Lift Collection (page 5)

Car in basement, Claverton Street, London SW1
LFB Special Service attempting to lift a car from a basement in Claverton Street, London SW1, on 24 July 1958. It was a difficult exercise, as the car kept getting caught on masonry, etc

Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936)

Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong method
Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise wearing breathing apparatus Date: 1934

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise carrying casualty Date: 1934

Student nurses practising three handed lift
Student nurses practising a three handed lift, supervised by a sub-officer of the fire prevention branch

I ll lift - this - dud - up - or - or - bust. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Firewomen, a rescue on an iron staircase, WW1
A firewoman demonstrating a rescue on an iron staircase using another lady as her prop. Business firms in the West End trained women in the Fire Brigade drill so they could take the place of male

Elephants moving timber, India. Date: circa 1890s

Planks of wood being lifted during transport. Date: 20th century

British soldiers on a light railway, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers being given a lift on a light railway on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Advert for De Bret beauty masks 1934
Flawless skin in 25 minutes. A modern beauty miracle! Applied simply and quickly. Whist on the face you can act with the utmost freedom of movement. It does not crack or cause any discomfort

Cliff lifts at Bournemouth, Dorset
View of the cliff lifts at the seaside resort of Bournemouth, Dorset

Pedal powered well
An engraving of a 1588 pedal powered well designed to use human strength to lift large quantities of underground stored water. Date: 1588

Stockholm, Sweden - Katarinahissen
The Katarina Elevator (Katarinahissen) - a passenger elevator in Stockholm connecting Slussen (Docks) to the heights of Sodermalm. The original elevator (pictured here) was constructed in 1881

OTIS TUFTS American inventor of the elevator (known as a lift in Britain) Date: 1804 - ?

LFB strength test for recruits
LFB strength test -- every recruit must carry a man of approximately his own weight 100 yards in one minute

The Hammetschwand Lift, Switzerland - Burgenstock
Timetable - Burgenstock Furnicular Railway, Switzerland. The main image shows the Hammetschwand Lift, the highest exterior elevator of Europe and is located in Switzerland

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - The Manda Pit Cages
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto The Manda Pit Cages. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - The Winding Machine
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - The Winding Machine. Date: circa 1910s

Embroidered Postcard - Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from France
WW1 - Fantastic Embroidered Postcard depicting a French Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from France. Our lady holds aloft the corners of her skirt to reveal their decoration - the flags of the allies

The Lady of the Lake - Old Soak fished out of the water
The Lady of the Lake - A Drunken Old Soak is fished out of the water by a dapper gent in a punt. Her bottle heads for the bottom and perhaps the dunking has sobered her up! Date: circa 1915

Malta - Barracca Lift, Valletta Date: circa 1920s

Mount Hood Skiway - leaving the Upper Terminal - an aerial tramway which connected Government Camp and Timberline Lodge from 1951-1956 - Oregon, USA. It closed due to financial difficulties

Worlds Largest Single Bascule Lift Bridge - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Date: 1911

The Funicular Railway - Lourdes
The Lower end of the Funicular Railway - The Pic de Jer - Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1907

Loading a Camel onto a ship at Aden, Yemen
Loading a Camel onto a ship using a crane at Aden, Yemen Date: circa 1930

Are We Downhearted? WWI postcard
Patriotic WWI poem - relating to the early part of the conflict and the Little Army sent in as the British Expeditionary Force to combat German advances in 1914/15

Young Russian Girl holding up a bunch of flowers
I m going to give you a bunch of flowers and then make a swift departure! (very loose translation!) Young Russian Girl holding up a bunch of flowers. Date: 1908

Miles M18 HL, JN703, used to test a high-lift wing

Youngman-Baynes High Lift, G-AMBL, used Percival Proctor components

Lee and Richards Kitchen type vortex lift glider. Kirkby Lonsdale, 1911-1912. Date: 1911

North American X-15A-2 56-6671 gets a lift on a lorry
North American X-15A-2, 56-6671, gets a lift on a lorry

Balloon ready for lift-off

The second Do31 hovering rig was known as the Big Rig and first flew on 7 February 1967. It was powered by six lift-jet engines. Date: 1967

The first Do31 hovering rig was known as the Control Systems Test Rig and first flew in 1964. It was powered by four Rolls-Royce RB108 lift-jet engines. Date: 1964

Establishing nose-wheel lift of the English Electric P1 WG7
Establishing nose-wheel lift of the English Electric P1, WG760, at Boscombe Down. 24 July 1954. Date: 1954

Lift structure after collapse of Minories, London - WW2
Lift structure after collapse of Minories, London due to bomb explosion during WW2

IMechE: original staircase and electric lift, 1899 Date: 1899

IMechE: original lift before addition of wing in 1912 Date: 1912

Lift / deck A, Cunard liner ?Lusitania?

The Darwin Centre lift
The lift within the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum

Lift Attendant
People You See. Lift Attendant. From Teddy Bear (22 October 1966)

DAEDALUS
Daedalus in flight, with sensibly large wings, and feathers on his body to provide additional lift; note too the practical handles

Scene of fire at commercial premises, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

Firefighters at scene of fire in Ealing
Firefighters at scene of fire, Ealing, West London

Firefighters working at scene of fire in Walthamstow, with a hydraulic lift in action

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