Operated Collection (page 8)

Operated by Union Railroad Elevator Company, Toledo, Ohio. Ship David Dows and boat unloading cargo at grain elevator; carts and wagons hauling merchandise, and train, on left

Man standing on a platform manipulating a set of paddle-like wings for a hand-operated aeronautical propeller. Date ca. 1850

Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below. Date between 1820 and 1870

Children reading Sunday papers, Rustan brothers farm near Dickens, Iowa. Note convenience of running water in background. This farm was formerly owner operated but they are now tenants of

Joyce Green Hospital Sitting Room in Nurses Home
Sitting Room in the nurses home at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - motor ambulance
A patient on a stretcher is being removed from a motor ambulance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford

Joyce Green Hospital Administration block
The administration block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - Committee Room
Committee Room at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital Ward
Nurses and patients in a girls ward at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital Main Approach Driveway
The main approach driveway at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - stores
Interior of stores block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - staff washhouse
The washhouse for staff clothing in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - ironing room
Ironing room for patients bedding in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Large rotary irons are used to press sheets

Joyce Green Hospital - main kitchen
Main kitchen on east side at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Uniformed staff prepare food in large coppers. A man operates a mincer. Enamel jugs hang on the wall

Joyce Green Hospital Chapel
Interior of the chapel at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital Corridor
The glass-roofed open-sided north-east corridor at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital Ambulance Trams

Joyce Green Hospital - Poultry runs - isolation blocks in di
Poultry runs with isolation blocks in distance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Commer Bus 1914
Commer bus carrying up to 24 passengers, operated by the Cheltenham District Light Railway. Date: 1914

Flying Mermaids
Flying mermaids! Mermaids suspended with wires, which are being operated by the men underneath them. Date: 1930s

Bridge, Chicago Harbour
Single leaf bascule bridge of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, in Chicago harbour. It is operated by electricity. Date: 1916

Turner Paddle Steamer
River steamer, paddle powered, operated by the London County Council. Date: 1905

Counterbalance Bridge
An unusual counterbalance bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal, near Llanymynech, Powys, Wales. It is operated by hand to allow canal boats to pass. Date: 1960s

Lighthouse Water Supply
Joyce pumps water from a pump operated tap for her bath at a lighthouse. It seems a lot of trouble, but traipsing up and down the steps with buckets of hot water sure keeps her fit! Date: 1940s

An Indian knife grinder
An Indian street knife grinder. Date: circa 1910s

Winch-operated dinner lift at Holloway Prison
Winch-operated dinner lift at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Evanss Harmonium
Evanss new English harmonium, for home and church use : like all such instruments, it is powered by foot-operated bellows. Date: 1859

Print room at Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, London
Printing presses operated by workmen churn out copies of Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, one of the first mass market newspapers, with copies then bundled for despatch on a trolley

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A Blondin winder at work, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The Blondin is a high wire carriage system used to move the slate up or across

Track laying - using a bulldozer
A Caterpillar bulldozer being operated during track laying by the Wimpey construction company. Nightime engineering works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A Centaur pulling a plough
A Greek humourous postcard depicting a rather chastened centaur (possibly representing Italy??) pulling a plough, operated by a very sturdy female Greek farmers wife

Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer
The Rameses III, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook & Son for excursions on the Nile- here seen as Aswan

The Portuguese Army attempts to seize a railway train, South
Engraving showing the encounter between a British operated steam train and a detachment of the Portuguese army, Delagoa Bay, South East Africa, 1889

Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, 1875
Engraving showing the Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, possibly the Bristol which operated between New York and Boston

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

Mechanical Cooling
A " punkah" -type ventilator for keep cool during warm weather or heat wave, comprising of a large fan operated by foot pedals

Ferry at Kantara, Suez Canal, Egypt, 1875
Engraving of the small rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal with several passengers, two camels and a donkey. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope

The Twin Steam-Ship Gemini, 1850
Engraving of the twin steam ship Gemini, designed by Peter Borrie and built in 1850. The ship was fitted with two rudders and two steering positions

The Old and the New Rubbing Wheels : Coaching Days and Moto
A street scene from 1927 showing a the Old Berkeley, a stage coach operated by Messrs. Claud F. Goddard and Bertram Mills from London to Box Hill through the summer

Fire Hose Pump 1930S
A hose pump operated by members of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

Boys & Toy Plane
Two young boys, brothers, wearing stripy pyjamas, perhaps on Christmas morning, excitedly put batteries into their new model (Boeing 727) aeroplane

Senefelder Litho Press
Senefelders hand-operated lithographic press

Valentines Dustpan
Valentines improved dust pan can be operated with the foot, thus eliminating stooping and avoiding backache : in theory, anyway

Victoria Channel Steamer
The Victoria paddle steamer, operated by the South-Eastern Railway Company, plies between Folkestone and Boulogne

All-Electric Signals
An all-electric signal box, replacing the traditional hand-operated signal levers

Metallic Fire Engine
Metallic manual fire-engine, designed by Merryweathers for use on Fiji, for plantation work

Pin Makers at Work 1805
A woman pinmaker seated on a stool uses a foot operated press by means of a treadle. A man in the background works at a table

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