Overhead Collection (page 2)

John Smeatons crane for the wool quay, Custom House, London
Overhead view and elevation of John Smeatons design for a crane for the wool quay, Custom House, London, 1789. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Railway Station
Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Laxey Railway Station and the Snaefell Mountain Railway divided by the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century

Overhead map of London - a scheme watched by the War Office. 1911

Street scene with trams, The Hague, Netherlands, near the Central Station. Date: circa 1960s

Giron de la Union - Lima, Peru. circa 1910s

Team of Surgeons Date: 1948

Couple on Skis Date: 1910

Patients on veranda at the African Hospital, Lagos
Patients on veranda of hospital at the African Hospital, Lagos. Some lie in bed while others sit on chairs. Several mosquito nets are visible overhead. Date: circa 1935

Nurses preparing for surgery
Two nurses in operating theatre. One nurse is helping the other into surgical garments. An operating table is visible in the foreground, with a large hanging light overhead. Date: circa 1930

JESUS BAPTISED
John baptises Jesus while the Holy Dove hovers overhead : both John and the kneeling Jesus seem to be on the surface of the river Jordan

NEW YORK BLIZZARD
The streets of New York in a blizzard : men clearing snow while the Elevated rumbles overhead Date: 1906

Grape arbour, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Los Angeles, California, USA - Valley and Mountains from beautiful Angeles Mesa at the end of the Mesa Drive trolley car (tram) line. Date: circa 1909

Coal spoil tips Staffs
man walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986

Overhead Elevated Railway - Kobe, Japan. Date: 1920s

La Place Gambetta, Amiens, France. Date: circa 1908

West Street from Beach Road - Durban, South Africa Date: circa 1908

Marseille, France - Quai du Port-Vieux (Quay of the The Old Port) Date: circa 1910s

Chicago Worlds Fair - Northerly Isle from the Lagoon Date: 1933

Arriving at Venice Beach by tram, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1909

Manchester, England - Albert Square. The Albert Memorial (Thomas Worthington & Matthew Noble, 1869) and Gladstone statue can be both be in the centre. Date: circa 1909

Donegall Street from York Street Corner, Belfast - a busy street scene with shop fronts, Metropole hotel, people, trams and overhead tram wires visible

Aerial view of Gravesend and Tilbury with River Thames
Aerial view from an aeroplane of Gravesend, Kent, and Tilbury, Essex, with the River Thames in between. Date: circa 1910s

Didcot Power station
With the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s

1937 Coronation, annexe to the Abbey constructed
An overhead impression of the temporary structure of steel framing and wood infilling, finished externally in plaster and treated to harmonise with the stonework of the Abbey

Saint-Claude, France - Fabrique Jeantet-David Pipe Factory - Polishing the pipes using overhead belt-driven polishing machines. (see: 10993880) Date: circa 1909

Zermatt - Switzerland - Breithorn and the Gornergrat Railway. Date: circa 1910s

Viktoriagatan, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
Viktoriagatan (Victoria Street), Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden. Date: circa 1908

Japan - Yokohama - Bashamichi-dori. Date: circa 1920

Jasper Avenue looking West - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba Province, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Tramway terminus, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Tramway terminus, sea front, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: 1908

Express on the St. Gotthard route, Switzerland. This route is serviced by an Electric Locomotive of 12, 000 H.P. - the most powerful in the world! Date: late 1930s

Main Street from Commercial Place - Norfolk Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Commercial Centre of Kobe, Japan - Sakaemachi - " for the trade and circulation of money". Date: circa 1910s

Huntley & Palmers Girls leaving work - Reading, Berkshire Date: 1906

Dover Castle, Kent - Aerial View. circa 1930s

Doncaster, South Yorkshire - St. Sepulchre Gate Date: 1905

Church Street, Liverpool Date: 1905

Mountpottinger Rd. and Corner, Belfast - a policeman stands on the road, there is a pub, people and a tram and visible overhead tram lines. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Teaching Model of Overhead Wiring - a board for teaching the overhead wiring used for electric trams. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

WW1 - French troops watch a German Taube Aircraft pass over their trench. Advertorial postcard for Dubonnet. Date: 1915

Elevated Railway - Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Elberfeld Monorail
The suspended overhead street railway at Elberfeld-Barmen, Germany. When this photograph was taken, experts were predicting that buses and trams would be suspended too! Date: 1930s

Goods transporter at Manchester Station
An overhead transporter carries goods to the appropriate platform at Manchester Station. Date: 1892

Hunt by French anti-aircraft gunners for Taube Aircraft
On the main highways - the hunt by mobile French anti-aircraft gunners for German Taube aircraft Date: 1915

King Edward Street, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The statue of slave trade abolitionist William Wilberforce (standing atop a tall Doric Column) can be seem in the background

Europa Point, Gibraltar, with Zeppelin overhead
Europa Point, Gibraltar, with the Zeppelin airship overhead. Date: circa 1928

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