Tidal Collection (page 3)

Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA
The Washington Monument is reflected in water of the tidal basin of the Potomac River. Date: circa 1895

Japan, Two children digging for shellfish, low tide riverbed
Japan - Two children digging for shellfish on a low tide riverbed. Both hold small picks/shovels suited for this purpose. Date: 1906

Welsh Chapel Scene
A busy scene on the Crumbles, a long stretch of shingle, from Eastbourne to Pevensey Bay, formed by the tidal wash of the sea. Date: 1950s

Mirage on the beach
On a Tripoli beach, bathers mistake a mirage for a huge tidal wave. Date: 1936

Tidal Wave at Ito
The town of Ito, in the Izu peninsula of Japan, is destroyed by a tidal wave caused by an earthquake Date: September 1923

Wartime ferrywoman, WW1
A wartime ferrywoman at work on an English tidal river, during the First World War. Date: 1916

Japan - Women collecting mussels on the beach at low tide. Date: circa 1910s

Cherry Blossom at the Tidal Basin, Washington DC, USA
Cherry Blossom trees at the Tidal Basin, Washington DC, USA Date: circa 1945

Psalter of Saint Louis (13th c. ). Abraham is
Psalter of Saint Louis (13th c.). Abraham is fighting against four kings: Quedorlaomer, king of Elam; Amrafel, king of Shinar; Arioj, king of Elasar and Tidal, king of Goim

The tidal wave - July 4, 1918 - 95 ships launched United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Poster showing an eagle leading a fleet of ships; an engulfing wave is composed of cavalry

Awful calamity gulf tidal wave. September 8th 1900

Morton, North Yorkshire - The Aegir - a tidal surge on the River Trent. It takes its name from Aegir, the Norse god of the ocean

Man & Sheep stare across the Seine
A Gentleman and a curious sheep (!) inspect the view across the River Seine at Le Manoir-sur-Seine - a wonderfully bizarre card!

Saint Malo, France - Le Pont Roulant
Le Pont Roulant at Saint Malo - a remarkable track-mounted ferry bridge, enabling the crossing at high tide between the hold of the Exchange, Saint Malo to Naye of Saint-Servan

Bathers at Boulogne-sur-Mer
Bathers and their bathing machines in the shallow waters at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Holmfirth Reservoir
Terrible inundation and loss of life at Holmfirth when the reservoir burst its banks in 1852

Island of Krakatoa, in the straits of Sunda. The volcano erupted 4 times in 1883. The blast was estimated to have had the power of 10000 hydrogen bombs

Times & Tides Tablets
Built into the walls of Durleston Castle, Dorset, are several tablets on which are inscribed many clock times of the world, tidal times &c

GRAVESEND SEASIDE
A Thameside paddling pool for children as they play on the banks of the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England

Ganges Bore
native boats caught in the bore in the estuary of the Ganges, Bangladesh

TIDAL WAVE, 1908
After the earthquake which destroyed Messina, Sicily, a tidal wave devastates the coast of South America !

Prororoca, China
The prororoca, a tidal bore on the Tien-Tsang river, China

Hooghly Bore
A native boat tosses in the bore of the Hooghly, the most important channel of the Ganges river in its estuary in West Bengal

Wansford Bridge
Shepherd Barnaby is forewarned about a tidal wave & takes his sheep to the top of the church tower & rings the bell in warning so that others might escape

Atlantis Destroyed
The island is destroyed by a tidal wave

Lisbon Quake / Ciceri
A panoramic view of the ruined city after the 9.30 am tremors have been followed by a succession of tsunami (tidal waves) and further destruction is being caused by fires

Lisbon Quake / Justine
A tsunami (tidal wave) sweeps up the North Tagus river at about 11 am, some 90 minutes after the earthquake tremors, and compared by witnesses to a mountain

Tidal Wave, Japan
A Japanese sailing vessel is hit by a tidal wave following an earthquake

Steamer in Seine Barre
A steamer caught by the MASCARET or BARRE at Quilleboeuf in the Seine estuary, France

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