Turret Collection (page 5)

Wales / Montgomery
An impression of the town of Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, viewed from the churchyard, with the clock on the turret of the Guildhall rising above the rooftops. Date: 1960s

Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane taking off from a ship, WW1
A Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane taking off from the gun turret platform of a ship during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

Wales / Llandudno
The lovely stretch of the West Shore, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales, as seen from the Great Orme. Date: 1950s

Laker Vyrnwy Tower
The Control Tower of the Great Dam of Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, started in 1881 to supply water to Liverpool and was offically opened in 1910. Date: 1950s

Fawsley Dower House
The ruins and tower of the Dower House, a former lodge in Fawsley Park, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 17th century

Men on HMS Tiger during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Men on the Q turret of British battlecruiser HMS Tiger, after being hit during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force card album
Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force cigarette card album issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the Hawker Demon I (Turret) Fighter; the Hawker Fury Fighter; and the Hawker Hurricane Fighter

The Chapel Turret, Charterhouse, London Date: circa 1910s

Fashions 1884
Jacket bodice with dentate basques & plastron, pleated skirt & tunic; jacket body & waistcoat, small fur muff, flounce edged skirt, tunic draped in a polonaise. Date: 1884

Workers riveting a girder at a Sunderland shipyard
Workers riveting the centre girder of a turret vessel at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, London
A view of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, Surrey (now in south west London)

Slate tram and building, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Rotorua Museum, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The museum is housed in the historic Bath House building, located in the Government Gardens

Railway station, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
The railway station building at Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Bastion on Roman Wall - Colchester

Maubeuge fortress WWI
A shot-up gun turret at the fortress of Maubeuge, which capitulated to General von Zwehl on 7 September 1914 and 4 general, 40, 000 men and 400 guns were captured

Architectural details, old part of St Gallen, Switzerland
Architectural details in the old part of St Gallen, Switzerland, including a turret room that juts out from the corner of a building

Austrian Navy - Anschluss
Receiving ammunition in the gun turret of the Monitor Birago of the Austrian Danube Navy

Children Play on Tank
Following the US pullout from Vietnam, children play on an abandoned American tank in a North Vietnam Street. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Russian armoured car
German officers examine a captured Russian armoured car

Revolving gun-turret
A revolving German gun-turret, revealed after constant bombardment of its trench by the French in September 1915. The turret had a quick-firing gun served by three men, who were locked inside

The damaged gun of H. M.s Thunderer, condition of the turret
H.M.S Thunderer, the damage caused by the bursting of the 38 ton gun. The gun exploded during a practice exercise because of a fault

German Ships Gunners
Firing a gun from the mast turret of a German cruiser

Howden Reservoir
The huge, impressive barrage of Howden Reservoir, north north Derbyshire, built in 1912 to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield

Military / Scenes / Sieges
Soldiers defending at a castle turret during a siege

Ivanhoe / Isaac & Master
Isaac before the Grand Master

OXFORD / COOKEs 1779
New College chapel, the turret of All Souls, the spire of St Marys church and the dome of the Radcliffe Library

Monitor Merrimac Parsons
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Monitor & Merrimac / Elson
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Events / Ireland 1172
King Henry II of England at Waterford

Ornamental Chimneys 1850
A selection of towers and chimneys with unusual architectural details

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