Roads Collection (page 14)

Aldgate Congestion
A " traffic block" in Aldgate High street, east London. Note the predominance of horse- drawn over motorised vehicles; Aldgate tube station and the Three Nuns Hotel on the left

Turnpike, Kensington
KENSINGTON TURNPIKE showing toll gate and road menders

Paris Street Scene 1900
Traffic in a Paris street, a policeman controls both motor buses and horse carriages

Working horses drinking at a trough, London
Working horses (cab horses and cart horses) in a London street, drinking at a trough on a hot day

Road Block / Germany / 1921
During political unrest suspect cars are stopped on country roads

Renault Advert 1924
A wonderful evocation of the great days of motoring, when roads were open and uncluttered and cars were built like tanks !

Waterloo Br Congested
Heavy traffic congestion across Waterloo Bridge, mainly caused by roadworks

Monitor Merrimac Parsons
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Monitor & Merrimac / Elson
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Kennington Gate / Photo
The Toll gate at Kennington - a coach approaches

Serbian Postman
A Serbian postman explains to a peasant that he has got a puncture in his bicycle tyre, due to the rough country roads

New York / Street Plan
New York: street plan, showing the rivers, roads and public transport options

Street Disinfecting
Public disinfectors with their cart : this is the authorities response to cholera and other plagues

Dealing with Jaywalkers
Device for picking-up jay- walkers in the street; after being sucked in, they find themselves inside a treadmill condemned to keep running

Italian Autostrada
Italian motorists crowd onto the first autostrada in a grand automobolist cortege, closely resembling a traffic jam

Roman Paving
How paved Roman roads were made from paving stones cut to fit together

Signposts of Future
Tomorrows roads will be well signposted with illuminated overhead signs and loud- speakers so that even when travelling at speed you won t miss your way

Navvy (Petherick)
London characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator ( NAVVY ) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again

Laying Wood Paving, Paris
Laying wooden paving blocks in the avenue de l Opera, Paris, France

Laying Pave, Paris
Laying pave en gres (sandstone) near the Trocadero, Paris, France

Laying Tarmac, Paris
Laying tarmac in the place de l Etoile, near the arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Paving Stones, Paris
Laying paving stones near the cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France

Bitumen in Paris Street
Laying bitumen near the Grand Palais, Paris, France

Asphalt in Paris Street
Laying asphalt near the Hotel de ville, Paris, France

Paving a London Street
A passer-by holds her hand- kerchief to her delicate nose as she passes roadmenders laying wooden blocks with bitumen

Swiss Mountain Road
A lakeside road on the Urnersee is cut through the rock

Country Road of Future
This is what country roads will be like in a few years time - the entire leangth of the road is lit by discreet lighting

Wiltshire Village Street
Every building is thatched - even the Crown pub - in the High Street at Ashbury, Wiltshire

Path to the Village
A path leads to the village, Ockley, Surrey

American City Street
This is Riverside Avenue at Spokane, Washington - the traffic is light and the parking is easy... but wheres the river ?

Norwegian St in Snow
A full moon illuminates a snow-covered Norwegian street at night

Workington / Cumbria C1900
The shopping street in a northern English town - we are in Workington, Cumbria, outside the butchers shop

Suburban Shopping Street
A shopping street in Londons southern suburbs - Streatham High Road

Titchfield Street London
A street market in London - Titchfield Street

Traffic under Control
Traffic under control - an early form of Belisha beacon tells drivers to stop when its red, and the policemans outstretched arms tell you to do as the light tells you

Social / Gaslit Street 19C
A gas-lit London street at the commencement of Victorias reign

Street of the Future
Traffic in the city street of the future will be monitored and controlled - and if necessary warned and admonished - from control cabins above street level

Road Traffic Control
Traffic control from the air : the observer tells the police by radio-telephone the state of traffic, which can then be halted or diverted in case of accident or congestion

Deflationary Notice
A sign in Spalding, Lincolnshire, warning that any motorists who park their cars in the cattle market without paying the 2/6 fee will have their tyres deflated

Building a By-Pass
The sign reads By-Pass work suspended, owing to National Economy requirements, presumably due to the British Depression. Curiously, these men are still at work

Super Highway
A New York highway

John Macadam (Anon)
JOHN LOUDON MACADAM Scottish engineer, surveyor of roads, inventor of surfaced highways

John Macadam (Heath)
JOHN LOUDON MACADAM Scottish engineer, surveyor of roads, inventor of surfaced highways

Rabbits & Goose for Sale
Rabbits O! A street trader advertises his stock of rabbits and a goose

Gigantic Steam Roller
Gigantic steam roller for consolidating embankments

Street Watering Cart
A horse-drawn water cart dampens the dust raised by the street traffic

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