Towing Collection (page 2)

Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong method
Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle

Emigrant ship St Vincent
The emigrant ship St Vincent, bound for Sydney, Australia, being towed out. The ship left Deptford, south London, preparatory to sailing for Plymouth, then Cork in Ireland

Napier aeroplane, 1916
A Napier aeroplane en route to the army authorities, towed by a car with a large trailer. Date: 1916

Couple water-planing on a wooden raft
A couple water-planing (or planking) on a wooden raft -- the photograph has been taken from the motor boat which is towing them. Date: 1914

British soldiers towing captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers towing a captured German gun along a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, aboard a towing lighter

Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, about to be warped aboa?
Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, about to be warped aboard a towing lighter

A Curtiss H12 Large America in a towing lighter adapted ?
A Curtiss H12 Large America in a towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying boats

Towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying ?
Towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying boats. In the background is Curtiss H12 Large America, 8670

Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Black Sea Sailing Boat
The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Towing a Black Sea Sailing boat. Date: circa 1910

A British destroyer towing an observation balloon

Vickers Type 665 Valetta towing an Airspeed Horsa off the ground

Fairchild C-82 Packet towing a CG-15 and CG-4A glider at Greenville (SC) Army Air Base

Jock Eassie in Short SA2 Sturgeon TT2 VR363 air-towing
Jock Eassie in Short SA2 Sturgeon TT2, VR363, air-towing the experimental SB1 Sherpa off the runway at Aldergrove on 30 July 1951. Date: 1951

NFS towing unit and trailer pump, WW2
The National Fire Service was formed in 1941 and Greater London was designated a fire region with Lambeth as the Regional HQ

Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by side
Regular London firefighters with their LFB pump escape side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts and their towing vehicle at a London fire station

Blitz in London -- firefighters with damaged vehicle, WW2
Regular London and AFS personnel standing by their towing taxi (which would have towed a trailer pump). The vehicle has suffered debris damage following a bombing raid

NFS firefighters and salvage corps working at a fire
Firefighters from Clerkenwell and the NFS Salvage Corps at work at a warehouse fire. The fire engines from right to left are; a towing unit

NFS (London Region) damaged LFB fire appliance, WW2
The former red fire engines of the London Fire Brigade were painted grey in WW2 and during the time of the NFS. Here a damaged dual purpose pump has been delivered to the Regional headquarters

NFS (London Region) fire float on the Thames, WW2
A motor launch fire float under tow by a fireboat on the River Thames

NFS (London Region) A Bermondsey towing vehicle, WW2
A towing vehicle and trailer pump from 38 A 2V, a Bermondsey sub-station located at Paragon School, Searles Road, London SE1. The picture was taken at the Regional Headquarters, Lambeth

NFS (London Region No 5) Towing Unit, WW2
An NFS towing and trailer unit in uniform grey livery, displayed in the Regional Fire Service Headquarters station drill yard

U. S. S. Constitution towing the H. B. M. ship Cyane captured Fe
U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815. Date c1919

Sea Scouts in cutter under tow
Sea Scouts in a cutter under tow. circa 1920s

SS Bloodhound towed to shore - Newfoundland
SS Bloodhound with a broken shaft, being towed to port by SS Diana - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: 1910

Shipbuilding 1970
Towboats assist m/s Varenna to leave Landskrona shipyard built 1970 Date: 1970

Howitzer towed by lorry near Merris, France, WW1
A British 6 inch howitzer being towed across a railway line by a lorry near Merris, northern France, at the time of the Battle of Hazebrouck (during the Battle of the Lys), First World War

Austro-Hungarian soldiers towing a vehicle, WW1
Austro-Hungarian soldiers towing a broken-down vehicle along a muddy road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Air Scouts on a tractor
Two Air Scouts drive a cable towing tractor at Lasham airfield. 1960s

Workman with slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman with a slate quarry tram, somewhere in North Wales. This small tram can carry half a ton of raw slate, and one man can operate it

Metal sign advertising motor insurance
A metal sign, rusting in places, advertising the Empire motor insurance policy from Eagle Star and British Dominions, with instant repairs and free towing

HMS Alert towing HMS Discovery through Icebergs, British
Engraving showing HMS Alert towing HMS Discovery through icebergs, with Disco Island in the background, as seen from HMS Valorous (left foreground) during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Henschel Hs-126 Ww2
After serving during Spains civil war, this is one of Germanys most versatile non- combat aircraft during WW2, for tasks ranging from recon- -naissance to glider towing

Horses Tow Barge
Two horses draw a barge along a German canal : a sail has been raised to get a little help from the wind

Horse-Drawn Barge
A horse pulls a barge full of coal along the canal towpath

Merry Go Round on Ice
A merry-go-round on the ice - towing children on toboggans. Date: 1890

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