Linking Collection

Listowel Monorail
The Lartigue monorail linking Listowel and Ballybunion is the worlds first commercially viable monorail, operating till 1924. It will be partly reconstructed in 2003

All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, 1911
A diagram of the All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, opened on 12th May 1911 by King George V and Queen Mary. The route was essentially an electric railway line laid down at a cost of 90

Clifton Bridge Photo
Clifton suspension bridge over the Avon, linking Gloucester- shire and Somerset, opened 1864, is largely constructed from the materials of Londons former Hungerford Bridge

Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker, linking arms with others and walking along a road

The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums
Undated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into

Thames Tunnel
View of the newly opened Thames Tunnel, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe in London. circa 1840s

Crescent Harp
A poster style painting of a knelt woman, playing a crescent shaped harp, upon a blue floor. The design of her clothing and the patterned strip linking the floor and wall, suggests an Egyptian theme

The Road To London
A landscape painting of a quiet countryside road, which trails through a natural archway of large trees, with linking branches. Date: circa 1917

Italian Archways
This engraving shows a pair of large archways linking an enclosed city area in Italy, figures can be seen conversing in the foreground. Date: circa 1820

City of Newcastle, New South Wales
A landscape etching of a foreground covering of trees, and a vast flat grassland linking to the city of Newcastle, in New South Wales. Date: circa 1921

Linking North and South London 1907
Diagram showing the proposed method the County Council are going to link north London to south. Connecting by tramway tunnel beneath the Wellington Street approach to Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1907

Greenwich entrance of the foot tunnel designed by civil engineer Sir Alexander Binniel. Date: 1902

The Memorials area St Aubin, Juno Beach, Normandy
The main infantry and armoured forces landed centrally on each of the five landing beaches. Between them landed Special Forces tasked with taking out German strongpoints

Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment - Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Couple in traditional costume, Brittany, Northern France
Couple in traditional costume at carnival time, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Couples walking at Roscoff, Brittany, Northern France
Three young couples out walking in traditional costume at Roscoff, Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1922

Five little girls in traditional dress, Denmark. Date: 1922

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1
Cartoon, The Allies during the First World War. Linking arms, they sing: Are we all here? Yes! And if we re all here, thats all right

Clachan Bridge, Easdale, which links the west coast of the Scottish mainland to the island of Seil. Designed by John Stevenson of Oban and built between 1792 and 1793 by engineer Robert Mylne

US Army building the Panama Canal, Central America
The US Army taking part in the building of the Panama Canal, linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Date: early 20th century

Kiel Canal Map
Map showing the route of the Nord Ost See Kanal (generally known as the Kiel Canal) linking the North Sea and the Baltic

Tour of the Colonies - Westminster Bridge - View towards bridge and river. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Tour of the Colonies - Westminster Bridge Decorated - Decorations on Bridge. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Hussain Sagar lake, linking Hyderabad and Secundrabad, India, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Five children dancing on a Christmas card
Five children dancing in fancy dress on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nine hospital patients sitting in the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi
Five patients are standing on the steps of the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Rail, German East Africa
The USAMBARA LINE linking Tanga and Muhesa, in German east Africa (now Tanzania): construction of a cutting Date: 1900

RAIL / USA / 1869 LINK
The first US transcontinental railroad is completed, linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Point, Utah. Date: 10 May 1869

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Three men on the deck of a ship
Three men linking arms on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1920s

Scouts on a jamboree in Australia
A group of assorted Scouts on a jamboree in Australia

Hands Across the Sea, WW1 postcard, Lawson Wood
Patriotic wartime postcard showing A British and French officer, flags in hand, shaking hands across the Channel. Date: c.1916

Westland Wessex HC2, XT???, of No103 Squadron based at S?
Westland Wessex HC2, XT???, of No103 Squadron based at SAF Tengah, Singapore, over the main causeway linking Singapore to Malaysia, September 1973

Boys linking bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Date 1917 January 25. Boys linking bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

South African Express
The Union Express - train de luxe linking Cape Town and Johannesburg. Date: 1934

Thames Toll Bridge
A motorist in a Ford Anglia pays his toll on the toll bridge over the River Thames, linking Pangbourne, Berkshire and Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

Boy linking arms with girls by Florence Hardy
How happy could I be with either. A young boy wonders which of the two girls on his arm would make him happier

British soldiers building a trench by joining shell craters
A photograph of British soldiers digging a trench by linking craters left by artillery bombardment, September 1916

Airline Guide
GUIDE DES VOYAGES AERIENS PARIS-LONDRES - passengers guide to the regular services now linking the two cities : the plane represented is the Farman passenger aircraft

Schwebebahn Overhead Rly
SCHWEBEBAHN Elevated suspended railway linking Barmen and Elberfeld

Lunch Hour 1895
Lunch hour on the Strand: Shop girls crossing the road towards " The Daily Graphic" offices, one of them with a young man smoking his pipe

C16 Music Academy
The academy of Franchino Gaforio (1451 - 1522) showing his theory of harmony linking music and geometry; his banner translates as Harmony is discordant concord

Paris-Saint Germain Line
Scene on the Rothschild line linking Paris and Saint- Germain

Bridge of Kiel Canal
A bridge over the Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic

Lock on Kiel Canal
Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic : Hollenau Locks

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