Pit Collection (page 11)

Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a Sarcophagus
The excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia

Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, the scene of much of John Wesleys most dramatic preaching

Back-chat by Webster Murray
Colour illustration by Webster Murray depicting a stage actress engaging in some humorous banter with the audience, or conductor in the orchestra pit

The Bystander Masthead
Scene depicting glamorous theatre goers in a box at the theatre, watching an actress on stage take a bow while the conductor is visible above the orchestra pit

Russian Rifle-Pit
A Russian rifle-pit, captured by the British, is incorporated into their trench system

Everton and Manchester City Football Teams walk onto the pit
Photograph showing the Everton (light shirts) and Manchester City (dark shirts) teams walking onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium, prior to the start of the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

ST AUSTELL - 1926
Carthew clay works, St Austell, Cornwall

A family group waiting for news at the pit head, Gresford Co
A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children

CHALK PIT
Working a chalk pit

Clay Cross Miners / Shaft
Colliers at the Clay Cross mine at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, wait at the bottom of the pit as their colleagues are hauled to the surface, 300 yards above

Miner Using Drill / 1956
Miner using an hydraulic drill at the coal-face, at Cape Bank Hall Pit, Burnley, in Lancashire

Coal / Horse Works Whim
A horse working a whim in a French colliery

Firewalking / Hussein
AHMED HUSSEIN before crossing the pit at Carshalton

Tredegar Mine / 1865
BEDWELLTY PIT, TREDEGAR Monmouthshire (Wales)

Jeremiah Thrown into Pit
His prophecies of doom during the siege of Jerusalem so annoy the royal officers that they have him thrown into a muddy pit, but king Zedekiah has him pulled out again

Jeremiah in the Pit
During the siege of Jerusalem his predictions of defeat for the Jews so annoy the royal officers that they throw him into a muddy pit, but king Zedekiah has him pulled out

Cog & Rung / Coal Mine
A cog and rung mechanism for raising coal from the pit

Gin for Raising Coal
A gin for raising coal from the pit

Treasure of Callow Pit
Two men retrieve legendary treasure from Callow Pit, Norfolk. One crows that even Old Nick can t take it from them now, at which a black hand snatches it

HENRY IV AT THE GLOBE
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the " Pit" watching a performance of Shakespeares " Henry IV"

Wagner / Ulk / Berlin
RICHARD WAGNER German composer, deified at Bayreuth, with deposed gods and goddesses below: There is only one God, and His name is Wagner!

Pit, Boxes and Gallery
PIT, BOXES AND GALLERY in a London theatre (Cruikshank has drawn himself second from left in the centre box)

Staffordshire Mine
A steam engine drawing coal in the Staffordshire collieries

China Clay Quarry
A china clay quarry near St. Austell, Cornwall. The quarries are often 300 feet deep and a mile round the top. The clay is washed out and the white sand is separated

Children Putting a Tub
CHILDREN WORKING AS PUTTERS A girl and a boy haul a hutchie laden with 3-10 cwt (150-500kg) of coal from the coal-wall to the pit-bottom

Mr Guppys Desolation
Mr. Guppys Desolation Mr Guppy stands gazing up at Ester Summerson in the box

Coal / French Pit Ponies
The pony stable in a French colliery

Firewalking, Fiji
On Bequa Island, Fiji, 12-14 men walk slowly across a fiery pit, sustaining temperatures of 130 degrees Celsius for up to a minute

Paranormal / Firewalking
Firewalkers of Fiji take 12 to 15 seconds to cross a pit of stones which have been heating for two days; they use no special preparations

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

Statue of Hercules, Rome
Bronze statue of Hercules is unearthed in Rome, Italy

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