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Watertight Collection

Background imageWatertight Collection: Welsh Coracle

Welsh Coracle
Welsh coracles are made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, though fragile they are sturdy and light

Background imageWatertight Collection: Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948

Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948
Wonderful to know that dive, swim under water, do-what-you-will, weraing a Roxy cap your hair just womn t get wet. Tucked away above a patent inner flange - a simple but perfect device that forms an

Background imageWatertight Collection: WW2, R. A. F. Messenger Pigeons

WW2, R. A. F. Messenger Pigeons
An illustration which shows a man of the Royal Air Force tending the the messenger pigeons. Bomber and reconnaissance aircrafts would carry pigeons in watertight containers

Background imageWatertight Collection: Penstock Chamber at Old Ford, London 1861

Penstock Chamber at Old Ford, London 1861
Interior of the Penstock Chamber in the sewers at Old Ford, London, 1861. Penstock chambers usually have large, moveable watertight doors and are used to control the flow of material in drains

Background imageWatertight Collection: New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company

New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company - intended to divide the East and West India Export Dock from the basin - built by Messrs

Background imageWatertight Collection: Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1

Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1
An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J

Background imageWatertight Collection: Building a Caisson

Building a Caisson
An engraving of a caisson - a watertight structure designed to be used for work on the foundations of bridges and piers and even the repair of ships. Date: 1588

Background imageWatertight Collection: Apache Baskets

Apache Baskets
Various types of basket made by the Apache people of Arizona; some, such as the water bottle (centre, top) are watertight

Background imageWatertight Collection: Andaman Is. Pirogues

Andaman Is. Pirogues
The construction of pirogues, used by the Andaman islanders for fishing, is the time- honoured dug-out method, providing a strong (if heavy) and watertight hull


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