Semaphore Collection

The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)

The Naze Tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Naze Tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. An historic landmark, it was built on the cliffs in 1721 by Trinity House as a navigation mark to guide shipping

CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805
CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille

Telegraph House, constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station, was the home of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) and Dora (his second wife)

Semaphore telegraph
View of the semaphore tower in 1810. On the south side of St. Georges Road, Stoke Newington, formerly stood a tall boarded structure which served as a semaphore telegraph tower. Date: 1875

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

Telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (Sensitive hedysarum, Hedysarum gyrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Trainee Signalmen use semaphore to spell their regiment
circa 1910s

Railway station platform, Semaphore, Southern Australia
Railway station platform, Semaphore Road, Semaphore, Southern Australia. Date: circa 1906

Telegraph House, home of Bertrand Russell
Telegraph House, constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station, was the home of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) and Dora (his second wife)

Capital ship of a modern battle fleet by G. H. Davis
The capital ship of a modern battle fleet: a drawing of a typical British aircraft carrier, showing the general arrangements between decks, and two British innovations. Date: 1953

Tree-lined approach to Telegraph House, constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station, the home of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) and Dora (his second wife)

Two boy scouts on an outdoor activity, Mauritius, signalling with a flag

Telegraph House notice, home of Bertrand Russell
Telegraph House notice -- private road, please drive slowly, children, no right of way. The house was constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station

Model - Mark V WWI male tank with semaphore device
An extremely finely built model Mark V First World War male tank with semaphore device with hatches that open. Trench Art

Cabot Tower - St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabots discovery of

WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal Is Save
WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal is Save. The Navys Here. In support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign. Date: 1942

Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex. Date: circa 1905

Semaphore, Royal Navy
The semaphore on HMS Camperdown of the Royal Navy works fine in daylight with good visibility. Date: circa 1895

Semaphore. Edwardian Valentine card depicting a cherub sending the message I love you in semaphore.Date: circa 1905

Telegraph or semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland
Two Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland

Greek boy scouts doing semaphore signals
Three Greek boy scouts, one of them doing semaphore signals

French boy scouts signalling with flags
Two French boy scouts on a high rock, signalling with flags (semaphore)

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Pierre, Montmartre. Date: 1899

Paris, France - Eglise de Montmartre, with semaphore. Date: 1829

Wolf cubs doing a semaphore test, Canada
Wolf cubs doing a semaphore test (signalling with flags), Canada

Cub leader D Andrade, Trinidad
Cub leader Joseph Olroy D Andrade, son of the District Commissioner, Trinidad

Rejected by the War Office, Mules put to good use by L. R. B
Humorous illustration suggesting what to do with an obstinate mule who has been rejected for usual war work. Why not utilise the mules wonderful kicking powers

Women Signallers Territorial Corps, WW1
Women demonstrating their skills at the headquarters training school of the Women Signallers Territorial Corps in 1916. From left

Russian Soldier Using Semaphore
A lone Russian soldier atop a hill using Semaphore flags to communicate to other sections of the Russian forces in the 1904/5 Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Hanoi, Vietnam - The Service Tower and Military Telegraph
Hanoi, Vietnam - The Flag Tower, part of the Hanoi Citadel - built between 1805 and 1812 under King Gia Long. Date: circa 1910s

Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore in Mex
Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex Date: circa 1905

The Semaphore, Garoupe lighthouse - Antibes
The Garoupe lighthouse, semaphore and Notre Dame de Bon-Port chapel in Antibes, a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Date: circa 1907

London Sea Scouts in semaphore display
London Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947

Sea Ranger Girls, 1939
Sea Ranger girls, part of the River Emergency Service during World War Two, seen putting their flag waving signals into action. Date: 1939

Sea Scouts receiving signals by flag. October 1935

American Scouts with flags
A group of American Scouts pose together in a forest in front of a tent. Some of the boys hold semaphore flags, one boy holds an American flag and one holds a Boy Scouts of America flag. circa 1930s

David Wright woman with black net veil
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black net veil and a low-cut V-shaped black top. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drill
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment

Police Notice -- Street Crossing Signals
A Police Notice showing Street Crossing Signals in Bridge Street, New Palace Yard, London, close to Parliament and the Met Police headquarters

River Emergency Service, World War II. A patrol boat of the River Emergency Service returning from duty flies the gas signal GQH and a member of the crew signals for assistance be semaphore

Semaphore 1912
Boys practising semaphore in the courtyard of the Columbia Park Boys Club, San Francisco

The Night Train Leaving a Station

Operating Mech. Semaphore
Operating the mechanical semaphore of the Royal Navy

S for Semaphore
A sailor composes the letters on the mechanical semaphore used by the Royal Navy

Using Mech. Semaphore
A rating of the Royal Navy using the mechanical semaphore

Mechanical Semaphore
Mechanical semaphore used by the British Navy

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