Loading Collection (page 4)

17th Century Crane
A 17th century crane, timber construction : the wheel enables it to be turned, for instance when loading a vessel from a dock. Date: 1690

Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Birmingham
Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Belmont Row, Birmingham, Guns and Rifles. 1890s

Miners loading a mine car in a coal mine in America Date: circa 1920

The Pool of London with ships and barges being loaded and unloaded with the distinctive outline of Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: circa 1920s

WWI British 60 Pounder Breach Loading Mark 1 Field Gun
A 1/10 Scale model of a First World War British 60 Pounder Breach Loading Mark 1 Field Gun, built by the Elswick Ordnance Company, together with its travelling carriage (15 - 38 cm. long).. Trench Art

Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners preparing 25cm heavy trench mortar, WW1
German gunners in a gun emplacement, preparing a 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar for firing during the First World War

Men at work in engine room of a ship, WW1
Men at work loading coal in the engine room of a ship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Jointed Iron Steam-ship Connector, 1863
Engraving of the Jointed Iron Steam-ship Connector, from the Illustrated London News, August 1863. The idea behind this invention was that the centre section of this ship could be left in port

Cross-Section / Air Rifle
Air-gun - section through the rifle showing the method of loading

Taking Car on Ferry
Loading a car ferry before the introduction of the drive-on drive-off system : the cars are loaded one by one onto pallets and craned aboard

Canada - Country Grain Elevator - Train leaving. Date: circa 1920s

Canada - Great Lakes - Terminal Grain Elevator - Loading a ship Date: circa 1920s

Scene at Leith Docks with ferry for Shetland Islands
Scene at Leith Docks with a ferry about to depart for the Shetland Islands. The photographers van is in the foreground, also waiting to be loaded on board. circa late 1950s

Luggage on a truck at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
Luggage on a British United truck, about to be loaded onto an aeroplane at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

Pistol, Self-Loading, Walther, 9 Mm P38
Walther Model P38 self-loading 9 mm pistol, 1943. Date: 1943

Loading horses at Boulogne
Photograph: Loading horses at Boulogne. Shows a horse being hoisted by crane onto or off a ship while soldiers stand on the harbour

New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert, September 1918. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918

WW1 - Loading Trench-building materials - Krymne, Ukraine
WW1 - Austro-Hungarian troops loading trench-building materials onto railway wagons at Krymne Station, Krymne, Ukraine. Ukrainians could be found participating on both sides of the conflict during

Loading Postal Orders, Bank of England, City of London
Loading Postal Orders outside the Bank of England, City of London. 1899

The Quay at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
The Quay at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Date: 1913

Seville, Andalucia, Spain - The dock. The Torre del Oro (Golden Tower), which can be seen in the right background, dominates the banks of the river Guadalquivir - it is a remnant of the Moorish

South China - Junk - loading straw - Junk being loaded in harbour. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Tangier, Morocco - Loading and unloading bulls and wood. Date: circa 1910s

Carting Hay - a view of two men in a field loading hay onto a horse and cart. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Carting Flax to the Linthole, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of two men loading flax onto a horse and cart in a field. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)

Loading pitch on cars, Trinidad, West Indies, circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Cine Projectionists
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Cine Projectionists Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Mounting and Loading Guns
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Mounting and Loading Guns Date: circa 1942

Paris Floods - Relocation - Quai de Billy - January, 1910 (note the Hotel is called the Navy Hotel !!). Date: 1910

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top

Royalist Defence
A Royalist household defend themselves against the Parliamentary forces : the women help by loading the muskets for the men, watched by a King Charles spaniel. Date: circa 1645

Loading the Mail Train
A Royal Mail train service is loaded with post bags. Date: circa 1970

Importing Fruit at Docks
Fruit is imported for Christmas at busy London docks and warehouses. Date: circa 1850

Loading Milk Onto Van
A milkman and woman loading milk on to a van. Date: 1930s

Plimsoll / Cabinet Photo
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898

Gunners prepared to face the gas 1916
French gunners wearing masks and helmets against the asphyxiating gases sometimes released far from the battlefront. 1916

French Boulangerie C1874
A French boulangerie - kneading the dough, and loading loaves in the oven Date: circa 1874

Courage Brewery. Cooperage and cask-loading bank Date: 1889

Santa loading his sack with toys while spellbound children gaze. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley Date: 1913

Steam shovel at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction
Bucyrus steam shovel in operation, at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction, loading railcars with soil. Date: circa 1914

A freighter ship loading Ford Motor Cars as cargo at the docks in America on 6th March 1925. Date: 1925

West India Import Dock, Poplar, London Date: circa 1830s

Coastal scene at Migiarro (Mgarr), Gozo, Malta, with ships, boats, carts and people. Date: circa 1910

Loading a cart with wine flasks, Florence, Italy - morning. Date: 1905

Loading installations at Port Baikal
A view of the gantry and railway tracks etc. for loading the Baikal at Port Baikal. Date: circa 1902

The Port Baikal loading installations
A view of the installations at Port Baikal for loading/boarding the icebreaker Baikal. Trains were loaded on a track that led through the gantry at the left

Loading a train on to the icebreaker Baikal
Loading a goods train on to the icebreaker Baikal. The smaller icebreaker Angara is nearby. Date: circa 1902

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