Pulleys Collection

Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants 1 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Dining-Room. A family at their dining table, which is a typically Heath Robinson design

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen. A busy Kitchen, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys

Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design

A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical man
Photograph and sketches of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech

Heath Robinson Bedroom 4 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Bedroom. A bedroom, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys

Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875
Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Advert for R. Waygood & Co. lift makers 1898 Advert for R. Waygood & Co
Advertisement for R Waygood and Co. Lift Makers (by appointment to H M the Queen) specialising in Electric, hydraulic and Belt Driven lifts for all buildings. Date: 1898

LCC- MFB Blackheath fire station
Blackheath fire station, located at Brigade Street, Tranquil Vale, SE3 (very near the Mary Evans Picture Library), with the escape ladder stored at the side

Removing Stone at Mill
Removing the stone at an old water mill at Ewell, Surrey

Clock of St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London 1842
A man operating the workings of the clock belonging to St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London, to illustrate an article about a church clock factory and bell foundry, Moore and Co. 1842

Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold
Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936

Building a Brewery Date: 1941

Laying Pipe Date: 1948

PULLEYS Date: 18th century

HARTS CONTINUOUS LIFT-2
Harts continuous lift system in action, with the engine mechanism shown below. (pic 2 of 2) Date: 1882

Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889
Examples of pulleys, hoists and a lifting jack Date: 1889

Great Exhibition construction
Construction workin progress on the upper portion of a column. Date: 1851

Rigging for sailing ships, 18th century.. Rigging for sailing ships, including cordage, bale slings, butt slings, can hook slings, ropes, blocks and pulleys, 18th century

Treble-geared lathe for turning, boring and facing pulleys. Height of centres 18 inches

Tallow-Chandler 1827
" The business of a tallow- chandler consists in making candles of suet or fat and in selling them after they are made". Date: 1827

Importing Fruit at Docks
Fruit is imported for Christmas at busy London docks and warehouses. Date: circa 1850

Raising a Rib
One of the massive arched ribs of the transept is raised into position above the main Great Exhibition building at Hyde Park. Date: 1851

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, 6 months of activity
Six months of ceaseless activity. The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Complex 16th Century Pulley System
A complex and technical design of a 16th century pulley system. Date: 1588

Industrial Machine - Pulley system
Illustration of a 1588 Industrial Machine made up of a pulley system designed for heavy lifting. Date: 1588

Groveferry, Kent - The Ferry
Grove Ferry (Kent, England) took its name from a hand-drawn ferry that crossed the River Great Stour, shown here in this early 20th century postcard photograph

Fishing Boats on the River Erdre, Nantes, France. These bateau-style boats have a small flat bottom with straight sides and were used as early as 1671 on the Saint Lawrence River, French Quebec

Open Cable Car at San Sebastan, Spain
Spain - San Sebastian - The Monte Ulia Funicular Shuttle Arrives at the Station. This open cable car was opened on September 30, 1907 and was designed by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852-1936)

Steam Whipping Engine by J. Scott Russell and Co
Technical drawing depicting a patent Steam Whipping Machine constructed by Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co. of Millwall and used to load and discharge cargo on screw collier ships. Date: 1856

Manchester Ship Canal - Creating a new dock
Workmen operate a temporary pulley-based device used in the process of the construction of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal

Hercules Statue / Rome
A colossal bronze statue of Hercules found beneath the Campo dei Fiori in Rome is raised by a complex dual block-and-tackle system

Tunnelling / Kilsby / Shaft
The Head Gear at the Great Shaft during the construction of the Kilsby Tunnel

Digging a Rail Cutting
The construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches

Pantomime fairies flying across the stage, supported by wires from above

City of London Warehouse
Packages are raised and lowered using pulleys at a warehouse in the City of London

Great Eastern / Lifeboats
Lifeboats on the starboard quarter of the Great Eastern

Oiling a Crane Pulley
Two construction workers risking life and limb to oil the pulleys on top of a huge crane

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

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