Rapids Collection

Angel Musician - Window
One angel helps Saint Cecilia play the organ, while another holds a lyre : thanks to this heavenly instruction, she will become the patron saint of musicians

Japan - Poling a barge along the Hozu River
Japan - A brave boatman poling a barge solo along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Niagara Falls whirlpool rapids cage ride, USA

Niagara Falls Whirlpool Rapids Cage Ride probably Victorian period

Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods
History of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer

Africa. Congo. Yellala Falls, views of the left bank
History of Africa. 19th century. Yellala Falls, views of the left bank. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

United States, New York State. Little Falls. Mohawk River valley rapids and rocks. A canal was constructed around the rapids about 1795. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal

White-water rapids on a mountain beck
Scottish hills and lochs: - White-water rapids on a mountain beck Date: circa 1930

The Rapids at Big Bull Falls, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA
The Rapids on the Popple River at Big Bull Falls, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. Date: 1913

The Lewis and Clark Expedition - Reach the Missouri River
The Lewis and Clark Expedition - They reach the falls and rapids of the Missouri River 1804 - 1806

Sea trout, charr and fishing methods
Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99, and fshing methods using manmade rapids on a river to catch salmon in grills and nets

Masonic Temple, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. circa 1908

Buck & John Thornton caught in the rapids. Date: First published: 1903

Republic RC-1 Seabee N6249K (msn 456) 28 February 1947: N6249K - registered and delivered to Northern Air Service Inc.; Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1960

USA / MISSISSIPPI RIVER
The violent tributaries of the Mississippi River. Date: mid 19th century

Watersmeet joining of the East Lyn River and Hoar Oak Water
Watersmeet at the confluence of the East Lyn River and Hoar Oak Water, North Devon, England. Spot the collie dog. First Published The Sunday Times Date: c1988

Japan - Poling rafts along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Vancouver, Canada - Capilano Canyon and Flume. Sunday walkers pose on the 60-cm-wide catwalk along to the rushing Capilano flume, a water channel built to carry/move shingle bolts (blocks of woods)

The Visp-Zermatt Railway Line by River Rhone, Switzerland
Spectacular scenery on the Visp-Zermatt Railway Line, Switzerland - passing here alongside the Rapids of the young River Rhone. Date: circa 1920s

Germany - Monschau - Eifel Region - Rur River in flood
Monschau (French: Montjoie, Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the district Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Rur River in flood

The Death of Kalulu, Kalulu Falls, Central Africa, 1876
Engraving showing the death of Kalulu, at the Kalulu Falls, during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877

Rushing Rapids below the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Date: circa 1890

The Visp-Zermatt Railway Line by River Rhone, Switzerland
Spectacular scenery on the Visp-Zermatt Railway Line, Switzerland - passing here alongside the Rapids of the young River Rhone. Date: circa 1910s

Indians fishing, Rapids, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
Indians fishing in the Rapids, Sault Sainte Marie, on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Date: 1901

Dufed Bridge - Mullfjellet, Sweden
Railway Bridge to the west of Duved, Are Municipality, Jamtland County over the Indalsalven, one of Swedens longest rivers. Date: 1904

USA - Rapids and Bridge to Goat Island - River, bridge and island. Part of Box 5 Boswell collection. American Trip. Date: circa 1900

In Muckross Demesne, Killarney - a view of cascading rapids on a river. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Kerry: Killarney). Date: circa early 1900s

Old Weir Bridge and Rapids, Killarney - a view of an old bridge across a turbulent river. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Kerry: Killarney). Date: circa early 1900s

Rapids on the Moyola River, Moyola Park, Castledawson - a view of a turbulent river with a man at the banks. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Castledawson). Date: circa early 1900s

Rapids on the R. Erne at Ballyshannon - a view of rapid water past the falls. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Ballyshannon). Date: circa early 1900s

Three scenes of Japan inset on a Japanese river scene
Three photographic scenes of Japan inset onto a traditional Japanese river scene showing a river craft navigating a section of rapids. Date: circa 1910s

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806). Pass the first strea
William Clark (1770-1838). American military and explorer. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806). Pass the first stream. Engraving by A. Sargent. The Illustrated Universe, 1881. Colored

Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi, 1847, by Henry Le
Henry Lewis (1819-1904). English painter. Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi, 1847. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid. Spain

Japan - Navigating the rapids of the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Poling rafts along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Yaba Bridge at Yabakei
Japan - Yaba (Wooden) Bridge over the Yamakuni River in the Yabakei Gorge - a nationally-designated Place of Scenic Beauty spanning the municipalities of Kusu and Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture, Japan

Travellers Drown / Mekong
A French General and Doctor and native crew drown in the Mekong River rapids, Vietnam Date: 1910

Brazza in Africa / Ogooue
Brazzas explorations in equatorial Africa - negotiating rapids on the River Ogooue Date: 1875 -1878

Wagon Bridge, Grand Rapids, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1908

The Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Showing the bridge Date: 1908

Steamer on Yukon River, Yukon, Alaska, USA
Steamer the White Horse at Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River, Yukon, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910

Kyoto, Japan - Rapids on the Hozugawa River
Kyoto, Japan - A boat taking on the rapids of the Hozugawa River. Date: circa 1908

Waterfall - Mount Lebanon (Mont Liban) Mountain Range, Syria
Waterfall in the Mount Lebanon (Mont Liban) Mountain Range in Syria Date: circa 1910

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe - the rapids above the main falls as seen from Cataract Island. Date: circa 1910s

Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos
Riding the Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos. Riverbank ropes aid the passage of a canoe across a treacherous rising stretch of water. Date: circa 1907

Calidris minutilla, least sandpiper
Plate 320 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Going through the rapids. Illustration shows a young man asking his girlfriends father for her hand in marriage. Date 1901 November 13

Niagara Falls. The rapids at Niagara. Date c1848

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