Tons Collection (page 3)

German Self-Propelled Mortar, Second World War, c. 1945
Photograph showing a German soldier standing beside a self-propelled mortar, which weighed about 120 tons, c.1945

V-2 Rocket in Trafalgar Square, 1945
Photograph showing a German V-2 rocket exhibited in Trafalgar Square as a feature of Londons Thanksgiving Week celebrations at the end of the Second World War, September 1945

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947. Heligoland had been a stronghold for German military forces during both World Wars

Interior of a Transport Airplane filled with coal, 1948
Photograph showing the interior of a Dakota airplane loaded with kitbags full of coal, destined for Berlin during the airlift of 1948

HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed; Second World War, 194
Aerial photograph showing the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Argonaut steaming at high speed during the Second World War, 1945. HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser of 5450 tons, mounting ten 5.25-inch guns

Vigra Gold Mine, Wales, 1862
Engraving showing the crushing mill of Vigra gold mine, beside the Hirgwm river in North Wales, 1862. The waterwheel shown was about 60ft in diameter

Elizabethan Warship, 1588
Illustration of an Elizabeth warship, circa 1588, from the Illustrated London News, 2nd March 1929. This image depicts a typical warship of 500 tons, mounting 28 guns

Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic car
The train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons

After-Deck of the RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the after-deck of Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

British Troops examine a German Royal Tiger, France; Second
Photograph showing several British soldiers examining an abandoned German Royal Tiger tank, near Falaise, 1944. This heavy tank was reported to weigh 65 tons

Propellors for the Normandie, February 1935
Photograph of three propellors built at Deptford, London, for the French liner Normandie. Each of these propellors were 16ft in diameter, made of Turbiston bronze and weighed 23 tons

The Great Westerns new giant, the Caerphilly Castle
The most power passenger engine in Great Britain in 1923, The Great Westerns New Giant, Caerphilly Castle. An engine designed by C. B Collett and constructed at Swindon

Canadian guide making a canoe, 1858
Engraving showing a French Canadian voyageur (guide) making a canoe on a framework of cedar covered with sheets of birch bark

The Nimrod returning from Antarctica, 1909
Photograph showing the Nimrod, the polar research ship used in the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, returning to Britain in 1909

Mauretania
The Mauretania, built in 1906 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, she was the largest liner in the world at 32, 000 gross tons

SS Lusitania, 1907
Photograph of the bows of the Cunard Liner, SS Lusitania, in dry dock 1907. Lusitania was then the largest liner afloat, weighing 32, 500 tons and capable of twenty-six knots

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

The Winans Ocean Steamer, 1858
Engraving of the Winans Ocean Steamer cigar ship, launched at Ferry Bay, Baltimore, on 6th October 1858. Intended as an ocean-going vessel, she was 180 feet long and had a displacement of 350 tons

The Skerryvore Lighthouse, off Argyllshire, 1844
Engraving of the Skerryvore lighthouse, 1844. Built between 1836 and 1843, with 6000 tons of granite, the lighthouse entered service on 1st February 1844

HMS Goliath, 1907
Photograph of HMS Goliath, a Canopus Class battleship of 12, 950 tons, launched in 1898. She was sunk in May 1915, off Cape Helles, Dardanelles, with the loss of most of her crew

Aquitania Photo P / C
Cunard White Star Liner. 901 feet long, 45, 647 tons. Scrapped in 1950

Slip of earth on the Great Northern Railway line
Slip of earth at the Spittal-Gate cutting off the Great Northern Railway. The incident happened just south of Grantham, over a thousand tons of earth fell on the track alomost burying the engine

Nile Dam Construction
NILE DAM Stone porters transporting a granite lintel weighing three tons to be used in the construction of the Nile dam

Charcoal Burning
Each burner holds three tons of wood. After three days during which the air is excluded and much steam is given off, the result will be half a ton of charcoal

Japanese in China 1937
The most modern (output of 5 million tons of coal) British coalmine at Kailan in north China being occupied by the Japanese as a result of fighting in Manchuria

Electro-Magnet / Cig Card
Electro-magnet capable of lifting 46 tons

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

James Baird, Ironmaster
JAMES BAIRD Scottish ironmaster : his family business at one time produced 300, 000 tons of iron a year; his profits largely went in Church benefactions

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