Steep Collection (page 6)

Vicolo del Pallonetto, Santa Lucia, Naples, Italy
Vicolo del Pallonetto, a narrow street in the historic Santa Lucia district of Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Funicular railway, Vesuvius, Italy
Funicular railway climbing a slope of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Railway in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Long flight of steps, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

100 Steps, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Gwalior, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Funicular, Mount Vesuvius, Italy
People riding on the Funicular, going up Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Sorrento, view from Piazza del Tasso, Italy
View of Sorrento from the main square, the Piazza del Tasso. Date: late 19th century

View of Sorrento, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Incline railway, Denniston, New Zealand, a steep incline railway linking Denniston with Conns Creek. Date: circa 1890s

Climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt
People climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Residence of Charlie Chaplin, Beverly Hills, USA
Residence of Charlie Chaplin in Summit Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. Date: 20th century

Incline Railway, Mount Beacon, New York State, USA. Date: 1903

Pug Peter -- dog and ducklings on steep slope
Pug Peter -- Very upsetting. A dog and three ducklings slide or fall down a steep slope. Date: 1905

Two six-ton tanks climbing a hill, WW1
Two six-ton Renault tanks climbing a hill towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

German Uhlans climbing a hill on horseback, WW1
German Uhlans crossing a river and climbing a hill on horseback during the First World War. Date: 1914

Italian soldiers climbing precipice, WW1
Italian soldiers transporting themselves and their artillery up a sheer mountain face by means of ropes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Cliff lifts at Bournemouth, Dorset
View of the cliff lifts at the seaside resort of Bournemouth, Dorset

Moldova - Old barn, well and storks
Moldova - a family of storks have nested on the top of a steep-roofed delapidated farm barn, next to a lever well. Date: circa 1920s

Folkestone Parish Church
The fine Parish Church at the top of the steep hill leading to the harbour at Folkestone, Kent, England. Date: 19th century

Javanese Landscape
A winding road cutting through steep hills and woodland, Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Cat on the Steps
A rather sinister black cat, lurking in the shadows on some steep steps. Date: early 1930s

Madagascar - Tananarive - The Municipal Theatre
Amparibe, Antananarivo, Madagascar - The Municipal Theatre and l Eglise Norvez© enne d Ambatovinaky (Norwegian Church of Ambatovinaky) - Lutheran Church Date: circa 1910s

Turkey - Nevsehir - Goreme
Goreme, situated among the famous fairy chimney rock formations - a town in Cappadocia, Turkey in the Nevsehir Province in Central Anatolia. Date: circa 1930s

Village of Saint Rhemy-en-Bosses, Italy on the Swiss border
The village of Saint Rhemy-en-Bosses, Italy on the Swiss border. Date: 1902

Thessaloniki, Greece - Toumba Hills and (dry) River Vardar
Thessaloniki, Greece - Toumba District and a bridge crossing the (dried up!) River Vardar. Toumba stands for mounds covering Bronze and early Iron Age settlements

Arabian Street in Algiers, Algeria
Winding (and climbing, up some steps) Arabian Street in Algiers, Algeria, with a seemingly rather staged set of local types! Date: circa 1930s

Malta - Barracca Lift, Valletta Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Valletta - St Louis Street Date: circa 1920s

Taxco, Mexico - Narrow street by Church of Santa Prisca Date: circa 1930s

Taxco, Mexico - Church of Santa Prisca
Taxco de Alarcon - a small city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The 18th century Church of Santa Prisca can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

The Funicular Railway - Lourdes
The Lower end of the Funicular Railway - The Pic de Jer - Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1907

Madagascar - Queens Palace - Ancient Royal Residence Date: circa 1910s

Ilfracombe, Devon, England Date: 1905

Rue de la Chaine - Montmelian, Savoie department, France
Rue de la Chaine - Montmelian, Savoie department, Rhone-Alpes region, France Date: circa 1908

Woman descending a mountain path - Switzerland
Woman descending amountain path with a large bundle of hay balanced on her head. Date: circa 1910s

Snowdon Summit - Mountain Railway
The easiest way to the summit of Snowdon, Waless highest mountain, is to take the mountain railway. There are hotels when you get there. Date: 1906

Summit of the Rochers de Naye a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Montreux in the canton of Vaud, from where the Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye leads to its peak. Date: circa 1930s

Malta - Strada St Lucia, Valletta - WWI era. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Rigi-Kulm, Switzerland
Rigi, Switzerland - visible is the rack railway running from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau, operated by the Rigi-Bahnen. The Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn started operation on May 21

Funicular Cog Railway - Madeira, Portugal
Funicular Cog Railway from Funchal to Monte on Madeira Island, Portugal which operated between 1893 and 1943, and went further up to Terreiro da Luta at 867 m above sea level

Georgia, Tbilisi - Old Tramway
Tramway in Tsitsishvili (now Baratashvili) Street, Tbilisi, Georgia. Date: circa 1910s

Figures by a River, by Giosafatto Alfieri. Date: 1807

Horse-drawn tramway on steep descent

St. Helena, looking out to sea, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant view across valley, c. 1870

View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill

Zion National Park - Utah

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