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Transporting Collection

Background imageTransporting Collection: The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Background imageTransporting Collection: The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands

Background imageTransporting Collection: Consett Ironworks

Consett Ironworks
Consett Iron Works, county Durham - a spectacular sight at night. Note the railway for transporting the coal in the foreground

Background imageTransporting Collection: Boeing 377 SGT Super Guppy F-BTGV Airbus Finningley

Boeing 377 SGT Super Guppy F-BTGV Airbus Finningley
The first of a total of 4 Super Guppy Turbines to be built by Aero Spacelines. Flew for Airbus for more than 20 years transporting Concorde and Airbus sections

Background imageTransporting Collection: Olympic arrives at Halifax, WW1, dazzle painting

Olympic arrives at Halifax, WW1, dazzle painting
The troopship Olympic arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cargo of 6000 Canadian soldiers

Background imageTransporting Collection: Heavy horses pull a Timber Wagon uphill

Heavy horses pull a Timber Wagon uphill. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageTransporting Collection: MAB First Ambulance Interior

MAB First Ambulance Interior
Interior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals

Background imageTransporting Collection: Coal Narrow Boats

Coal Narrow Boats
A pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Background imageTransporting Collection: COAL TRAIN

COAL TRAIN
Coal train hauled by a 4-4-2 tank locomotive at the harbourside

Background imageTransporting Collection: Kayak on the roof of a small 1950s UK car

Kayak on the roof of a small 1950s UK car
Kayak on the roof of a small 1950s UK Austin A30 Seven car. Date: 1951

Background imageTransporting Collection: Manchester Goods on horse cart, LNWR Goods Depot, Camden

Manchester Goods on horse cart, LNWR Goods Depot, Camden
A load of Manchester Goods transported by horse cart to the LNWR (London & North Western Railway Co.) Goods Depot at Camden, London. Date: circa 1907

Background imageTransporting Collection: Peat carts, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Peat carts, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Horse-drawn carts transporting peat (cut turf) on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland

Background imageTransporting Collection: Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Whaleback ship - Poe Docks

Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Whaleback ship - Poe Docks
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Whaleback ship leaving Poe Docks

Background imageTransporting Collection: Circus Elephant Accident

Circus Elephant Accident
George Lockhart is crushed by a circus elephant at Walthamstow. The elephant escaped from the train which was transporting him to the next circus destination

Background imageTransporting Collection: Rail / Break of Gauge

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Background imageTransporting Collection: Shipping Shetland Ponies

Shipping Shetland Ponies
Transporting a small herd of Shetland Ponies in a modest-sized sailing boat. Date: circa 1906

Background imageTransporting Collection: Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis

Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis
The situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War

Background imageTransporting Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter

Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter Date: circa 1916

Background imageTransporting Collection: Harvesting Apples

Harvesting Apples
Harvesting apples on a British farm. After being picked, the crop is collected in boxes for transporting to the packing station. Here, apples from the orchard are being inspected

Background imageTransporting Collection: Liebig / Cotton 6

Liebig / Cotton 6
Transporting bales of cotton on steamboats on the Mississippi river, USA

Background imageTransporting Collection: New Motor Service the G.W.R. 1904

New Motor Service the G.W.R. 1904
Pubic bus service that was being adopted by all great railway companies, to connect the railway stations. The new motor bus shown in the photograph, from the G.W.R

Background imageTransporting Collection: Post Office Railway for Carrying Mail 1924

Post Office Railway for Carrying Mail 1924
Construction of the tunnels commenced in 1915 (during WWI) and by 1917, the work was suspended on account of a shortage of materials and labor

Background imageTransporting Collection: The Black Ball LIne Clipper Ship James Baines

The Black Ball LIne Clipper Ship James Baines'. Pictured here having left Portsmouth on August 8th, 1857 transporting the 97th Regiment to India. Date: 1857

Background imageTransporting Collection: Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland

Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland - Victoria Quay - Loading Steamers. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Magic Mirror

Magic Mirror
Pen and water colour rendering of fairies transporting The Magic Mirror - a scene from the fairy tale Snow White. Artist: Helen Mary Jacobs Date: circa 1920

Background imageTransporting Collection: The bishop of Tournai receiving the tithe of beer

The bishop of Tournai receiving the tithe of beer
Right of the bishopric of Tournai on beer. Originally this tax was paid in kind. The Chapter collector went to the brewers house to collect it

Background imageTransporting Collection: Franco-Prussian War. Siege of Paris (19 September)

Franco-Prussian War. Siege of Paris (19 September)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Paris mail balloon. Engraving

Background imageTransporting Collection: Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Arrival of a homing pigeon in Paris during the siege. Engraving

Background imageTransporting Collection: Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Driving a convoy

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Driving a convoy
Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840)

Background imageTransporting Collection: Moscow. View of the Imperial Theatre or Bolshoi Theatre

Moscow. View of the Imperial Theatre or Bolshoi Theatre
Russia, Moscow. View of the Imperial Theatre or Bolshoi Theatre. Engraving by Lemaitre and Cadolle. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839

