Steep Collection (page 8)

Swiss Rack Railway at Rigi Kulm, Switzerland. The line ascends Mount Rigi from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau and is operated by the Rigi-Bahnen

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

Funicular railway - Santiago, Chile
The Lower Station for the funicular railway running up the steep slope of the San Cristobal Hill, Santiago, Chile. The hill was named by the Spanish conquistadors for St Christopher

Stepcote Hill, Exeter, Devon
Stepcote Hill - the ancient West Entrance to the City of Exeter, Devon. Date: circa 1930s

American Scouts pulling a sledge
A group of American Boy Scouts dragging a sledge up a steep snow-covered hill in a forest. circa 1950s

Cycling in Lakeland If you cycle in Lakeland you ll find on the whole its a mixture of pushing and losing control !! circa 1920s

Clovelly / Devon 1904
Clovelly, North Devon: the main street Date: 1904

Coach Going down Hill
A mail coach descends a hill. Date: circa 1835

Derbyshire Climbing
Two climbers make their way up a steep rockface. Date: 1950s

Building a fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall
Andrew Besley, boat builder, building a 20 foot traditional wooden fishing boat at St Ives, Cornwall. It is designed to work off a steep pebble beach of the kind found in East Devon

European man in a white suit, Middle East
A European man in a dazzling white suit with rather short trousers and white shoes poses in front of a handwritten sign in arabic writing, in a street somewhere in the Middle East

Italy - Ragusa, Sicily - Via Casina
Casino Street at Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

The Chateaux and Viaduct - Uzerche, France
A view of Uzerche, a commune in the Correze department in the Limousin Region of central France. The arrival of the railway in the late 19th century resulted in the construction of large viaducts

Georgia - Tbilisi - Gorge close to Botanic Gardens. Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

Gavarnie - France - Hotel du Cirque
The Hotel du Cirque and the Cirque itself at Gavarnie, France. The Cirque de Gavarnie is a famous example of a cirque (amphitheatre-like valley) in the central Pyrenees, in the Pyrenees National Park

An Alpine Impasse / W H Robinson
A couple on holiday have trouble with their car and caravan over a particularly steep peak. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Sherpas and mules on a trip through Kashgar, western China
Sherpas and mules negotiating steep rocks on a trip through Kashgar, western China

The Steep Nature of the Shore Ice Edge
View demonstrating the difficulties of landing during the 1912 expedition to the South Pole. The barrier edge is perpendicular

Mexico - Ascending slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano
Amecameca, Southern Mexico - some hardy souls and their horses ascend the slopes of the Popocatepetl Volcano

Clovelly, Cornwall - Donkey on the cobbled path
Clovelly, Cornwall - One of the traditional donkeys with basket panniers, used to transport goods up and down the steep cobbled paths of this picturesque Cornish coastal village

Rock perched precariously on clifftop
A rock perched (somewhat miraculously) on the top of a steep clif. The striations in the stone attest to their soft compound, the way water has aroded their form over time being made fully apparent

Moving hay on a pulley system - Hardanger, Western Norway
West Norway - Hardanger. Moving a large bundle of hay up and down a steep slope on an elaborate and rather remarkable string and pulley system

Poster advertising Germany for winter relaxation, depicting a man skiing down a steep snowy slope

Steps and archway, Kashgar, western China
A set of steep steps descending through an archway in Kashgar, western China

Coastal scene - cliffs
Waves crash on a steep rocky coastline with dark high cliffs. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Norway - Stalheimskleven
Pony and trap traversing a barren track with a stunning view at Stalheimskleven, Norway

Terrace of houses, Highgate Hill, North London
A terrace of Georgian style houses on Highgate Hill, North London. Tramlines can be seen in the roadway

Tatler Motor Show Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration of an intrepid driver wearing cap, goggles and scarf steering his vintage car to the summit of a very steep hill

EDINBURGH
A narrow, steep close, believed to date from 1544, named after Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate of Scotland 1692-1709 and 1711-13

Burns / Lament for James
LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail d his lord

The Crevasse by Alfred Bestall
Illustration by Alfred Bestall showing mountain climbers at the edge of a steep crevasse

A descent in the Andes
Two men sledge down the snowy mountainside; the backseat passenger buries his head beneath his hat, too scared to watch where they are going

Sledge Hauling, British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876
Engraving showing a sledging party hauling their load up a steep incline to reach a depot at Cape Rawson, British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Pulling a wagon up a steep slope, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving showing a wagon making its way around a steep hill above the river in Yellowstone National Park, 1883. The river bank is so steep that three men are needed to pull ropes to keep the wagon

France Rocamadour
The astonishing town of Rocamadour, built on a steep slope over the Alzou in southern France

Welsh Mountain Scenery
This wonderful North Welsh mountain scene was taken from near the summit of Snowdon. Note the mountain railway winding up the steep slopes

England / Clovelly
A busy scene outside the tourist shop on the incredibly steep cobbled main street of Clovelly, Devon, England

Atmospheric Exeter House
An atmospheric scene of an old house on a steep street corner in Exeter; two girls stand beneath the overhanging eaves while a young woman leans against the wall further down

Parking on Hills
On steep hills set the wheels against the kerb

Cotton shoot on the Alabama
Cotton shoot of around 350 feet in length used to send bales of cotton from high up on a steep river-bank down to a passing paddle steam-ship, Magnolia

Ramblers on Wrynose Pass
Touring cyclists, ramblers, pausing for a breather while climbing the steep and rugged Wrynose Pass, one of the wildest parts of Langdale Valley, Westmorland, England

England / Shaftesbury
Looking down Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorsets highest town. On the right is the Abbey Wall and part of the Old Town Wall. King Canute died here on 12 November 1035

Greestone Stairs Lincoln
A glimpse of Greestone Stairs, a steep flight of steps leading up to Lincoln Cathedral, England

Lakes / Wrynose Pass
A wild part of the English Lake District, descending the steep, stony Wrynose Pass, to Wrynose Bottom, with Hardknott Pass, Cumbria, in the distance

Road to Charmouth
The picturesque road into Charmouth, Dorset, a holiday resort on the border with Devon

England / Minehead
Church Steps, Minehead, Somerset, a steep and narrow way up to the 14th century church of St. Michael s-on-the -hill. Thatched roofs and tall chimneys feature in this town

Fore Street, Hatfield Hertfordshire, in which James, 2nd Marquis of Salisbury, first experimented with wood block paving, a pioneer in this type of road surfacing

Devon / Countisbury Hill
Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap

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