Network Collection

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London. Built to power the newly created Piccadilly underground line

Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904

Sir Sam Fay by Lieut. Percival Anderson
Sir Samuel (Sam) Fay (1856-1953), railway administrator. General Manager of first the Midland and South Western Junction Railways and then in 1902

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd 1909
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd, operating in North London, adopting the German trackless idea of running electric trolley cars on the ordinary road. Date: 1909

Turkey. Istanbul. The aqueduct of Uzunkemer
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest. It is an Ottoman aqueduct bridge on the northern branch of the Kirkcesme Supply System

Turkey. Constantinople - Cistern of Philoxenos
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern, The 1001 columns. It was constructed under a palace in the 5th century

Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries
A wonderful, original, poster map showing Post Office Radio Telephone Services commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1935

Turkey. Istanbul. Aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest. It is an Ottoman aqueduct bridge on the northern branch of the Kirkcesme Supply System

The Gippsland Lakes
A landscape oil painting of the Gippsland Lakes, a network of coastal lakes, marshes and lagoons in Victoria, Australia. The largest of them being Lake Wellington. Date: circa 1919

The Ferry Building, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1920s

A Sohere suggestion for meeting increasing congestion
Illustration suggesting the need for specially constructed motor-ways to help ease increasing traffic congestion in 1924. The drawing accompanies an article by R. P

Kings Cross underground station 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

Arranging railway timetables, 1908
An ingenious system of threads used by railway timetable planners to secure the perfect working of a great railway system in 1909. This was achieved by stretching threads across a board

Resuming work after Great Railway Strike, Portsmouth
Resuming work after the Great Railway Strike, Portsmouth Station. 1919

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

Kings Cross underground station, London 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

PLANTS TRANSPORTED / 1860
A variety of plants being transported from Holland to France by steam barge using the network of canals Date: 1860

Earths Volcanoes
Cross-section of planet Earth, showing the central fire, the lateral fires, and the volcanoes on the surface of the globe Date: 1664

The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel, running beneath the River Thames connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, built between 1825 and 1843

The New Colonel by H. M. Bateman
A young, business-like and rather intellectual Colonel arrives at a club, observed with some reservation by the old guard. Date: 1929

Orient Express - Map of the Overland Route to Cairo
Eliminating the Mediterranean Voyage in the journey to Egypt - The Overland Route to Cairo. The Map of the overland route shows the train line through Western Europe through to Turkey

Greyhound Bus Station, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Date: circa 1940

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

Nickel-Iron meteorite
This cross-section through a nickel-iron meteorite shows the metallic lattice structure

Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office. circa 1990

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909

A view of the town and the oasis, Laghouat. A network of flat roofed houses meet the vegetation of the oasis at Laghouat. In the distance is the Amour mountain range. Date: circa 1910s

The Railways Reply to Increasing Road Competition
" For the first time in British railway history - sleeping compartments for 3rd class travellers: a sectional view of the new corridor " sleepers" on the L.N.E.R trains to

London, England - Euston Station - Archway from top Station. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Euston railway station or London Euston /?l?nd?n.?ju?st

Slab in N. Chamber, Cloghanmor, Glen Malinmore - a view looking down on the stone network. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

Trilithon, Cloghanmor, Glen Malinmore - a view of a Stonehenge type stone arrangement in the large stone network. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

Capstone of Chamber, Cloghanmor, Glen Malinmore - a view of a capstone over the stone network. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

The Great Chamber in Cloghanmor, Glen Malinmore - a view of a large stone network. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

Larne, Co Antrim - an elevated and panoramic view of the town showing railway network and fronted by terrace houses. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

Cunard Companys regular passenger, mail, freight services
Brochure page listing the Cunard Companys regular passenger, mail and freight services. Date: 1922

Montagus Sucker and Network Sucker
Montagus Sucker or Seasnail (Liparis montagui, male and female), and Network Sucker (old name: Liparis reticulatus, possibly Liparis liparis, or Common Seasnail). Date: 1863

The Electric Tram is Coming! A warning to pedestrians (in danger of being run down), horses (packed off to the slaughterhouse)

Jean Bourrat - caricature by Moloch
Jean Bourrat (1859-1909) - French Politician - in charge of the administration of roads and bridges from 1879 to 1896, as well as the construction of railway lines in France

Buenos Aires - Station of the The Central Argentine Railway (Ferrocarril Central Argentino) - one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1, 676 mm)

Turkish Railway Network - Celebrating 10 Years of the Republ
Turkish Railway Network - Celebrating 10 Years of the Turkish Republic in 1933 - with 2000km of railway track laid. The portrait shows Prime Minister Ismet Inonu (Prime Minister between 1925 and 1937)

The Esquel pallasite

Pallasite slab
The Esquel pallasite, composed of gem-quality olivine crystals embedded in metal. Pallasites are perhaps the most beautiful of all meteorites. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Butterfly wing scale (part)

Bia actorian, South American butterfly wing
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the fore-wing of the South American butterfly (x 2500)

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