Surfacing Collection

Road Works in Whitehall, London, 1882
Engraving, originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London, 1882

Pitch Lake - La Brea, Trinidad
The huge Pitch Lake at La Brea, Trinidad - source for the pitch used in road-covering ashphalt. The asphalt from the Lake is of economic value to Trinidad and Tobago

Road Works in Whitehall, London 1882
Originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London. In the foreground the men are preparing pitch or tar with their portable

Bottlenose dolphin - jumping out of the water (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

The Gentle Art of Excavating - a specially designed skimmer
The beginning of a garden suburb. Excavating a new road with a specially designed skimmer, a typically rickety contraption from the inventive mind of gadget king, William Heath Robinson. Date: c.1938

Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s

Kotten Granite Surfacing Machine, New York, USA. Showing CE Abaire Date: 1900s

Crocodile - Just appearing from water (Crocodylus niloticus). Katavi National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Stranded Rissos dolphin - Head standing, playing out of the water. Scarring is believed to be made by the teeth of other Rissos dolphins or by their squid prey. (Grampus griseus)

Bottlenose dolphin - at water surface, close-up of face (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Dolphins - group underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose Dolphin - at surface (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf first swim with Mother (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Moor FROG - watching beetle (Donacia sp), (Rana arvalis Nilsson). Russia

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

Two Royal Navy Divers return to deck. Date: 1903

Self-acting sliding and surfacing lathe. Height of centres 10 inches

Surfacing lathe with dividing motion and apparatus for cutting wheels. Height of centres 30 inches

Surfacing lathe with 4 feet faceplate

Woburn Abbey Dairy
The Chinese Dairy at Woburn Abbey, seat of the Duke of Bedfordshire, England, seen from across the beautiful water lily pond, noted for its tame fish, surfacing for food. Date: 1950s

The Nonslip Stone Company - Road Congress Exhibition
The Stand/exhibit of the Nonslip Stone Company - at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition held in London in June 1913. Date: 1913

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

Whaling Scene 1555
Hunting for whales and searching for amber off the Scandinavian coast Date: 1555

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