kalb which runs for 31 km from a spring in Jeita near the Jeita Grotto to

Pochoir print, Meeting de Champagne, Bleriot monoplane, Gnome engine, Bosch magneto, 392 kilometre distance in 5 hours and 3 minutes. Date: 1910

Civic reception for Olympic victor Harold Whitlock
Civic reception for the Olympic 50 kilometres Marathon victor Harold Whitlock at Deptford Town Hall, south east London, 12 August 1936. Date: 1936

Italian wins speed record 1928
Italian aviator Mario de Bernardi, flying a Macchi seaplane developed for the Schneider Trophy, breaks his own world speed record, raising it to 512 km/h. Date: April 1928

FALL / MINI POODLE / VAUGHN
CHAMPION SOMEBODY Owned by: Mrs K.M. Vaughn. Date: 1934

ODESSA-BALTA LINE BRIDGE 1866
ODESSA-BALTA RAILWAY The rail link is opened between these two towns, a distance of 180 km. The first train thunders across a wooden bridge Date: 1866

Image of the construction of the railway in Cuba between Havana and Bejucal (27, 5 km), 1835. It was the first railway in Latin America and Spain. Engraving

Ufos / Madre De Dios, Peru
A farmer sees and photographs a UFO which he estimates is travelling at about 700 km/h Date: 1952

China / Tongxian
The harbour of Tongxian, previously known as Tong-Chow, Tung-Chow, T ung-hsien etc, on the Bai river 19 km east of Beijing

Water Tricycle - 5
The nautical velocipede of Georg Pinkert, of Hamburg, Germany, operates on the paddle-wheel principle. It travels at 15 km/h on land, 12 km/h on water

7 Wonders / Pharos / Anon
Constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus: its light could be seen 50 km out to sea

7 Wonders / Pharos / White
Constructed by Sostratus of Snidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus. Its light could be seen 50 km out at sea

Berwick on Tweed - Many arched bridge over river. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Venezuela - Two Towered stone buildings - ornate doorways. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection. Officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish)

English Cathedrals - Rochester - the West Door - Decorated arched Doorway. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Rochester is a town

Tour of the Colonies - Gibraltar Arrival - Ships arriving, flags flying, surrounded by other ships. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies.Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory

Trout Inn Godstow - View over river to Inn. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Godstow is a hamlet on the River Thames about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford

sidestrand tower ( Cromer) - Old Tower. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Sidestrand is a village and a civil parish on the coast of the English county of Norfolk

Tunisia, El Djem
The ruins of the Roman amphitheatre at El Djem (or Al-Jem) some 60 km south of Sousse. Date: 1906

Kinners Folding Plane
Folding monoplane designed by W B Kinner for Dr T C Young, chairman of the 1928 National Air Race Committee (USA) : the plane unfolds from 2.4 to 10.6 metres, and flies at 200 km/h Date: 1928

Ross and South Barrier
The Erebus and Terror amid the ice off the South Polar Ice Barrier, 700 km long, in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842

Lancaster Taking Off
The City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945

Wine Cultivation Italy
ITALY The vintage in the Casentino - a district in Toscana, about 40 km NE of Firenze Date: 1905

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach in Matoppos
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach in Matoppos - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - view in Matoppos
Black and white lantern Slide of View in Matoppos - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Switzerland - Berne. From Schaenzli
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Berne. The city lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps

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