Lift Collection (page 8)

Miners - Ironwood, Michigan - Lowered into pit. Date: circa 1910s

The Leas Lifts, Folkestone, Kent. The Folkestone cliff lift is a water balanced funicular opened in 1885. This proved so popular three further lifts were added. circa 1910s

Scouts with their Model T Ford
Two boy scouts of Troop 176 of Leavenworth, Kansas loading their Model T Ford with scrap metal. The car hauled much salvage material and enabled the Troop to buy War Bonds. circa 1940s

Polish Scouts carrying turf. circa 1930s

Bystander front cover 5 March 1930
Front cover masthead design for The Bystander featuring a smart lady waving to a chap driving a gleaming luxury car. Date: 1930

Air Scouts preparing a glider
Two Air Scouts lift and place the canopy on a glider with another Scout already in the cockpit. 1958

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

Gravestenenbrug bridge, River Spaarne in Haarlem
Gravestenenbrug bridge on the River Spaarne in Haarlem, Holland circa 2008

Air Scouts with a kite
Three Air Scouts stand holding a large kite between them. circa 1950s

Winch-operated dinner lift at Holloway Prison
Winch-operated dinner lift at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Glass Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
View of the Glass Tower by Waterloo Bridge, at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London. The tower was made of steel and glass, and contained a lift

The Queens Dolls House - a section showing Electric Lighting and Water Systems Date: 1924

France - La Bassee - The Vertical Lift Bridge
France - La Bassee (North) - The Vertical Lift Bridge Date: circa 1909

Siemens Electric Lift
An electro-magnetic lift exhibited at Mannheim, designed by Siemens and Halske. The back rail is a set of teeth to prevent a sudden fall. Date: 19 February 1881

Ski slope in Obergurl, Austria
View of a ski slope, from below, in Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Chunnel / Lanos / Lift
The train may either enter the tunnel via a giant lift or an inclined plane Date: 1905

Gear Lift for Stones
A gear lift for stone blocks in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Miners in shaft lift, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
Miners standing in a shaft lift at Llanerch Colliery 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

Three young women hitch-hiking from the side of a road in Ipsos, Corfu, Greece

Menton, France
The South of France - Menton - on the Mediterranean coast close to the Italian border. The Red rocks with a wonderful lift

The new wheel lift for avoiding obstacles
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Tunisia - Embarkation of Phoshates at Tunis
The loading of ships with Phosphates using a complex mechanical lift and harbour transport at Tunis, Tunisia

Niederfinow boat lift in the Berlin shipyards, Germany in 1934

Installing an engine for a diesel locomotive
Three railway engineers install a large diesel engine onto the positioned wheel, axle and undercarriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Advertisement for a Peugeot
Peugeot Revue - a fine advertisement for a Peugeot car. A gentleman tries to hitch a ride with a pretty young lady!

Itinerant Coffee Vendor - Istanbul, Turkey
Itinerant Coffee Vendor carrying a yoke, with two buckets containing the tools of his trade hanging from either end. Possibly standing/crouching in the grounds of a marble factory

Great Well - Carisbrooke Castle
The Great Well at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, powered by a donkey in a wheel!

Moving Paintings for the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1
Engraving showing the scene within one of the Royal Academy of Arts galleries as the porters manoevre paintings prior to their hanging, 1887

Fantasy Aircraft 1907
In the early days of flight, the necessity for wings to provide lift is not fully appreciated

Landing Cotton at Liverpool, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of a cargo ship as it is unloaded at Liverpool docks, by stevedores and dock workers. At left can be seen the bales of cotton and on the right

ST AUSTELL - 1926
Carthew clay works, St Austell, Cornwall

Folkestone - 1890
The lift Folkestone Kent

Bridgnorth Lift - 1898
The Bridgnorth Cliff Railway Shropshire

Lynmouth Lift - 1920
Lynmouth lift Devon

Lynmouth Lift - 1908
Lynmouth lift Devon

The Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock, Bombay, 1872
Engraving of the Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock on Hog Island, Bombay, opened on the 16th November 1872. This graving dock could take ships up to 400 foot long

Third Treasury Mycenae
The Third Treasury at Mycenae. Later Greeks described the massive polygonal masonry at Mycenae as Cyclopean, built of stones that only a Cyclops could lift. The name has stuck

Busy Fleet Street 1930S
Two labourers lift a box crate onto the back of an open carriage parked on busy Fleet Street

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

Class Distinctions / Coal
DIGNITY ATTACKED " I say Guv ner, jest guv us a lift up with these here coals" A rather ridiculously-attired posh gentleman is shocked by a coalboys impish request

Clay Cross Miners / Shaft
Colliers at the Clay Cross mine at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, wait at the bottom of the pit as their colleagues are hauled to the surface, 300 yards above

Lift / Philadelphia
The elegantly equipped elevator of a Philadelphia hotel, during the exhibition

Hippy Hitchers
Two hippy hitch-hikers, thumbing a lift, but will anyone stop for them?

DE LESSEPS FREGATE
LA FREGATE of Robert De Lesseps is an elegant monoplane whose dipped wing- tips are designed to resemble those of a bird, containing the air for lift and stability

Hitch-Hiking 1970S
Women hitch-hikers on a roadside in Ipsos, Corfu, Greece

Turks Lift Rhodes Siege
The Turks lift their siege of Rhodes

Escaping from a Sub
Escaping from a crippled submarine is easy when you know how : you simply lift the convenient manhole cover, disregard the water pressure, and away you go !

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