Tide Collection (page 7)

Freshwater Bay, 1940S
Freshwater Bay and the Stag Rocks, a lovely part of the Isle of Wight, England

England / Polperro
A view of the Inner Harbour at low tide, at Polperro, Cornwall, England

The Duplex Catamaran, 1880
Engraving of a Duplex Catamaran, built in Rhode Island USA, for Mr. Henry N. Custance, honorary treasurer of the Corinthian Yacht Club, August 1880

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Langstone Mill
Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire. The tower mill was used for milling cereals, the tide mill is in the foreground. Both date from the 18th century

The Thames at Mortlake
The river bank at MORTLAKE at low tide - boys scavenging at the waters edge

Stage Coach / Flood Tide
A Flood Tide " Ship a hoy!!" A concerned gentleman is offered passage by jolly boat, but encouraged to stay in the stage which will make the final five mile in 20 minutes

Donkeys in Sea
Business is bad at Weston- super-Mare, Somerset, England. The tide has come in on the poor huddled donkeys, much to the glee of one little boy swimming in the sea

Two Children on a Rock
A boy and his sister stand on a rock as the waves surround them : soon they will be swept away by the incoming tide to a watery grave... or so she fears

Cockling, Lancashire
Cockling on the beach, Lancashire

Fishing / Wading / 1555
Fishing by wading neck-deep in the sea and pulling a floated net along by hand

Beached Sailing Ship
A sailing ship stranded on a British beach at low tide

Tide at Cromer
The tide rushing in during rough weather at Cromer, Norfolk, England

Tissington Well Dressing
WELL DRESSING One of the six wells that are dressed at Ascension Tide. The custom originates from pagan water- or well-worship

Swimmers at Hastings
Two girls stand on a seaweed- covered rock at low tide at Hastings, showing off their two-piece bathing costumes which consist of shorts or bloomers & tunics

Biarritz / Beach / Low Tide
Biarritz: the beach at low tide

France / Mont St Michel 15
A French lady, pious but pregnant, is making a pilgrimage to Mont Saint Michel when she is overtaken by the tide : she calls on the Virgin for help, and is saved

HOLY ISLAND (1813)
The ruined abbey church of Lindisfarne, Holy Island, Northumbria, which is an island only at high tide, otherwise it is accessible on foot. Date: 1813

Holy Island (Palmer)
The castle of Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne, Northumbria, which is an island only at high tide, otherwise it is accessible on foot

Angels of Mons Advert
Advertisement for Phyllis Campbells account of the vision of Angels at Mons who protected the British retreat and turned the tide of the German advance into France

Fishing for Cockles / 1909
Fishing for cockles at Leigh Creek, Essex

Shanklin, Isle of Wight
A view of the sea front and pier at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, with Culver Cliff in the distance

The Industrial Thames
A tug hauls industrial barges along the River Thames, photographed from Chelsea Bridge at flood tide

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