Pontoon Collection

A Fish Pontoon at Grimsby by Fortunio Matania
An illustration of what was described in the Sphere as one of the greatest fishing ports in the world. In 1790 the population was less than 1, 000 and in 1907 it was 65, 000

Pontoon Bridge at junction of Lough Conn & Lough Cullen, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Kolkata, India - The Howrah Bridge No. 1
Kolkata (Calcutta), India - The Howrah Bridge No.1 (The Old Pontoon Bridge) which crossed the Hooghly River. Date: circa 1905

Healys Anglers Hotel Lough Cullen, Co. Mayo - a view of a Hotel beside the Lough, taken over the water with boats moored. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Pontoon Lough Cullen)

Curacao - Willemstad - Queen Emma Bridge
Curacao - a Dutch dependency in the West Indies. View of Willemstad and the Queen Emma Bridge, a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay, built in 1888. Date: circa 1910s

Soldiers building pontoon bridge, Flanders, WW1
Soldiers of the Royal Engineers building a pontoon bridge near Boesinghe, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wwi / Italy / Sacile Advance
Following their victorious crossing of the Piave and Monticano, British troops passed through Sacile over hastily-made pontoon bridges

Swans, Windsor Bridge, Henley
Mute swans feed from a pontoon near the Windsor Bridge across the River Thames, Henley, Berkshire, UK. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England - The Pontoon - Catch of Cod. In 1790 the population was less than 1, 000 and in 1907 it was 65, 000

Pontoon Bridge at Lough Conn - a view of the bridge to the right and three men at a jetty in the foreground and two boats. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Lough Conn)

The 21st Reg t Wisconsin Vol. crossing the pontoon bridge, at Cincinnati, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1862. Print showing Union soldiers of the 21st Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers marching across a pontoon

India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over Hooghly River
India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over the Hooghly River. Vintage 19th century photograph

1st Sussex Regiment Royal Engineers during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Grimsby Pontoon early 1900s

Royal Engineers at Pontooning Work, WW1
Royal Engineers at Pontooning Work during the First World War Date: 1915

Vintage 19th century photograph: city of Koln, Cologne, pontoon bridge of baots, River Rhine, Germany

Vintage 19th century photograph: bridge of boats, pontoon bridge, River Rhine, Cologne, Koln, Germany c.1870 s

Bridge of boats, pontoon Tientsin, Tianjin, China
Vintage 19th century photograph: bridge of boats, pontoon Tientsin, Tianjin, China

Camel train crossing a pontoon bridge River Nile, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: camel train crossing a pontoon bridge over the River Nile, Egypt

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Silhouette of man sat on a bollard on a pier in Hong Kong
The silhouette of a man sat on a bollard on a covered wooden pier in Hong Kong harbour. Moored ferry boats can be seen in the background Date: 1982

Attendants prepare hire boats on Rutland Water, Leics
Attendants prepare hire boats on Rutland Water, Leicestershire, England. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

A sailor prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Wate
A sailor stands on a pontoon and prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Water, Leicestershire, England Date: 1988

Seaton shingle beach
People stand and sit on the wooden boat launching pontoon on the shingle beach at Seaton, East Devon, England. The white cliffs in the distance are are at Beer Head

Maude Bridge, Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1918 and named after Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. This photograph dates from circa 1930. Date: circa 1930

Battle of Mons 1914
German forces attempt to cross the Mons-Cond頃 anal by throwing pontoons across the water. Several times this was done

Howrah Bridge, River Hooghly, Calcutta, India
Howrah Bridge, River Hooghly, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1920

Villagarcia, Spain - The Dock Date: circa 1908

Bridge across the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq
A pontoon bridge across the River Tigris in Lower Baghdad, Iraq on a very windy day! It appears that preparations are being made for a celebration or festival as the bridge is adorned with rushes

Pontoon bridges across James River at Richmond, Va. April, 1865. Horse-drawn wagons crossing bridge. Date photographed 1865, printed later

Venice, Italy - Pontoon bridge across the Venetian Lagoon to S. Michele Island. San Michele, nicknamed The Island of the Dead, is the cemetery island of Venice

Pontoon Bridge over the Tigris at Mosul, Iraq
Temporary pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Mosul, Iraq, connecting to a more solid construction further across the flow. The view is from Mosul toward the long low Tell Mound marking the site of

Curacao - Queen Emma Bridge
Curacao - a Dutch dependency in the West Indies. View of the Queen Emma Bridge, a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay, built in 1888. Date: circa 1903

Villagarcia, Spain - General Panoramic View Date: circa 1908

World War One Soldiers and Pontoon, England. Date: 1910s

Entrance to Pontoon, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1900s

Steam yacht in Cannes harbour - a beautiful boat, with four men carrying out maintenance work from a floating pontoon. Date: 1913

Japan - Pontoon Bridge across a River
Black and white lantern slide showing a Pontoon Bridge across a River, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

The Prince of Wales stand, Aintree Grand National, 1923
The view point for the Grand National, as prepared for the Prince of Wales(later Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor) in 1923. Building a new stand: showing a pontoon bridge connected with it

General view of Cologne, Germany, across the River Rhine from Deutz, showing the pontoon bridge. Date: circa 1905

French cavalry fording a river in Northern France, WW1
Two photographs showing how French cavalry cross an unbridged river on a march. The men are conveyed across on pontoon boats and when one horse is led across, the rest follow on behind. Date: 1915

British soldiers sheltering under pontoons, WW1
British soldiers sheltering from the sun under pontoons on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

French infantry crossing Yser canal, Belgium, WW1
French infantry crossing the Yser canal, near Ecluse de Het-Sas, Belgium, very early in the morning, during the First World War. Date: July 1917

Hampshire - Cowes, Isle of Wight - The Pontoon. (see: 10909671 for the departure of a very similar vessel for Cowes from Lymington) Date: circa 1910s

Germany - Speyer a Rhine - The Pontoon Bridge
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - The Pontoon Bridge over the River Rhine, in use from 1863 to 1938. Date: circa 1910s

The Floating Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey
The Floating Bridge across the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1838

Scottish troops cross a pontoon bridge in France - WWI
Scottish troops crossing a pontoon bridge in France - WWI Date: circa 1916

Engine maintenance pontoon by the Saunders-Roe SR45 Princess
An engine maintenance pontoon alongside the Saunders-Roe SR45 Princess, G-ALUN, 1954. Date: 1954

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