Largest Collection (page 9)

Oldest British Font
The ancient font of Old Radnor Church, Radnorshire, Wales, is probably the oldest and largest font in Britain. It was probably a Pagan altar, adapted to Chritianity. Date: 1950s

Llandilo Bridge, the largest single-span bridge in Wales, over the River Towy, Carmarthenshire. Date: 19th century

Ceausescus Palace
CEAUSESCUs PALACE. Built 1984-9 it is the 2nd largest building on earth. It extends for several stories below ground & includes a nuclear bunker. Date: 1998

Persia Launched
Steamship launched at the Robert Napier & Sons shipyard at Govan, Glasgow. At the time she is the largest steamship afloat and wins the Blue Riband in 1856. Date: 3 July 1855

Morris / Duck / Goosander
(Mergus merganser) The largest of the British saw-bills. Date: 1851

HOOD SINKS (ART)
HMS Hood, the worlds largest battleship, is sunk by the Bismarck, from whose decks this eye-witness painting was made Date: 24 May 1941

Mexico / Teotihuacan
The PYRAMID OF THE SUN of TEOTIHUACAN, the largest stone pyramid of the Precolumbian period, built in 150 BC. The site shows remains of Zapotec, Mixtec and Maya origins. Date: 1982

Rosa Gigantea, the largest species of the Rosaceae family, with white, creamy or yellow flowers. Seen here is a close-up of two white flowers

Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
The Tiantan Temple (Temple of Heaven), Beijing, Chinas largest temple. Construction began in 1420, with extensive renovations during the 18th and 19th centuries

Water Buck in Kruger National Park, South Africa
A Water Buck in Timbavati, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and contains around 5000 waterbuck, as well as many other wild animals

Water Buffalo in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Water Buffalo in Satara, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and contains around 27, 000 buffalo, as well as many other wild animals

Spotted Hyena in Kruger National Park, South Africa
A Spotted Hyena in Letaba, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and contains around 2000 spotted hyenas, as well as many other wild animals

Visitors to an active volcano - Higo, Japan
Visitors to an active volcano - Mount Aso - in Japan. It is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu

Smichov - Czech Republic. The Ringhoffer factory (visible in the top right-hand corner of this card), founded in 1852 by railway magnate Baron Franz Ringhoffer (1817-1873)

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Operating a wool-winding machine
A woman operating and checking a huge wool winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was one of the largest manufacturers of knitting yarn in the UK between

Pancake Day at Westminster School
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) at Westminster School -- the pancake is tossed, and the boys compete to get the largest portion, the winner receiving a guinea

Constantinople - RMS Carinthia
RMS Carinthia was first laid down in Barrow-in-Furness in 1924 with the yard number Hull 586. Originally she had the name Servia but was renamed at the time of her launching on 24 February 1925

The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, Cairo, Egypt
The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area

Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866
Engraving showing an aerial view of the Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866. The Victoria Falls, one of the worlds largest and most impressive waterfalls, is located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia

Buyukada - Bathing
Constantinople - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses) set within a border of seashells

Allied Paratroops over Wesel; Second World War, 1945
Aerial photograph showing Allied Airborne forces parachuting down into the Rees / Wesel area of Germany during Operation Varsity in March 1945

British 10-ton Bomb on the production line; Second World War
Photograph showing a 10-ton bomb being moved along the production line at an ordnance factory in Britain, 1945. This was one of the largest types of high explosive bombs dropped by the Royal Air

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

The smallest tortoise and the Largest tortoise in the New Yo
The smallest Albemarble Island specimen in the New York zoological park, weighing 3 3/4oz, perched on the head of the largest Galapagos tortoise in the park

Steel Bell Casting, Casting the Great Steel Bell for San Fra
The bell was the largest steel casting in Britain and was ordered by Conroy and O Connor of San Francisco to be used as a fire alarm bell

Seamans Mission Chaplain on a merchant ship, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain sitting on a merchant ship, sharing his tobacco with the crew, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing Papers, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing papers and magazines to a merchant ship crew, on their vessel, 1906

Lowest level of Mesopotamias oldest city
Discoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

After-Deck of the RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the after-deck of Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

The Flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, February 193
Photograph of the 37-ton flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris during public trials on the Etang de Biscarosse in the Landes, France

The largest photograph ever taken in 1907
The largest single photograph produced in 1907. The negative measured seven inches wide and six feet long. At the moment of exposure the film moved at 20 to 80 inches per second

Cross-Channel Ferry Dragon, November 1967
Illustration of the passenger / vehicle cross-Channel ferry Dragon, November 1967. Built for 2-million in 1967, she was the largest contemporary Channel ferry

America, Steel bell casting. Great steel bell to be used as
The bell was the largest casting in steel up until that time. The bell weighed 2tons 12 cwt or 5, 824 lb, height 5 feet 3 inches, diameter at the mouth 6 feet 2 inches

Dry digging, Turon gold fields, Australia
Dry digging on the Turon, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales. This proved to have the richest finds on the river yielding approximately 400 ounces

Lady Florence Baker (1841-1916)
Engraving of Lady Florence Baker, the wife of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Lady Baker joined her husband on his extensive exploration of Central Africa

SS Peluge, 1912
Photograph showing the largest Bucket dredger then afloat, the SS Peluge, built at the Lobnitz Shipyard for the Suez Canal Company

Rooms of the Aquitania
Interior water-colours showing interior rooms of the Cunard liner, Aquitania dubbed Britains Largest Sea Palace

Mission to Seamen Service on board a Barge, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Service being held on the deck of a barge, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

Rhinoceros / Kronheim 1869
The Indian rhinoceros is the largest of the Asian spiecies. It has a thick, dark-grey hide, which folds like armor

Glider of Ganymede
Though Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, they rely on their abundant air currents (its a windy place) to carry gliders wherever they travel

Life on Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is 318 times as large as Earth, so perhaps supports a huge population which may surpass our civilisation in every way

A City on Titan
Here on Titan, largest of Saturns satellite moons, everything is on a massive scale - their cities make New York seem puny. People are intelligent and civilised

Airship of Europa
On Europa, Jupiters fourth largest moon, the science of plastics is advanced to its ultimate in this light and transparent airship

Heath & Heather Catalogu
Catalogue of Heath & Heather, the largest retail herb warehouse in the world

Heath & Heather
The largest retail herb warehouse in the world - Heath & Heather, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, has a floor area of over 24, 000 superficial feet

A help yourself grocery - checkout
Photograph taken from a United States supermarket in 1948, where Britains queues and rations are unknown, showing a woman being served at the checkout

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