Tunnel Collection (page 11)

Sunday Work in the Tunnel of a Great Main Line, Matania
Labour and railway efficiency: Renewing the Permanent Way of a Great Main Line. Sunday work in the tunnel of a great main line outside London - gangs of navvies relaying the permanent way. Date: 1914

Miners at work, Victor, Colorado, USA
Miners at work, drilling one thousand feet underground in a gold mine at Victor, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910

Interior of the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool
King George V opened the Mersey Tunnel called Queensway on 18 July 1934, arranging to drive in the tunnel. Exclusively for vehicles, connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead under the River Mersey

Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, the Axenstrasse
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Lake of Lucerne from the Axenstrasse, a road built alongside the lake that includes a windowed tunnel

Pool of Siloam, City of David, Jerusalem
The Pool of Siloam, a rock-cut pool in the ancient City of David, Jerusalem, showing the end of the conduit. The pool was fed by water from the Gihon Spring, carried there by two aqueducts

Norway - Bratlandsdal- entrance to tunnel
Lantern slide of mountain with road going through tunnel. Part of Box 124- Norway Land of the Vikings- Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Suffragette Proof Racecourse
Following the action of Emily Wilding Davison at the 1913 Epsom Derby, the racecourse authorities were keen to avoid any repetition. This cartoon envisages the Race Course of the Near Future, suff

Proposed Channel Tunnel, 1880
The proposed channel tunnel with three engravings showing the preliminary experimental workings at Sangatte on the French coast, Ness Point, St

Proposed Channel Tunnel, works at Sangatte
The works at Sangatte on the French coast for the proposed Channel Tunnel in 1876, described in The Graphic as, " this gigantic and long-talked of scheme, "

Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France
A double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain

Visitors to the Channel Tunnel works at Dover in 1882. 1. Going down in the Cage. 2. Arrival at the bottom of the shaft. 3. Swindon Junction (visitors enjoying a restorative glass of champagne!) 4

Graphic front cover - visitors to Channel Tunnel works
Front cover of The Graphic newspaper with engravings showing scenes of a visit to the preliminary tunnelling works near Dover for the start of the Channel Tunnel in 1882

Proposed Channel bridge, 1889
Diagrams demonstrating a 24 mile long superstructure bridge to cross the Channel, proposed in 1889 as an alternative to the long-debated Channel Tunnel. The bridge was suggested by M

Vision of the Channel Tunnel in 1909
Artists impression of the exit of the Channel Tunnel at Dover showing a variety of motor cars and omnibuses arriving from France

The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath Robinson
A well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing

Secret History of the Channel Tunnel by Heath Robinson
An early experiment of the inventor. A proposal for the Channel Tunnel tested out using beer barrels and an accommodating puddle or small pond. Date: 1919

The Channel Tunnel - hints to builders, Heath Robinson
An unaccountable delay in the Channel Tunnel. A hold up due to the hook on a line belonging to a fisherman in a boat above the surface - unforeseen problems with the Channel Tunnel imagined by

The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath Robinson
Heroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson

Tunnel under the Elbe, Hamburg, Germany
Tunnel under the River Elbe, Hamburg, Germany. Date: circa 1910

Greetings card from Walzenhausen, Switzerland
Greetings card from Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, with various views. Date: late 19th century

River drive and tunnel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1905

Central Station and River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan Central Station and entrance to Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: 1913

Gotha giant biplane, WW1 diagram
The new German raider, the Gotha giant biplane, diagrammed in The Graphic, which described by the paper as typically Teutonic in its lack of finesse. Date: 1917

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
A major fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958 -- firefighters with hosepipes and a Dennis fire engine (rubble from roadworks not connected with fire)

Six-inch piping, Kingsway tunnel, Central London
Six-inch piping (outlets to dams) outside the Kingsway tunnel, Central London

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

A Dug-Out - In the tunnels, Hill 60, August 1917, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force. Dyson joined the Army

A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath Robinson
A sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely

LNERs Queen of Scots
The London and North Eastern Railways Queen of Scots No. 2549 Pullman car express, pictured here entering a tunnel

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Entrance to Rotherhithe Tunnel Entrance
A group of men, women and children stand by the entrance of the Rotherhithe Tunnel Date: 1930s

Thames Tunnel cross section during construction
A detailed illustrated cross section of Brunels Thames Tunnel in London during its construction. Date: 1838

Thames River and Tunel cross section
An illustrations indicating the Thames Tunnels size and postition in the in Londons river Thames. Date: 1838

Germain Sommeiller
GERMAIN SOMMEILLER French engineer who designed and constructed the Mont-Cenis tunnel between France and Italy. Date: 1815 - 1871

Germain Sommeiller - 2
GERMAIN SOMMEILLER French engineer who designed and constructed the Mont-Cenis tunnel between France and Italy. Date: 1815 - 1871

Boeing Model 450 XB-47 wind-tunnel model

Boeing wind-tunnel model

Canary Islands - Gran Canaria - Tunnel Coast Road to Telde Date: 1906

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

India - Darjeeling Hill Railway Train on No. 1 Loop
India - Darjeeling Hill Railway Train on No.1 Loop crossing tunnel. Date: circa 1910s

French sappers undermining a German trench - WWI Date: circa 1916

Morocco - Tetuan - The Moorish Quarter - Archway of a gate on the corner of the Had-dadim Street Date: circa 1920s

East River Tunnel, New York, USA Date: circa 1907

Wind-tunnel model of the BAC P45

An American replica of a German V-1 flying bomb in the Air Technical Service Command 20ft wind tunnel at Wright Field

Wind-tunnel model of Nord N600 from Air Bus Compraison de Configurations (Exploitation des essays a

CSIR wind tunnel

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