Screw Collection

Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South Wales
Two miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic
A White Star Line booklet containing plans of the Olympic and Titanic triple-screw steamers. Part of a cross-section plan can be seen, revealing the various levels towards the prow of the ship

Gutenbergs press, with books
Gutenbergs press, reconstructed from what was left of it, and housed in the Deutsche Buchgewerbehaus at Leipzig, Germany

Cunard Line poster
Poster advertising the Royal Mail four screw steamers of the Cunard Line shipping line, Lusitania and Mauretania, the finest, fastest and largest steamers in the world

Fantastic Wooden Screw Olive Press - Kabyle People, Algeria
Absolutely Fantastic Wooden Olive Screw Press - Kabyle People, Algeria. The traditional Kabylian economy of the area is based on arboriculture (orchards and olive trees)

LCC-LFB Magirus (screw) 100ft turntable ladder
An example of the Dennis Morris Magirus turntable ladder in its fire station appliance room

Nettlefolds patent pointed screws, from Verity Electrical Supplies, Aston, Birmingham. 1903

Red Star Line Ocean Liner, Triple Screw, Belgenland, 27, 200 Tons. Date: 1921

Ocean liner watch, Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Queen Mary
OCEAN LINER WATCH: Extremely rare Rolex 14 carat gold self-winding waterproof bubble back wristwatch with sweep centre seconds and Queen Mary dial

Engineering Magazine, quadruple screw RMS Lusitania
Cunard Line - hardbound 1907 reprint from Engineering magazine of the quadruple screw RMS Lusitania. Date: 1907

White Star Line - Information for Passengers
White Star Line - rare early information for passengers and cabin plan of Screw Steam Ships Britannic, Germanic, Celtic, Adriatic, Republic and Baltic. 5 x 8 inches. Date: circa 1880

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, carrying troops, WW1
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - poster in sepia of the White Star Line Triple Screw Steamer Olympic Carrying Troops to the Great War

White Star Line, RMS Olympic and Titanic - framed poster
White Star Line, RMS Olympic and Titanic - extremely rare official White Star Line poster, circa 1910-1911. White Star Line agent's poster showing a commanding image of the ship at sea in a 3/4

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, foldout leaflet
White Star Line, RMS Olympic Triple-Screw Steamer, 46, 359 tons. One of the Largest Steamers in the World, foldout leaflet with a sectional view of Olympic and 12 interior images

Cunard White Star, Lancastria deck plan with statistics

Mrs Chips the Carpenter's Wife

Diagram showing the longitudinal and cross section of the HMS Duke of Wellington. Date: 1852

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

The new double-screw steamship Far East. The launch took place at Cubitt Town, Millwall, in the presence of a large number of people

Weddells palm, Lytocaryum weddellianum, young plant (Cocos weddeliana). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Patent letter-copying presses. 1854

Screw pine, Pandanus augustianus. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Comte de Kerchove de Denterghems screw pine, Pandanus kerchovei. Chromolithograph by Francois Stroobant from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Metal casting equipment: open sand casting 1, trowel 2, ramming tool 4, lifting screw 5, sand casting between flasks 6, cog wheel casting 7-10, and moulds for loam casting 11-13

The Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screw
Examples of hydraulic siphons including natural springs, waves, syringe, rope pump, the Duke of Wirtembergs siphon or the Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screw

A worker using mechanical power to press paper in a mill. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Roanoid bakelite wall fitting in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite ceiling fitting in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite toothbrush holder in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite soap holder in marbled cream with egg and dart design. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite curtain rings, flange ends and tassel hook
Roanoid Bakelite button curtain rings in five sizes (in dark red), two flange ends for a curtain rod, and a tassel hook (in marbled brown). Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite drawer pull and sash window lifts
Roanoid bakelite drawer pull in marbled brown and two sash window lifts in dark red. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite hat and coat hook in dark red. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite wardrobe hooks in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite finger plates, one in plain brown, the other in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite shelf and brackets in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Stationery, Crystalate Manufacturing Co Ltd, Billiards and Pool Balls, Poker Chips and Counters, Dominoes, Draughts, Screw Stoppers, Bottle Tops, Tonbridge, Kent. 1900

The torchlight launch of the iron-screw steamer Azoff in the Clyde. 1855

Crew members, HMS Magpie, boom defence vessel
Group photo of crew members on HMS Magpie, a screw gunboat launched in 1889, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902, then reverting to a gunboat in 1915. Date: circa 1908

Cutting screw threads with hand chaser 1875
Skilled operator cutting threads or screws on a lathe by hand. Date: 1875

City of Manchester steamer
The City of Manchester screw steamer, launched on Saturday 14th June 1851 from the Kelvin Dock, Glasgow. A Cunard ship, it was due to sail between Liverpool and Philadelphia. Date: 1851

HMS Buzzard (a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop) - Royal Navy Training Ship at Blackfriars on the Thames in 1906. In 1904 she was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at

Thomas Cook Archive - Photo - the Amasis
Thomas Cook Archive - Photo - the screw steamer Amasis. early 20th century

Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien, Loiret, France
Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Date: 1910s

TSS California, steamship of the Anchor Line
TSS California, (turn screw) steamship of the Anchor Line. Date: circa 1930

American Screw Company s. United States. Engraving, 1884
American Screw Company s. Manufactory of patent Gimlet-Pointet Screws. United States. Engraving, 1884

Kabyle Olive Oil Press - North Eastern Algeria
A quite outstanding postcard (incredible detail) showing an olive oil press in operation in the Kabyle Region of Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated

Quebec Steamship Company - S. S. Bermudian
The S. S. Bermudian of the Quebec Steamship Company - held the record for the fastest trip between New York and Bermuda of 39 hours, 20 minutes, set on 9th February, 1912. Date: circa 1913

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