Transporting Collection (page 2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines. One of several irregular carriers which existed specifically for the purpose of transporting gamblers to

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

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

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

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

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Uncarting the cattle at the Baker-Street Bazaar. Date: 1856

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marseille, France - La Porte d Aix. The triumphal arch marks the old entry point to the city on the road from Aix-en-Provence

Australia - Wool Team crossing the Warrigo River. Date: circa 1910

Scene on the Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Date: 1911

Syrian Porter carries two enormous trunks on his back
A Syrian Porter carries two enormous trunks on his back. Date: circa 1910s

Transporting supplies, Schaedels Farm, Lindi, WW1
Transporting supplies on a mini railway at Schaedels Farm, a place of relaxation for exhausted soldiers near Lindi, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Two Zulu Mothers carrying their children, using hide slings across their backs - Southern Africa. Date: circa 1909

Camels sharing a private joke, Algeria
Two Algerian camels share a quality piece of humour, known only to themselves. The rider seems totally unaware of the jest!

River port in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Port with pirogues at the Ikopa River transporting crops in Antananarivo (Tananarive), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

Street in Damascus, Syria
Street with a few donkeys and their owner in Damascus, Syria Date: circa 1910

Yangtzepoo Road, Shanghai, China
Yangtzepoo (Yang-shu-p u, Yangpu) Road, Shanghai, China - note the one-wheeled Chinese wheelbarrows and rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Postman from Brummana with his donkey Abdullah
Postman from Brummana, Matn District, Mount Lebanon (Liban) with his donkey Abdullah. This animal is reputed to have been the strongest donkey in Lebanon and worked the route between Beirut

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

China - carrying young children in baskets hanging on a pole
China - carrying two young children in baskets hanging on the ends of a pole resting on the shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity

Shanghai District, China - Travelling by wheelbarrow across fields Date: circa 1910s

Transport - Sedan Chair carried by donkeys - Beijing, China
Transport - Sedan Chair carried by donkeys - near Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

Afghan Hawker Hind being readied for transporting from Kabul to the UK in 1970 for display in the RAF Museum, Hendon. Date: 1970

Porters and their boss at Haydar Pasa Quay, transporting a very large and probably very heavy, block of stone, suspended on two long wooden poles

Carrying a lady in a Sedan Chair
Turkish carriers and attendants transport a noble lady in a finely decorated sedan chair, Constantinople, Turkey

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

London takes to the roads, General Strike 1926
Photographs showing Londoners finding all sorts of ways to commute to and from work during the 1926 general strike in Britain. May 1926

Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth, Kandy
Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth relic at the Perahera Procession, Kandy, Sri Lanka - during the Kandy Esala Perahera (The Festival of the Tooth). Date: circa 1920s

Belize - Manatee Lagoon - Fruit Day
Belize (formerly British Honduras) - Manatee Lagoon - Water Buffalo cart transporting bananas on Fruit Day. Date: 1915

Landing stage of dahabieh boats at the Nile in Cairo, Egypt. The dahabieh is a native passenger boat with two or more sails mostly used in Egypt especially for tourist transportation in the 19th

Firewood vendors on the road in Damascus, Syria
Firewood vendors transporting their goods on the road in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1915

The Holy Island of Lindisfarne - Crossing the Sands by cart
Crossing the Sands by cart (nearly too late!) from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England - a tidal island off the northeast coast of England with a recorded history from the 6th

Carrying a heavy load on the head - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

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