Background imageTransporting Collection: Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta

Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta
Spain, Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta. Ice well dating from the 14th-16th centuries

Background imageTransporting Collection: Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta

Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta
Spain, Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta. Ice well dating from the 14th-16th centuries

Background imageTransporting Collection: Egypt, Bellianah. Post and telegraph offices

Egypt, Bellianah. Post and telegraph offices between Alexandria and Cairo. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Background imageTransporting Collection: LZ 10 Schwaben

LZ 10 Schwaben
The German rigid airship LZ10 Schwaben, probably the first commercially successful passenger-carrying aircraft. Photograph showing a large number of distinguished guests. Date: 1911

Background imageTransporting Collection: Aldwarke lock on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation

Aldwarke lock on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation near Rotherham - coal transport by barge from Aldwarke Colliery. Date: circa 1920

Background imageTransporting Collection: Avro Lincoln Freighter ZP-CBR-97

Avro Lincoln Freighter ZP-CBR-97
Avro 694 Lincoln Freighter ZP-CBR-97 (msn Set.126, ex RE376) at Tollerton. One of three Lincolns modified with large panniers, intended for transporting meat in Paraguay

Background imageTransporting Collection: Hand tinted photo of a velocipede (used for transporting)

Hand tinted photo of a velocipede (used for transporting)
Hand tinted photo of a velocipede (used for transporting men to the slate quarries) at Llanberis, Wales - Victorian period

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting wool from Sheep Station to the Railway Station

Transporting wool from Sheep Station to the Railway Station
Transporting wool from the Sheep Station to the Railway Station for export, Australia, Victorian period

Background imageTransporting Collection: Camels transporting coal, Beijing, China, early 1900s

Camels transporting coal, Beijing, China, early 1900s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Small boats ferrying folk from the Asian side of Bosphorus

Small boats ferrying folk from the Asian side of Bosphorus
Small boats transporting people across from the Asian side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting the mail

Transporting the mail, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Background imageTransporting Collection: Departing Bowness Ferry boat on the way to Furness Abbey

Departing Bowness Ferry boat on the way to Furness Abbey
The departing Bowness Ferry boat on the way to Furness Abbey, transporting a horse-drawn carriage across Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTransporting Collection: Athletes and Sculptures

Athletes and Sculptures
Athletes posing, and being rendered in the form of sculpture

Background imageTransporting Collection: Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames
Men working in dark conditions, topless due to the temperature in the eighties. Excavating the clay soil at the rate of about five feet per day

Background imageTransporting Collection: Queen Victoria's Funeral Train from Paddington to Windsor

Queen Victoria's Funeral Train from Paddington to Windsor
The Great Western Railway Company's engine, Royal Sovereign which belonged to Queen Victoria train was used to convey the coffin and the Royal mourners on the day of the funeral

Background imageTransporting Collection: The new Great Bell manufactured by Messrs Tayor

The new Great Bell manufactured by Messrs Tayor, travelling from Loughborough, Leicestershire for St Paul's Cathedral, London. Date: 1882

Background imageTransporting Collection: J & W Nicholson & Co Distillers - Transport 1899

J & W Nicholson & Co Distillers - Transport 1899
Shire horse and cart transporting wine and spirits to London. Date: 1899

Background imageTransporting Collection: Landing wines and spirits 1902

Landing wines and spirits 1902
Unloading wine and spirit barrels from a ship. 1902

Background imageTransporting Collection: Loading freight into one of the Fleet of International Air Freight Ltd

Loading freight into one of the Fleet of International Air Freight Ltd.s Cargo Planes - capacity per machine over 2 tons or 700 cubic ft. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Bullock carts transporting tea, Ceylon, (Sri Lanka) c. 1890

Bullock carts transporting tea, Ceylon, (Sri Lanka) c. 1890
Bullock carts for transporting tea, Ceylon, (Sri Lanka) c.1890

Background imageTransporting Collection: Colonials in Persia, transporting luggage by camel

Colonials in Persia, transporting luggage by camel
British colonials in Persia, transporting luggage by camel. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Covered ox cart for transporting people, gharry, gharri, In

Covered ox cart for transporting people, gharry, gharri, In
Covered ox cart for transporting people, gharry, gharri, country travel India. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageTransporting Collection: Transporting boxes of tea by ox cart, Japan

Transporting boxes of tea by ox cart, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageTransporting Collection: Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin

Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin
Mischievous children seated at the front of a stagecoach greeting everyone they pass with a snowball with their mother looking anxious at the back

Background imageTransporting Collection: The Biggest Banquet Scotland Ever Saw

The Biggest Banquet Scotland Ever Saw
Diagrammatic drawing giving an impression of the huge quantities of food and drink transported from London by the firm J

Background imageTransporting Collection: Dunvilles whisky wagons in London

Dunvilles whisky wagons in London
Large number of wagons, heavily laden with cases of Dunvilles world-famed V.R. whisky, travelling from St. Katherines Dock to Dunvilles London headquarters in Shaftesbury Avenue

