Level Collection (page 8)

Geology Students
Sixth form A level Geology students, sorting through their booty after a day on nearby May Hill. The Wilderness Field Study Centre, Britain. Date: early 1970s

Edgworth Youth Hostel, Lancashire, England - a farm at over 1000 feet above sea level, on the moors. Date: 1930s

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

TS Exmouth - At mess
Boys dining in groups or messes on the Training Ship Exmouth. The tables are suspended so as to stay level in rough waters

High Level Sewer Built
The Metropolitan High-Level Sewer : work commences near Victoria Park in northeast London. Date: 1859

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

Coalface workers, Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
Two coalface workers at Baldwins Level, near Pontypool, South Wales

Miner cutting coal in a narrow seam, South Wales
A miner undercutting or holing the coal in a narrow seam, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales. A solitary candle provides him with light

Miners at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of miners from the morning shift pose for their photo in a coal seam at Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales

Entrance to Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the entrance to Baldwins Level near Pontypool in South Wales

Miners at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, South Wales
Three miners in a coal seam at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool in South Wales

Miners getting out of a shaft lift, South Wales
A group of miners getting out of a shaft lift at surface level at Llanerch Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Miners at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, South Wales
Three miners in a coal seam at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool in South Wales

Managers of Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
The General Manager and Manager of Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales, photographed in a mineshaft

Miner working in Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner working in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

General view of the Double-deckers, Peshawar - two-level buildings

The sinking body / W H Robinson
This special chassis can be lowered instantly to ground level; the roof of the car thus becomes available for a stirring bout of table tennis

Printing Presses at Daily Mirror Works
A close-up view of one of the printing presses at the Daily Mirror works, where the newspapers were printed (far below ground level). Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Two Moorish Women - Algeria
An attractive hand-tinted postcard depicting two Moorish Women sitting and standing at the bottom of a narrow set of stairs leading to the upper level of a house

Tram in Birmingham
A lovely photographic postcard depicting the number 39 tram rounding a corner in Birmingham, England. The upper level has an elegant front balcony. It is the 430th tram of the fleet!

Reims, France - Rue de Tambour. Maison des Musiciens. Fine example of late medieval civil architecture with statues set in the upper level of the building in gothic alcoves

Ferry Trips - Hamburg, Germany
Taking a trip around the Big Bay/Harbour in a two-level boat at Hamburg, Germany. The bearded captain stands on the lower level to the left

Customs official tests imported wine
A customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

A District Nurse standing in the doorway of her single-storey thatched cottage

Children ride on the top deck of an open omnibus
Children ride on the top deck of an open horse-drawn omnibus. A conductor makes sure everyone has purchased a ticket. The driver, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mr Punch

Newcastle - Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge
The High Level Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne (rear). Designed by Robert Stephenson and built between 1847 and 1849, it is the first major example of a wrought iron tied arch or bow-string girder

Shadoof - Egyptian irrigation system
Two Egyptian men operate a Shadoof - Egyptian irrigation system - the pivot arm lifts a bucket which raises water onto a higher field level

Proposed Bridge near the Tower of London, 1878
Engraving showing a view of a proposed high level bridge over the River Thames, near the Tower of London, 1878

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Tunisia Kairwan
Rooftop view of the town, with domes of mosques rising above rooftop level

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

America Indians, Indian graves
Wooden lodge type graves at ground level for Cree Indians

Repavement of the Strand
Illustration showing work in progress on the West side of Temple Bar. Workers are using heavy rammers to level the surface

The Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barri
Photograph showing the sledge team of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barrier, on their way to the South Pole, 1911

Section of the Bessemer
Bessemers design for a cross- channel paddle steamer is designed to reduce passenger discomfort by enabling them to stay level no matter how much the boat herself rolls

Whims of the moment or the Bedford Level!!

Boscastle Harbour
Looking down on the tiny land- locked harbour of Boscastle, on the north Cornish coast. This Elizabethan harbour was built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville

Key Buildings 1850 / World
A comparative view of the principle buildings of the World in 1850 including the High Level Bridge - St Peters Rome - The Great Pyramid - The Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing

Iron Mine Sweden
The open-cast iron mine at Dannemora, Sweden, is state of the art for its day : the ore is hauled up a lift to ground level

St Hildas Colliery
In county Durham : the mined coal is hoisted above ground level, then the tubs slide down a gradient to be tipped into wagons which take it to the ships

Knitted Paletot 1924
Shapeless knitted jacket with raglan sleeves, wrap-over front, long roll collar & cuffs in a contrasting shade, & single button at hip level

Social / China Junks C1840
Junks passing an inclined plane on the Imperial canal in China; citizens mill around, one man smokes a pipe on his boat, others buy and eat rice from a stall

Stukas over Norway
Norway : German JU-87 Stukas make a low-level attack over the snow-covered landscape of Norway, preparatory to the invasion

Commandants Dug-Out
Compared with what his men have to put up with, the French commandants dug-out is a luxury palace - theres a roof, and its above water level, and theres light !

Air Attack on Allies
East Africa : low level attack on Allied forces, including camel- mounted cavalry, by Italian planes

Sheffield / Harpers 1884
Sheffield, Yorkshire: viewed from the high level at Victoria Station

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

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