Longest Collection

Pier Train / Southend
The electric train carries passengers to the end of the one and a half mile long pier, the longest in the world

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men

Box Tunnel, Wilts
Isambard Kingdom Brunels famous Box Tunnel, Corsham, Wiltshire, took 5 years (1836- 41) to build. Two miles long, it was the longest railway tunnel in Europe when it opened

Loughborough - Bell-ringing - World Record Change-ringers
Bellringing - World Record Change-ringers - who produced a peal of 18, 027 Stedman Caters - rung in 12 hours and 18 minutes at All Saints, Loughborough on Easter Monday - 12th April, 1909

Douglas DC-7C PH-DSD Zwarte Zee of KLM
Douglas DC-7C, PH-DSD, Zwarte Zee, of KLM. This aircraft achieved the longest passenger flight up to that time flying non-stop from Long Beach, California, to Le Bourget, Paris, a distance of 6

San Francisco Bay Bridge
The San Francisco Bay Bridge - at this time, it is the longest bridge in the world

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychw- yrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Collecting railway tickets in Wales. A Third Class ticket issued on 14th August, 1908 between Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Llanfairpwll station, Wales
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch station sign, Wales, Britain, the town with the longest place name also known as Llanfairpwll circa 2008

Swiss Cable Cars
Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland is the longest aerial cableway in the Swiss Alps and provides the most unimpeded panoramic mountain views

Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Canada and Detroit, USA. The longest suspension bridge in the world when opened with a main span of 1850 feet and total length of 2 miles

Davis Lock, Sault Ste. Marie (Soo), Michigan, USA
View from the bow of a boat entering the Davis Lock, Sault Ste. Marie (Soo), Michigan, USA - the lock is 1350ft long and 80ft wide (at this time the longest lock in the world). Date: circa 1930s

GEOFFREY HOWE (1926 - )
GEOFFREY MP and Thatcher's longest serving cabinet minister. Became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1979. Made a life peer in 1992. Date: 1979

19th c. photograph: Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland
Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, is a 15.kilometre-long railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland)

Society women in their jewels
Page from The Sketch featuring a number of ladies of nobility wearing pearl necklaces, tiaras and other family jewels. 1. Lady Gooch, 2. Lady St. Oswald in a splendid dog collar, 3

Longest place name in the world, North Wales
Longest place name in the world, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, usually known as Llanfair-pwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, in North Wales. 1933

St Ethelburgas Church
Engaving depicting St Ethelburgas church in Bishopsgate, one of the longest surviving churches in the City of London

Longest lunch counter, F W Woolworth, Los Angeles, USA
The longest lunch counter in the world, at F W Woolworth, 431 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. One hundred yards long, and air conditioned. Date: circa 1930s

Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick
George Beccaloni holding the Phobaeticus chani specimen. This stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect

Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick egg
The egg of Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick. When grown this stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect

Horse with the longest mane and tail in the world, 1895
This extraordinary animal was bred at Marion, Oregon, United States. He is eight years old, and his mane measures 14ft and his tail 11ft

Advertisement for Rapson Tyres
A square enamel sign advertising Rapson Tyres - " The Worlds longest mileage tyres". *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

LNWR Offices decorated for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
LNWR Offices on Parliament Street (the short end-section of Whitehall before one reaches Parliament Square), London - decorated for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee in June 1897

Mr Asquith. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916

East Africa - Mouth of Zambesi - Wide stretch of river, boats beached on sand. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa

Meroitic stela
Sandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language. Are recognisable the names of the Queen Amanirenas

The Cedar Avenue of Nikko, toward Imaichi, Japan
The Cedar Avenue of Nikko, a street in Japan lined with approximately 13, 000 cryptomeria trees, known as Sugi, the national tree of Japan

Welsh Rail Ticket
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGER- YCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIO- GOGOGOCH The station with the longest name is in Wales Date: 1970s

British Michelin Prize
Some of the ingenious devices in the cockpit area of Mr Codys aeroplane, which won the British Michelin Prize for the longest flight over a marked course (189.3 miles) Date: 31 December 1910

Russian Hen Party
At Christmas time, grain is thrown onto the floor and a hen invited to eat it : the girl before whom the hen stays longest will be the first in the group to get a husband Date: 1894

1914 VAD staff in 1917
Members of Birchington VAD staff who were the longest serving when the photograph was taken in 1917. Standing (left to right) Camille Van Dyck (Belgian, origianlly a patient)

Yolande House, Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Yolande House at Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USA. The name of the lake in Nipmuc, an Algonquian language, is the longest place name in the USA

Illinois Central Bridge, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Illinois Central (railroad) Bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, USA, a double swing bridge. Council Bluffs, Iowa, is on the other side. Date: circa 1908

St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe - Girls at Beach
St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe. Girls from the home are at an area just above the beach. Several bathing machines can be seen. The pier (left) was one of the longest in the country

Clear Block Camp, Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Building and railway track at Clear Block Camp, Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USA. The name of the lake in Nipmuc, an Algonquian language, is the longest place name in the USA

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zambesi river
Black and white lantern Slide of Zambesi river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Switzerland - Fribourg, The Suspended Bridge
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Suspended Fribourg Bridge. Built in 1834 by Joseph Chaley, the iron wire bridge was temporarily the longest suspension bridge in the world

Limestone formations in the cave, that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river, supposedly the longest navigable underground river in the world

Longest syphon in the world, built by Yukon Gold Company
Longest syphon in the world, built by the Yukon Gold Company to facilitate the search for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush. It was 15, 760 feet long. Date: circa 1906

Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, Ape
GEORGE CECIL WELD-FORESTER, 3rd Baron Forester (1807-1886) British Tory and Conservative politician. Member of Parliament for Wenlock from 1828, a seat he would hold for 46 years

Brigadier General Sir Osborne Mance, the Society?s longe?
Brigadier General Sir Osborne Mance, the Society?s longest standing member having joined in 1899, at the 94th Anniversary Luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on 12 January 1960

Brigadier General Sir Osborne and Lady Mance at the Cent?
Brigadier General Sir Osborne and Lady Mance at the Centenary Conversazione held at the Science Museum on 12 January 1966. Sir Osborne was the Society?s longest standing member having joined in 1899

Luoyang Bridge, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
Luoyang Bridge, Quanzhou - the longest bridge in the Fujian Province (Fukien or Foukien), a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Date: circa 1910s

France - St Pierre du Vauvray - The new bridge
France - St Pierre du Vauvray - The bridge over the River Seine. Considered to have the longest spanning concrete arches in the world

Great Wall of China - the longest building on Earth, with a length of 6350km (3945 miles). Date: circa 1910s

Mamenchisaurus
Living about 150 million years ago the dinosaur Mamenchisaurus was 22 metres long, 4 metres wide and weighed up to 30 tonnes. It is the largest animal ever found in China

Agnes Bulmer
AGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836

Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from the starting point, with wing-rest in center of picture and launching rail at right

Llanfair P. G. Church
The little church in the village with the longest name, which is usually abbreviated to Llanfair P.G. on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Date: 1960s photo

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