Subterranean Collection

Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
A copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869

Hezekiahs Tunnel, Jerusalem
Hezekiahs Tunnel (Siloam Tunnel), Jerusalem, a subterranean channel cut through the rock, 533 metres long. It was designed as an aqueduct linking the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. Date: 1920s

Poster, Caves of Remouchamps, Liege, Belgium Date: 1923

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Istanbul. Turkey
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Interior

Turkey. Constantinople - Cistern of Philoxenos
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern, The 1001 columns. It was constructed under a palace in the 5th century

Subterranean Canal in Speedwell Lead Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1910s

New Buildings: a Yacht Club and a Car Park
Two examples of recent modern buildings. A clubhouse for the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch. And an underground car park at Hastings, capable of holding up to 1000 cars

Photographs showing scenes after the Portuguese Revolution. Captioned, Sailors Guarding the Quelhas Convent, Searching for fugitive Priests in a newly discovered subterranean passage

WORLD OF LIVING DEAD
WORLD OF THE LIVING DEAD (Ed. Earl Repp) The scientists explore the subterranean world Date: 1932

Subterranean church in Bethlehem, 1800s
Subterranean church in Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity, 1800s. Pilgrims praying before an altar. Chiesa sotterranea di Betlemme

Ruins of Rachels Tomb, near Bethlehem, 1800s
Ruins of Rachels Tomb or Bilal bin Rabah mosque, near Bethlehem, 1800s. Sepolcro di Rachele. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Chickling pea, subterranean lathyrus or earth-pea, Lathyrus amphicarpos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Interior of a coal mine, Newcastle upon Tyne. circa 1850

Curtis British Entomology Plate 659
Lepidoptera. Euclidia glyphica (Burnet Companion) [Plant: Trifolium subterraneum (Subterranean Clover)] Date: 1824-39

The Shell Grotto - an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent, England - The Dome. Date: circa 1910s

Fountain Perseia. Mycenae
Mycenae. Fountain Perseia, underground cistern used for water supply. Built as a tunnel of 104 steps leading to a small pool. It was rebuilt in hellenistic period. Mycenae. Argo?lide province

Column of Tears. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Istanbul. Tu
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Column of Tears

Operation Gold. Reconstruction of the tunnel built by American intelligence and British between 1954 and 1955 to link the west and east side of the city

The War of the Worlds - Comtemplating life in the sewers
" We will have to lead a life underground, do you understand? I thought about the sewers..." Date: First published: 1898

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Medusa column base. Istanbul
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Medusa column base. Detail

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Guzelyurt. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Ortahisar with castle. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Gokcetoprak. View of the entrance of the cave church of the village. Cappadocia

Turkey. G??reme Valley. Cappadocia. Landscape. Central Antatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Pasabaglari. Monks Valley. Fairy chimney. Detail. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Goreme National Park. Troglodyte church. Central Antatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Uchisar. Cave house. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Ortahisar with castle. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Uchisar. Cave house. Central Anatolia

Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving
Economy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. The Art of the Illustration, 1888

Children in front of a house, Matmata, Tunisia, North Africa
Children in the courtyard of a subterranean house, Matmata, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1910

Entrance to the Fleet Ditch, London. Now a fully subterranean river - its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath. The impressive building is Bridewell Palace

Underground home - Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia - used in the harsh winter. Date: circa 1800

British Signal Corps laying subterranean cable, WW1
Men of the British Signal Corps laying a subterranean cable during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Removing Rock from a Tunnel
Three construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Poster advertising the Betharram Grottos
Poster for French railways advertising the Betharram Grottos in the Pyrenees, near Pau --a subterranean wonder of the world, not discovered until 1810, and not opened to the public until 1903

Subterranean warfare
Two French engineers are illustrated constructing a mine gallery. During the war tunnels were dug beneath enemy lines and mines placed to destroy enemy positions above

Underground works at junction of Hampstead Road and Euston
Section of the underground works at the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Hampstead Road with Euston Road. The diagram shows the extent of the subterranean works in London by this period

Vietnam Da Nang
(aka Turon or Touraine) - the subterranean Buddhist temple

Paris Catacombs (Mono)
With flaming torches, sighteers marvel at the subterranean catacombs of Paris

Visiting Paris Catacombs
A guide takes a party of sightseers on a tour of the subterranean catacombs of Paris

TREE-MAN
A Tree-Man from a subterranean planet

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