Opened Collection (page 19)

Holborn Townhall, London, 1880
Engraving showing Holborn Townhall in 1880, shortly after it was officially opened. This building was designed to accomodate the public offices of the Holborn District Board of Works

Pier of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869
Engraving showing one of the piers of the-then newly opened Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869

Cardiff Docks, Wales, 1907
Aerial view of Cardiff Docks, South Wales, with the then-newly opened Queen Alexandra Dock (centre right), 1907

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

Tower Bridge Opens
The bridge is opened by the Prince of Wales. Date: July 1894

The Prado, Madrid
The Prado, built in the 1780s, opened as a museum in 1819 and houses a definitive collection of Spanish art as well as much from the Netherlands, formerly governed by Spain

Heriots Hospital
A view of the front of Heriots Hospital - now George Heriots School - was established in 1628 by bequest of royal goldsmith George Heriot and opened in 1659

Sleeping Beauty / (Crane)
-At last he came to the tower and opened the door of the little room where Rosamond lay

Frame work of the viaduct
Frame work of Coopers Bridge, near Greenwich. The designers, Mr Grissell and Mr Petolent lent inspiration from similar American structures

Construction of Blackfriars Bridge, 1868
Engraving of the construction of Blackfriars Bridge, London, viewed from the south bank of the river looking towards St. Pauls Cathedral

Charing Cross Railway Bridge, March 1860
Engraving of the Charing Cross railway bridge over the Thames, with Westminster in the distance, from the Illustrated London News, 31st March 1860

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

Sandwich-Board Women in Berlin, 1920
Photograph showing some sandwich-board women, with advertising on the back of their cloaks, walking the streets of Berlin in 1920. The advertising was for a newly opened variety theatre, the Scala

St Thomass Hospital
View of the newly opened buildings on the Southern Thames Embankment at Lambeth. St Thomass was relocated so the London Bridge terminus could be enlarged

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

The Hanwell Asylum
A exterior view of the Hanwell asylum in north-west London. The asylum opened in 1831, on the outskirts of London. Patients were encouraged to become self-sufficient

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942)
Photographic portrait of Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, the British explorer, who discovered the Murtagh Pass, opened up Tibet to the Western world and was founder of the World Congress of Faiths

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

Joss-House at Ning-Bo
Chinese joss-house, a place of worship where joss-sticks (incense) are burnt, at Ning- bo (previously Ning-po, aka Ning-hsien), Treaty Port opened to European trade 1842

China / Ning-Bo
(previously Ning-po, also known as Ning-hsien) One of the first Treaty Ports, opened to European trade in 1842

Theatre Queue 1930S
A huge crowd of theatre goers queueing outide the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, which opened in 1932

Handspring dive - 1906 Olympic Games
Clark of Great Britain performing a handspring dive at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The event was staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of the Games

Rope Climbing - Olympic Games 1906
G. Aliprantes of Constantinople, the winner of the rope-climbing event at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The Games were staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of

The Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock, Bombay, 1872
Engraving of the Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock on Hog Island, Bombay, opened on the 16th November 1872. This graving dock could take ships up to 400 foot long

The New City Museum, Guildhall, London, 1872
Engraving showing the ground floor of the City Museum, Guildhall, which was opened in November 1872

The informal luncheon at the meet of the Devon and Somerset
An alfresco lunch served during a hunt meeting of the Devon and Somerset staghounds, showing several ladies and gentlemen seated on the ground around a picnic

Electric light on the Thames Embankment
Illustration showing crowds admiring the electric lighting on the Thames Embankment, London in 1879. When the Victoria Embankment was opened in 1870 it was lit by cast iron gas lamps

Opening of the Empress Dock, Southampton
The Alberta, with Queen Victoria on board, breaking the ribbons and entering the newly opened Empress Dock at Southampton in 1890

Dock no. 2 at Chatham
Dock no.2, at Chatham in Kent, recently opened in 1858. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1850s and 60s to cover an area of 380 acres

Princess Margaret 1953
Miss Isabell Thornicroft presented a bouquet to Princess Margaret, when she opened the Princess Margaret Hospital for Asian & Coloured patients, Salisbury, Rhodesia

The Wapping Concert
A satire on Madame Mara, a concert singer. She sang at the Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey in 1784 and 1785. She had rickets in her childhood - hence Le Genou Inflexible

Electric Railway Train
The Prince of Wales formally opened the new underground electric railway, three miles and a quarter in length, from King William Street in the City, passing under the Thames to the Borough

The Brighton viaduct across the Preston Road
The Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway opened to Lewes. Train crossing the Brighton viaduct across the Preston Road. The first stone was laid by W. Nash, the chairman of Midland Railway in 1845

RAIL / TUNNEL / 1831
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY Inside a tunnel along the course of the historic rail link, opened in September 1830

Kensington telephone exchange
The main wire distribution frame at Kensington telephone exchange shortly after it opened in 1902

Menai Bridges / Hawkins
The Britannia Tubular Bridge (foreground) designed by Robert Stephenson and opened in 1850 and the Menai Suspension Bridge designed by Thomas Telford, opened in 1826

Cannon Street Station
Opened 1 September 1866. Designed by Sir John Hawkshaw. The glass roof was removed prior to World War Two, but was damaged in storage and was replaced

Conway Tubular Bridge
Conwy railway bridge was built by Robert Louis Stevenson and officially opened in 1849, although completed in 1848. The tube is 412 feet long and weighs 1300 tonnes

Menai Bridge - Telford
The suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, built by Thomas Telford and opened on 30 January 1826

Papal Jubilee / Milcha
He grants to the Milcha the commission of guards to the Santa Porta of St Peters Rome, while it is opened during the papal Jubilee

Papal Jubilee / Closing
He closes the Papal Jubilee by laying the first stone to wall up the Porta Santa of St Peter s, Rome, which will not be opened again until the next Jubilee

Papal Jubilee / Entry
He opens the Jubilee by entering St Peters Rome, carrying a cross, by the Porta Santa (the only time its ever opened), while priests sweep the sill and sing a Te Deum

Crossness Opened
J W Bazalgette opens the Southern Pumping Establishment at Crossness, a key item in his Main Drainage system for Metropolitan London

Japan Hyogo
In the Tsuda Nada, opened to British trade in 1862

Crossness Works
The drainage works at Crossness, London are opened: an interior view of the reservoir

Vienna / Konzerthaus 1913
The Konzerthaus in the Lothringerstrasse, Vienna, which opened on 19 October 1913 with a performance of Beethovens 9th symphony

Building the M1 Motorway. Our photograph shows a section under construction at Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire, England. The Southern stretch opened 2 November 1959

Decorating Xmas Tree
A little boy and girl, put the finishing touches to their fake Christmas tree, adding the last bits of tinsel and a bell. The presents will be opened tomorrow morning

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