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Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants 1 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Dining-Room. A family at their dining table, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen. A busy Kitchen, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys
Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
Heath Robinson Bedroom 4 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Bedroom. A bedroom, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys
Railwayman - 180 lever railway signal box at ShrewsburyA railwayman walks across the tracks to the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1991
Abandoned rural branch line signal box, Worcestershire, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Signal Box 1940SA signal box at Kingston showing a hand-operated frame
Signal Room 1940SA signal box at Surbiton for the Southern Railway
French Artillery - 5Two men of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale service their Gribeauval cannon on the battlefield : the gun is moved with levers and cooled with water
The 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991
Lever Brothers Advertisement, Shaving StickAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting the Lever's Easy Shaving Stick, EASY on the razor, EASY on the chin, EASY on the purse
Photograph showing the signalman in the act of pulling a signal lever to allow a train to enter one of the platforms. Date: 1907
Views and elevations of an 18th century beer pump machineViews and elevations of an 18th century beer pump with levers, taps and pipes contained in a cabinet. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow after an illustration by J. Farey Jr
Chief Engineer of Tower Bridge, London 1926Chief Engineer John Gass in the control house at Tower Bridge, seen here actuating the levers which control the 1000 tonne bascules. Date: 1926
General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteersThe General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926
Operating the levers in the signal box at London Bridge, one of the busiest stations in the country. Date: 1866
Advert for W &s Summerscales & Sons household machines 1888 Advert for W & SDouble page spread of a selection of Victorian free-standing machines for household use, available in W &s Summerscales & Sons catalogue, including The Colonial mangle, chain washer and Gardner
A signalman at work at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, EnglandA signalman at work in the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991
Anton Brees playing the Sanctuary Bells at the Singing Tower - near Lake Wales, Florida, USA (Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary). Date: circa 1930s
The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube RailwaysAutomatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & NewLondon and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908
American Signal Box IntThe interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875
Ashton Lever MuseumASHTON LEVERs MUSEUM Based on a collection of natural history objects and curios acquired by Sir Ashton Lever. Date: July 1806
Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw below decks Date: circa late 1930s
Trade catalogue for ice cream machines 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing ice cream making and freezing machines. 1911
BATH CHAIR BOATAn unconventional bath chair boat, operated by levers. Date: early 1930s
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in FranceWW2 - British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - shown here building railway sidings. Date: 1942
Signalman Bayliss stands by his levers in the signal box at Haverstock Hill, London. Date: 1909
Crewe Railway Station electric signal box, CheshireView inside an electric signal box near Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire
Austrian device for rolling rocksAustrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I
Ventilation SystemsA selection of ventilation systems, making use of man- powered and natural air currents
Signal Box at YorkEven with colour coding, the signalman at York is faced with a massive array of levers - a mistake could be disastrous
All-Electric SignalsAn all-electric signal box, replacing the traditional hand-operated signal levers
PARIS TYPE FIRE-ENGINEParis type manual fire- engine, with the pumps contained in the water cistern, with everything mounted on an oak base plate