Sheds Collection

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station replaced two older Bermondsey fire stations that were closed down

Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1900s

Brooklands motor racing track. 20th century

LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire station
The fire station at Leyton, located at 90b Church Road, London E10

GLC-LFB New Lewisham fire station appliance room
The appliance room of the newly commissioned Lewisham Fire Station, located in Lewisham High Street, SE London. Showing Lewishams appliances, a pump-escape, pump and emergency tender

LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of London
Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt. Fire brigade horses had now been replaced by motorised fire appliances

Rheidol Vale Railway
The Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, opened in 1902 to serve the local lead mines. Here is one of the engine sheds at Aberystwyth. The line was privatised 1989

GLC-LFB - Croydon vehicle workshops
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each location, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliances
Lambeth fire station (Brigade Headquarters) with pump-escape, pump and 100 foot turntable ladder. The station had three other appliances: an emergency tender, breakdown lorry and canteen van

Beddington & Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade
The Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade

Euston Locomotive Sheds
Express locomotives stabled in the engine sheds at Euston Station

LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance room
Station 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907. Here its self propelled pump and pump-escape stand ready in the appliance room

Paddington Station, platform 5 and 6 - London. Date: early 1930s

Woman on a 1938 Ariel motorcycle
Woman on a 1938 Ariel 500cc motorcycle in garden circa 1938

LCC-LFB Wandsworth Fire Station appliance room
The newly opened fire station at Wandsworth, West Hill, with the stations appliances plus an Auxiliary Fire Service pump lined up in the appliance room

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

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Aerial View - Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station
This photograph shows a portion of the extensive Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway. The illustration consists chiefly of the roof of the sheds

LCC-LFB Kensington fire station, SW London
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

LCC-LFB vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQ
The London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1

Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses
Put it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936

Seven Sopwith 2F1 Camels lined up on the deck of HMS Furious prior to the raid on the Tondern airship sheds on 19 July 1918

LCC-MFB Kensington fire station, W London
The appliance room of the former Kensington fire station which was located in King Street, W8. It was built in 1871 and closed in 1905 when the new Kensington fire station was opened

The Bristol Filton works in October 1910 after the addition of two new sheds. Date: 1910

RAF AT Aerial-Target 1917
Engineers Working on a Raf-At Aerial-Target 1917 Early Uav Target Drone in a Hangar at Farnborough in 1917 Date: 1917

Motor racing circuit track at Brooklands, Surrey. 1930s

Zeppelin LZ-6 Airship Entering its Hangar by Lake Constance

Panavia MRCA Tornado prototype
The Panavia Mrca Tornado First Prototype P1 D-9591 Parked with Variable-Geometry Wing Swept-Back and Hangars Behind Date: 1975

Tin Town - The Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey. Date: circa 1917

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, archive of Ismay letters
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. A fascinating archive of letters from Wilton Oldham to Mrs Bower Ismay relating to research for his book The Ismay Line

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

The Farm Sheds
A landscape etching of a line of farm sheds in the Australian countryside. Date: circa 1923

Real photo of tobacco drying sheds Church Crookham
Picture shows a long row of tall drying sheds in the tobacco field, with plants and, just visible, figures. Date: 1914

Salt Workers Droitwich
Droitwich in Worcestershire was the centre of extensive works producing salt from brine. Conditions in the brine boiling sheds were arduous

Customs House sheds, Yokohama, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Customs House sheds, Yokohama, Japan, boats in the foreground

Port of London Authority, West India Docks, East London
Port of London Authority, West India Docks (Import Dock), East London, fitted with 70 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock, Scotland
Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock (Sheds 4 and 5), Scotland, fitted with nearly 100 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

TRIGONOMETRIC SURVEY
A Trigonometric survey in North America. Date: circa 1900

Stagecoach Accident with People Thrown from Carriage
A stagecoach sheds its load... Date: 1824

Black tarred upturned boats used as sheds on Holy Island, Northumberland, England. Lindisfarne Castle in the background Date: 2018

Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Lindisfarne priory, Holy Island, Northumberland, with old boat shed in foreground - these are sheds made out of upturned wooden boats Date: 2014

The Talyllyn Narrow Guage Railway North Wales. A steam locomotive (believed to be Loco No 7 Tom Rolt when it first entered service on the railway) emerges in a cloud of steam from under a bridge Date

The Talyllyn Narrow Guage Railway. The fireman blows the whistle of a steam locomotive (believed to be Loco No 7 Tom Rolt when it first entered service on the railway). Date: 1991

Dornier Do-23
A Dornier Do-23 Parked on the Apron in Front of a Hangar Date: 1930s

Old man with dog in garden
An old man with his dog, sitting in a garden. A woman sits in her garden in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

LNER, The Queen of Scots Pullman Express - Kings Cross
Kings Cross Station, London. LNER, " The Queen of Scots " Pullman Express awaiting departure Date: early 1930s

Landing Stage, Liverpool - small ships in foreground - large ships right background Sheds on left and in distance. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

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