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Chaland on the River Katouni, Siberia, Russia. Loading horses onto a wooden river ferry

Livingstones steamer in sections at Birkenhead
The steam launch, Lady Nyassa, funded entirely by Livingstone, is seen being loaded, in sections, at Birkenhead from where it will journey to the Zambesi in Africa

Loading supply ship, World War I
Loading a supply ship at the docks for transport overseas during World War I

British Submarine L53 at Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Photograph taken at Herceg Novi (Montenegro) of the British Submarine L53 loading a torpedo

Egyptian scenes
A very early Egyptian postcard with scenes from the country including dhows and feluccas on the River Nile (set within a crescent motif) and a water carrier loading up a donkey

French soldiers hoisting an artillery shell
Photograph of a sixteen-inch shell being hoisted into position by French soldiers for loading into its gun. The caption described the weapon as the modern lord of battle

Gun-Drill on Board the Turkish Ironclad Messoudieh, 1876
Engraving showing Turkish seamen loading a shell into their gun on board the warship Messoudieh, Constantinople, 1876

Austrian device for rolling rocks
Austrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I

Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884
Engraving showing the loading of rails and other materials for the Souakim Railway onto a steamship, at Woolwich, 1884. Stevedores and dockworkers are visible

Plimsoll / Mod Port Gall
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships

USA / New Orleans / Levee
Ships await their cargo, which is piled high on the Levee at New Orleans

Plimsoll / Faustin
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships

Working in Hull Docks
Loading grain into lighters at the King George V Dock in Hull, Yorkshire

Advertisement for Daimler Vogue sports saloon car, showing a photograph of a sporty couple with their car, loading a rifle and with a large dog in the back seat of the car

Needhams Patent Rifle
A view looking down on the loading mechanism of Needhams Patent rifle Date: 19th century

French Diligence / Loading
A French diligence coach is prepared for departure

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

Loading Coal Ships
Coal is loaded aboard sailing vessels at Port Clarence, near Middlesbrough

Loading Sugar for Export
Sugar in barrels is loaded in the West Indies for export to Europe

French Field Guns - 4
Loading a French 24 cannon is done via the muzzle : a ramrod pushes the shell in place

French Loading Supplies
Loading supplies onto a French warship

French Field Guns - 1
The French 24 cannon is muzzle-loading, and is made of bronze

Loading Luggage Fortune
Loading luggage onto the roof of a bus in America

Loading Salt Wagons
Loading salt wagons in France

Taking Car Abroad 1931
Taking your car on a foreign holiday was a much more complicated matter in 1931 ! Loading an ocean-going liner

French Artillery - 15
Loading a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale feeds a ball into the barrel

French Artillery - 14
Charging a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a ball to his mate

French Artillery - 11
One gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale steps back after loading the gun : his mate places the powder which will fire the cannon

French Artillery - 16
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale positions a ball in the barrel of a French muzzle-loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3)

French Artillery - 10
While enemy cavalry attack, a gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale uses his ramrod to ensure the charge is home in the barrel of his muzzle-loading gun

Soviet Rocket Launcher
Russian soldiers loading a Katyusha rocket launcher during the final advance into Berlin

Rockets against Berlin
Russian soldiers loading a Katyusha Rocket (inscribed To the Reichstag ) during their advance into Berlin

Stone Quarry
Men loading stone slabs onto a horse-drawn cart at a stone quarry

Jersey / Seaweed Harvest
Harvesting seaweed and loading it on to carts in Jersey

Loading Washing Machine
A young housewife loading up her " Miele" washing machine (with matching dishwasher) in her mini skirt and platform shoes

Plimsoll / Photo Cdv
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL Politician, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships

Loading a German Bomber
German field staff load up a bomber

CANNON ON MARY ROSE
A shipboard cannon on the Mary Rose, wrecked in the reign of Henry VIII

Elephants Loading Teak
A colonial gentleman in a white suit supervises elephants loading teak from a rail carriage

Catalan Farmer Felling
A Catalan farmer fells trees, loading the wood onto his burro

Cable Passed to Hulk
The cable is passed from the works to a hulk at Greenwich, from which it will be passed into tanks for loading aboard the Great Eastern

Atlantic Cable Coiled
At Greenwich the cable is carefully coiled in tanks before loading aboard the Great Eastern - enough to stretch from one side of the ocean to the other !

Atlantic Cable Loaded
The cable is brought to Greenwich and transferred into tanks before loading aboard the Great Eastern - enough to stretch from one side of the ocean to the other !

French Military C18
FRENCH Musket loading (after the decree of 1766)

Loading Dog-Sledge
Loading goods onto a dog- sledge at Fort St Michael (formerly Michaelowski) in Norton Gulf, Alaska

Society of Rail Servants
A wonderfully illustrated commemorative certificate, conferring the rail workers of Market Rasen into membership of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

Loading Cattle
Loading cattle onto a train at a country station

Harvesting France C1920
The Harvest: men, women & children set to at harvest time - sharpening scythes, cutting the crop, gathering into stooks & loading the cart - a child picks field poppies

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