Massive Collection (page 7)

Terrorism in Sofia
A terrorist bomb causes massive destruction in Sofia cathedral

Tunisia Carthage
Distant view of the ruins of the massive aqueduct which brought water to the people of Carthage before the Romans destroyed their city

Learning to Type
A young woman learns to type at a secretarial school, on a massive manual machine

Metal Monster Machine
THE METAL MONSTER by E K Jarvis. A massive metallic machine strides through the sea on four legs grabbing battleships in its clutches and firing a ray-gun

A City on Titan
Here on Titan, largest of Saturns satellite moons, everything is on a massive scale - their cities make New York seem puny. People are intelligent and civilised

Landslip at Axmouth 2
A massive landslip causes extensive damage to the fishing port of Axmouth, at the mouth of the Axe river. (second of two views)

Life on the Stars 3
The great nebula of Orion is ten light years wide : life forms could resemble those of Earths early phases, with massive aquatic creatures

Warship of Mars
The Martians are a warlike folk, so when they possessed oceans, it was inevitable that their ships would be built for fighting - massive warships of sophisticated design

Blondins Arena
The Gigantic Arena erected for a demonstration of the tightrope walking skills of the legendary acrobat Charles Blondin. Up to 5000 spectators filled the massive tent

France Montbeliard
The massive fortress of Montbeliard, in the Doubs in southeastern France

Massive Barricade
The massive barricade constructed at the junction of the rue de Rivoli with the place de la Concorde

Massive Barricade 2
The massive barricade constructed at the junction of the rue de Rivoli with the place de la Concorde

Massive Barricade 3
The massive barricade constructed at the junction of the rue de Rivoli with the place de la Concorde

Chichen Itza / Chaacmol
At Chichen Itza (site on the Yucatan Peninsula) Archaeologist August Le Plongeon and his wife pose with a colossal statue of Chaacmol, leader of the Itzaes

The Roman Rocks Lighthouse, Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
Engraving of the Roman Rocks lighthouse at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 1869. This iron lighthouse was built in 1860, but showed signs of structural failure shortly thereafter

Polonnaruwa / Buddha
GAL VIHARA near POLONNARUWA, in Sri Lanka. A sculpture of Buddha reclining next to the Venerable Ananda, one of his disciples

Luxor Temple (Detail)
The front Pylon at Luxor showing the massive seated statues of Rameses II and the empty base of the obelisk now standing in the Place de la Concorde, Paris

Luxor Temple / Egypt
Some of the massive papyriform columns and one of the immense statues of Rameses II at Luxor

Clearing up after the explosion at Regents canal
Clearing up the debris after a massive explosion caused a bridge over the Regents Canal to blow up. A barge covered in petroleum

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

Defiance at Lyon - 3
When the revolutionary army capture Lyon, which has defied the Paris government, Collot d Herbois carries out a massive destruction of property in the city

Garibaldi at Geneva
When Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unity, visits Geneva, there are massive demonstrations in his honour outside the Hotel Fazy where he is staying

Scene in a Forge
A massive object - possibly the barrel of a gun - is manhandled by a team of ironworkers in an ancient but well-organised workshop

French Stone Quarry
Horses drag a wagon-load of stone from a French quarry : a massive windlass is used to raise the stone from the workings to the road

Moscow Funeral
The funeral of those who gave their lives fighting for the revolution in Moscow is of course the occasion for a massive propaganda exercise

Power from the Tides
The massive force of the tides will be captured and converted into energy, driving turbines which in turn will generate electrical power

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

9th Century Scot Warrior
A Scottish warrior wears a magnificent plumed helmet, guaranteed to impress the boldest enemy; he carries a massive sword, two spears, a horn and a heavy shield

Zep Downed on Brit Coast
A massive Zeppelin explodes into flame over the English coast, much to the delight of watching locals

Climbing the Pyramids
Egyptian men stand on the lower levels of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, ready to assist adventurous tourists, keen to scale the mighty structure

Stellers Sea-Cow
Documented by Steller in the Bering Sea in 1751, the sea cow (rhytina stelleri) was a massive animal (up to 8m in length) that was extinct by about 1768

Hissalik Post-Excavation
The site at Hissarlik, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann and identified as ancient Troy. Schliemanns massive slice through the deposits can be clearly seen

Schliemanns Excavations
The so-called Scaean Gate and Palace of Priam, Hissarlik. Schliemanns rather fanciful interpretations of his findings at the site of Troy

Mausoleum / Halicarnassus
A massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle

Lecture / British Museum
A lecture in the Assyrian Gallery of the British Museum. The speaker points towards one of the massive carved Lion supports removed by Layard from excavations at Nineveh

Moy & Shills Project
MOY AND SHILLs PROJECT An elaborate machine with massive propellors and relatively small wings

Easter Iusland Figures
A group of the massive stone figures scattered about the island, evidently religious in character but not fully understood by archeologists

Signal Box at York
Even with colour coding, the signalman at York is faced with a massive array of levers - a mistake could be disastrous

Great Easterns Engines
The huge screw engines of the Great Eastern, designed and bult by James Watt and Co

Zimbabwe / Great Zimbabwe
The massive conical tower in the amazing Iron Age site of Great Zimbabwe, the greatest expression of the building skills and trading wealth of the Shona empire

Orinoco Collides
In the roadstead of Cherbourg, the transatlantic passenger liner Orinoco collides with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with massive damage to both vessels

Avalanche 1860
Protected - for the moment, anyway - beneath a rock arch, a traveller has the awesome experience of watching a massive avalanche hurtle past him into the valley below

The Derby Crowd (Dore)
A massive crowd assembles at Epsom for Derby day

Carthage, the Cisterns
The remains of the cisterns where water was stored in the ancient city of Carthage - a massive engineering feat

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Aerial Landing Platforms
To cater for tomorrows massive passenger liners, aerial platforms for embarkation and disembarkation will have to be constructed

1845 NY Election Demo
The Democratic party mounts a massive demo in favor of their candidate James Polk. It pays off, and he will be elected president, defeating Henry Clay, and be a good one

Anarchist Demo, Chicago2
An anarchist demo outside the Board of Trade, Chicago, is turned back by the police with a massive show of force

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