Background imageTransporting Collection: Cattle steamship at sea 1891

Cattle steamship at sea 1891
Vessels were tied up to the docks in Jersey City and Weehawken in America

Background imageTransporting Collection: Unloading bananas from steamship 1891

Unloading bananas from steamship 1891
Fruit steamships were solely used for tropical fruits, such as bananas, cocoa-nuts, oranges, pineapples and other fruits. 1891

Background imageTransporting Collection: Return of Maximilians Body to Europe

Return of Maximilians Body to Europe
Transporting the body of Maximilian from the floating catafalque onto the funeral chariot of the court

Background imageTransporting Collection: The tractor coach at Deauville takes children down to beach

The tractor coach at Deauville takes children down to beach
One of the delights at the fashionable French resort of Deauville - the crowded tractor-coach taking children from their hotels down to the sea to bathe. Date: 1928

Background imageTransporting Collection: WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - unloading

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - unloading flour supplies for the troops " (to) help them march to victory". Date: circa 1944

Background imageTransporting Collection: Warship from 15th century

Warship from 15th century
English warship of the fifteenth century, showing a cog ship, single-masted vessel, clinker-built with steep sides and a flat bottom. 15th century

Background imageTransporting Collection: Coal-porters 1850s

Coal-porters 1850s
Coal-porters on board a ship filling waggons at the coal-wharf. Date: circa 1850s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Coal-whippers

Coal-whippers
Coal been brought from the mines was transported by ship to London docks to be sold, illustration showing a gang of coal-whippers on board bringing the coal up from below deck using pulley system

Background imageTransporting Collection: Wine boat on the River Douro, Porto, northern Portugal

Wine boat on the River Douro, Porto, northern Portugal
Rebello boat for transporting wine, on the River Douro in Porto, northern Portugal. circa 1908

Background imageTransporting Collection: Compensation for the murder of Mr Richardson

Compensation for the murder of Mr Richardson
Sketches in Japan: conveying the compensation money to HMS Pearl for the murder of Mr. Richardson, an English merchant in 1862. Date: 1863

Background imageTransporting Collection: The Whirl of the town New York 1905

The Whirl of the town New York 1905
A charabanc extremely full of lively American women in Madison Square Gardens, New York. 1905

Background imageTransporting Collection: Chief office of the parcel mail 1849

Chief office of the parcel mail 1849
Mail coaches busy outside the main office in Catherine Street, in the Strand, London. Date: 1846

Background imageTransporting Collection: Horse-drawn parcel mail 1849 Horse-drawn parcel mail service 1849

Horse-drawn parcel mail 1849 Horse-drawn parcel mail service 1849
A horse-drawn parcel mail service of 1846. Date: 1846

Background imageTransporting Collection: Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines

Background imageTransporting Collection: Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

Background imageTransporting Collection: A wine cart in the outskirts of Rome. Date: 1890s

A wine cart in the outskirts of Rome. Date: 1890s

Background imageTransporting Collection: Moving the Great Bell 1858

Moving the Great Bell 1858
Officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, entering the arch, being propelled by levers upon a tramway. Date: 1858

Background imageTransporting Collection: Herring boats in Yarmouth 1861

Herring boats in Yarmouth 1861
Early morning arrival of the first herring boats in Yarmouth. Date: 1861

Background imageTransporting Collection: smithfield clubs club christmas cattle cows cow

smithfield clubs club christmas cattle cows cow
Uncarting the cattle at the Baker-Street Bazaar. Date: 1856

Background imageTransporting Collection: Hop market in Borough 1729

Hop market in Borough 1729
Hop market in Borough. Date: 1729

Background imageTransporting Collection: Unloading racehorses, Gatwick Airport, Sussex

Unloading racehorses, Gatwick Airport, Sussex
Unloading racehorses at Gatwick Airport, Sussex, England, from a Dan Air Douglas DC-7 freighter. Date: 1960s

Background imageTransporting Collection: CUBAN SUGAR CANE 1922

CUBAN SUGAR CANE 1922
Transporting sugar cane in Eastern Cuba. Date: 1922

Background imageTransporting Collection: CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD

CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD
Transporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

Background imageTransporting Collection: WOOL BALES IN ARGENTINA

WOOL BALES IN ARGENTINA
Argentinian wool industry: transporting bales of wool Date: 1885

Background imageTransporting Collection: Embarking elephants at Bombay for the Abyssinian Expedition

Embarking elephants at Bombay for the Abyssinian Expedition
Embarking elephants at Bombay (Mumbai) for the Abyssinian Expedition Date: 1868

Background imageTransporting Collection: Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transport by Cart

Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transport by Cart
Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transporting " the World" (!) by Cart. Date: 1910

Background imageTransporting Collection: Inauguration of Air service between Detroit and Cleveland

Inauguration of Air service between Detroit and Cleveland
A Ford Motor Company-sponsored stunt to publicise the inauguration of the commercial Air freight service between Detroit and Cleveland



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