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Advert for Ewart & Son boiler 1888Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, New Crown boiler, instant hot water in five minutes, available from Ewart & Son in Euston Road, London. 1888
Advert for Silicated Carbon Filter Company 1888Patent Silicated Carbon Filter, each time that the fiter is filled the air under the Aerator Cover is forced in the direction shown by the arrows through the Silicated Carbon block
Camel-powered water wheel in Morocco. Date: circa 1930
Sweetwater Dam, near San Diego, California, USA. Showing the heaviest overflow in its history to that date. Date: circa 1900s
The Prime Minister with his war cabinetThe eight men who control the war machine: left to right (standing): Mr Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; Mr Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service; Lord Beaverbrook
Drayman lowers crate of beer into pub cellar, EcclesA drayman lowers a crate of beer into the cellar of The Grapes public house in Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977
Scene with camel and plane at Khartoum Airport, Sudan. The camel is pulling a trolley. The plane is a BEA/Ministry of Supply Vickers Viscount, prototype G-AHRF. Date: 1950
Elishas Spring, Jericho, West BankElishas Spring (also known as Ain es Sultan, the Sultans Spring), Jericho, West Bank. According to biblical legend (2 Kings, 2), the prophet Elisha healed or purified the waters. Date: 1920s
Solomons Pools, near BethlehemSolomons Pools, an ancient water system near Bethlehem. Date: 1920s
Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder
How to start an allotment during WW1Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment. The Food Production Department was keen to get around 500
Didcot Power stationWith the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s
Raising a house in Chicago, 1871. Many buildings in central Chicago were elevated in mid 19th century to alleviate drainage problems
British soldiers standing round water cart, WW1Thirsty British soldiers standing round a water cart on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Caucasian oilfields by G. H. DavisThe Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her
Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New JerseyThe palatial Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey. Built in the Italianate style, it could accomodate 3, 500 guests, who came seeking the sea air and healthful recreation
Aswan DamLock gates on the newly-constructed Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902
WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the WarSorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941
Electric Power House - Petty Harbor, NewfoundlandElectric Power House - Flume & pipe line - Petty Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada. The first hydroelectric generating station (Petty Harbour Generating Station) in Newfoundland and Labrador
Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River NileEgyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE
Supply dump of trench mortar ammunition, France, WW1Men of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) on a supply dump of trench mortar ammunition (nicknamed toffee apples), at Acheux, northern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1916
Macedonian women at the fountainCountry Women at the village fountain, Macedonia Date: circa 1913
HMT SOMALIH.M.T. Somali, troopship employed by the British government to carry troops to China and elsewhere. The ship was at Gallipoli in World War One
Leamington Spa SpringA Georgian building containing the The Original Spring Recorded by Camden, 1588, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s
Supply dump near Beaurainville, France, WW1A supply dump behind British lines at Beaurainville, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917
Diesel Fuel Injection Pump TestingA technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London
Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917Pack horses of the Canadian Field Artillery carrying 18 pounder shells at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917
The Edge of the American Sector, Berlin, 1949Photograph showing German men and women removing the rubble barricades between the American Sector and the Soviet Sector of Berlin at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949
Egyptian ShadoofEgyptian SHADOOF at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields
San Roque Dam, Argentina, South AmericaSan Roque Dam, on the artificial San Roque Lake (reservoir), Argentina, South America, with a railway track on the right. Date: circa 1910
Dam on River Cosquin, Argentina, South AmericaDam on the River Cosquin, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1920
Maid collecting water. 1890
Water well for irrigation, Shaduf, EgyptWater well for irrigation, Shadoof (Shaduf), Egypt, North Africa. circa late 19th century
French Railway Alphabet - R for Reservoir (water tank). 19th century
Croton aqueduct at YonkersOld Croton aqueduct at Yonkers. The aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhatten, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Croton aqueduct title pageTitle page of Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct by F B Tower of the Engineer Department, Wiley and Putnam, New York and London, 1845 Date: 1845
Croton aqueduct bridgeOld Croton aqueduct bridge. The aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhattan, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Croton aqueduct bridge for roadwayOld Croton aqueduct bridge for roadway. The aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhattan, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Section through Croton aqueductSection through old Croton aqueduct. The aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhattan, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Croton aqueduct at Sing SingOld Croton aqueduct at Sing Sing. The aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhattan, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Austin car, Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, WalesAustin car parked alongside the Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, Wales. Date: circa 1960s
Camel-drawn water cart, AdenCamel-drawn water cart, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1908
View above Croton Dam. The Croton aqueduct was built 1837-42 to supply water to reservoirs in Manhatten, New York and remained in service until 1955. Date: 1845
Kateri Bund Dam and Bridge, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s
Dam and Lake, Bhimtal hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1910
Robert Morrison, 1940Robert Morrison, Labour MP for Tottenham, at a salvage depot amid a mass of waste-paper being put towards the war effort. Morrison was made Chairman of the inter-departmental committee on salvaging
11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex RegimentPhotographFrom album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957
U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for InvasionPhotograph: U. S. Supply Depot in England Prepare for Invasion. An American officer giving the ?Once over? to a newly arrived tank from the U. S. Shows an American officer checking a tank. NYT. 2848