Timber Collection (page 11)

London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth
Men at work in the London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth

LCC-LFB Serious warehouse roof fire
A serious fire develops at a warehouse whilst the flat roof of the warehouse is being re-pitched with hot bitumen. The workmens timber tripod pulley can be seen near the firefighters standing

GLC-LFB - Timber yard fire, Barking
Firefighters in action with hoses at a fire in a timber yard in the London Borough of Barking, East London

Bunk beds at New Cross LFB sub-station, London, WW2
Firemen and bunk beds put up in the basement from salvaged materials, at New Cross sub-station, Monson Road, SE London. The men were getting what sleep was possible during the hectic days

Convicts in Tasmania
Convicts rafting pine logs, Grummet Island, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830

Crossing the timber line, Pikes Peak railway

Sakhalin Island, Russia - Convicts at working moving timber
Russian Convicts on Sakhalin Island work to move timber on a basic railroad. A katorga (penal colony) was established by Russia on Sakhalin in 1857. Date: circa 1910s

Newfoundland, Canada - Lumbermans Camp
Newfoundland, Canada - A Lumbermans Camp (Radical Tree Surgeons...!). Date: circa 1910s

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Arrival of the Wellington statue at Hyde Park Corner
Arrival of the great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, by Wyatt, at the Wellington or Constitution Arch at Hyde Park Corner

Item from The Scout newspaper, reporting from Grenada in the West Indies on the 1st Grenada Troop, who have helped the Fire Brigade put out a fire at a local lumber yard. November 1926

Parana - Domestic trade port - Argentina Date: circa 1910s

The Snow-Storm. Winter scene in rural America Date: ca. 1865

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka (1 / 2)
Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (1/2) Date: circa 1910s

Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, Canada
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Large Cedar tree trunks have been floated down the inlet and gather in the harbour. Date: circa 1910

Cedar Trees - Vancouver Island, Canada Date: circa 1910

Wooden Chapel - Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky Monastery - old wooden chapel. 2010

House detail, Bad Wimpfen, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
Detail of the 16th century timber-framed Burgermeister-Elsasser-Haus in the town of Bad Wimpfen, in the state of Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. 2010

Romania - Transporting timber
Transporting wood/timber down from the slopes of the mountains via a long artificial ramp and trough assemblage - Romania Date: 1912

Old house, Bad Wimpfen, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
An old timber-framed house in the town of Bad Wimpfen, in the state of Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. 2010

Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka (2 / 2)
Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Hotel building, Eberbach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
View of the Hotel Zum Karpfen, a timber-framed house, in the town of Eberbach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. Paintings on the facade (left) depict the story of the town. 2010

Finland - Transporting timber Date: circa 1909

St Williams College
St. Williams College, York, England, was originally built in 1461 as a college for Minster priests. This splendid timered building was altered in the 15th and 16th centuries Date: 15th century

PARIS EXPO 1937 - 11
Exposition Internationale - Le palais du bois - timber pavilion Date: 1937

Drawing Off Resin
Drawing off resin frompine trees near Arcachon in southwest France. Date: early 20th century

Timber at Hull Docks
Loading timber onto a lighter at Victoria Dock, Hull, Humberside, England. Date: 1960s

Tudor Houses
Mill Street, Warwick, with a row of Tudor half-timbered houses, a glimpse of Shakespeares England. Date: 16th century

Alcester Town Hall
The fine half-timbered Town Hall at Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Date: 17th century

Portuguese soldiers disembarking from train, WW1
Portuguese soldiers disembarking from an English train, First World War. They are probably arriving in Hampshire, to work in the New Forest to help produce timber for the war effort. Date: 1917-1918

Houghton Water Mill
Children fishing in the River Ouse, beside Houghton Mill, a large 18th century timber water mill, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. (A Youth Hostel at the time). Date: 18th century

Disabled tank near Premont, Battle of Cambrai, France, WW1
Men of the 20th Manchesters resting by a tank which has been disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont, during the Battle of Cambrai, France, First World War

Stuffed dog mounted on a tree stump. The dog is a cross of a timber wolf and a collie that was found in a hunters trap, Grand Island, Lake Superior Date: 20th century

Latvia - Liepaja (Libau) - Workers Hall Date: circa 1910s

Hitchin Dower House
A woman with her dog on the doorstep of the Dower House, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Date: Medieval

Lumberjack Camp
A group of lumberjacks setting up camp in a forest clearing. Date: early 1930s

Medieval Gatehouse
The crooked medieval gatehouse of Lower Brockhampton Hall, Bringsty, Herefordshire, England. Date: 14th century

DRY ROT
Floorboards in an old house, destroyed by dry rot. Date: 1950s

Unloading Timber 1930S
Unloading timber from barges, an unfamiliar London scene, near the Surrey Docks. Date: 1930s

Woodworm and Dry Rot
Examples of damage caused by woodworm and dry rot, to timber taken from St. Marys Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Beeleigh Abbey, near Maldon, Essex, England. The building dates back to the late 12th century, although the 13th century Chapter House is the chief remaining relic. Date: late 12th century

Cheyney Court Winchester
Cheyney Court (or The Cheyneys ) and Gateway, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Date: 15th century

Elizabethan Gatehouse
The beautiful black and white gatehouse of Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England, dates from circa 1570, and was probably more for ornamental than defemsive purposes. Date: late 16th century

Tudor House Museum
The Tudor House Museum, Southampton, England. Built in the 1530s. Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I are all reputed to have stayed here. Date: 15th century

Hadleigh Guildhall
The ancient timber-framed Guild House - or Hall, at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (Before restoration). Date: 15th century

COCK AND BELL INN
Cyclists stop to admire the Cock and Bell Inn, at High Easter, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

St. Crispins Chapel, a fine stone and timbered building at Colwall, Herefordshire, England. Date: Medieval

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