Opened Collection (page 20)

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

Albert Hall / Iln / Opened
The opening of the Royal Albert Hall of arts and sciences by the Queen

Peoples Palace Library
The newly opened library of the Peoples Palace in the Mile End Road, London

New Scotland Yard 1930S
Part of New Scotland Yard, Westminster, which was designed by Norman Shaw, and opened 1891

Alexander Turney Stewart
ALEXANDER TURNEY STEWART Irish born millionaire storeowner in New York who opened the first department store

Carlton Hotel Porch
The porch of the CARLTON HOTEL, which opened in 1899 and boasted Escoffier as its chef : it closed in 1939, was bombed, now New Zealand House stands on its site

Big Wheel, Vienna
Big Wheel built by British engineer Walter Bassett and opened in the Prater, Vienna, on 21 June 1897

Southcotts Box
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT Southcotts box, opened by Harry Price before a large audience in 1927; expected to contain amazing revelations, only rubbish was found

Phineas Taylor Barnum
PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM American showman - opened museum of curios, exhibited Tom Thumb and imported Jumbo

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

Interior, Victoria Station, London
The new Victoria Station at Pimlico - an interior view of the terminus when it had just opened in Central London

Camellia & Insect
Oriental style depiction of a pink peony-form camellia showing the branch, leaves, bud and fully opened flower plus a strange black insect

Birkenhead Park Opened
The official opening of Birkenhead docks and park, the first visitors looking very smart and well-dressed

The Heavens Open
The Heavens opened

Menai / Home / Lithograph
Ships passing under the Menai Suspension and Tubular Bridge built by Thomas Telford, opened in January 1826

Crystal Palace Opened
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the inauguration ceremony; view from the South West Gallery as the Archbishop offers up a prayer for Divine blessing upon the objects

Cambridge Uni. Library
Putting the last rivets into the framework of the great tower - the new Cambridge University Library. Sir Giles Scott designed this 17 storey tower which cost 500, 000."

Britannia Music Hall
Famous music hall in Hoxton, London. Opened in 1858, built on the site of the Britannia Saloon, opened 1841. Converted to a cinema in 1923 and destroyed by bombing in 1940

Suspension Bridge
Bristol: Clifton Suspension Bridge, opened 8 December 1864

Legend of Cardigan Bay
Cardigan bay was once a lowland with 16 cities until Saethennyn, the drukard son of the king of South Wales opened the sluices of the dykes & flooded it in a mad fit

Servall Grate
When the days cooking is done, Dad sits beside his coal-burning Servall grate - the top bit opened out as an oven for the little woman to do her cooking

Seine Boat Excursion 2
Parisians enjoy a steamboat excursion on the Seine to Saint-Germain : packed lunch boxes are opened with enthusiasm - the river air gives one an appetite !

Kiel Canal Opened
After eight years work, the Nord-Ostsee Kanal (also known as the Kiel Kanal, formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal) links the North and Baltic seas, near Kiel

Niederfinow Lift - 2
The barge lift at Niederfinow - the worlds largest of its kind

Saltash Viaduct Opened
Prince Albert opens Brunels magnificent viaduct, which also inaugurates the rail link to Cornwall

Wellington, Vic & Albert
The duke of Wellington presents a closed casket to Prince Arthur on his first birthday, to be opened on his coming of age. Arthur will be the duke of Connaught

Tate Gallery Postcard
The Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, opened in 1897 : the architect is Sidney R J Smith Junior, and Sir Henry Tate, the sugar refiner, paid for it out of his own pocket

India Museum, London
The newly-opened India Museum, in Whitehall Yard, is rich with nice things acquired and brought back from India by our soldiers and administrators

Brit Museum Greco-Roman
The newly-opened Greco-Roman Saloon, a rather formidable array of classical statuary

Regents Pk Zoo 1837
Regents Park, London : the gardens of the Zoological Society were opened to Fellows of the Society in 1828, and soon became a popular attraction

Regents Pk Zoo Aerial
Regents Park, London : a birds eye view of the gardens of the Zoological Society, which were opened to Fellows of the Society in 1828, and became a popular attraction

Great Exhibition Opened
Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park

Tate Gallery
The Tate Britain, formerly known as the Tate Gallery, Millbank, London. It was commissioned in 1894 to be a national gallery of British art and opened in 1897

Outdoor Dress 1851
Two ladies in the garden, one with a shawl and parasol : the other has a parasol, too, but hasn t opened it yet

Teltow Canal Rly
Barges on the Teltow Canal, in the outskirts of Berlin, are towed by this railway which runs alongside

Brumate Funicular
The Brumate funicular, carrying visitors to Como into the mountains, was originally powered by steam, but soon converted to electricity. It is operated by cable

Dortmund-Ems Canal
Opened in 1899, this canal links Dortmund and Emden. The remarkable Hanrichenburg raises ships 14 metres : it will be replaced in 1962 and become a museum

North Holland Canal
Opened in 1823, the North Holland Canal links Amsterdam with the North Sea

Albert Memorial 1877
Designed by George Gilbert Scott. The main structure was completed 1868, edifice opened to the public in 1872. Alberts statue installed two years previous to this photo

Oiling Bridge Pulleys
This brave workman risks his life to oil one of the pulleys used to construct the new Lambeth Bridge, designed by George Humphreys, opened by George V in 1932

Olympics / 1908 / Opening
The London Games are opened by king Edward VII

Phlebotomy of the Body
PHLEBOTOMY CHART OF THE HUMAN BODY showing which veins should be opened to cure specific ailments by letting blood

Song of Sixpence 1870
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing - now, wasn t that a dainty dish to set before a king ?

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