Wheel Collection (page 26)

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Mussolinis Son Driving
A little boy, one of Italian dictator Benito Mussolinis sons, at the wheel of a motor car. Date: early 1930s

Conrad / Typhoon / Helm
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad The second mate at the helm Date: First published: 1902

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
The London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

MFB Kensington fire station
Built in 1872, Kensington fire station was located on the corner of King Street and Ball Street, London W8. It replaced the temporary Kensington fire station in Lower Phillimore Mews, Hornton Street

Children climbing up a wheeled escape ladder

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station horse drawn steamer
Station No 36 was Bishopsgate. Seen here is its horse drawn steamer (without horses), showing the fire box near the large rear wheel of the engine

LCC-LFB Motorised Hatfield type fire engine
The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921

Fire brigade manual fire pump (museum exhibit)
An example of the type of manual fire engine that would have been pulled to the scene of a fire. These were unlikely to be used by the Insurance brigades

Wheeled escape ladder and line / hose box
A wheeled escape ladder which would have been pushed to the scene of a fire rather than being carried on an escape-cart

LCC-LFB Merryweather chain-driven Hatfield pump
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump. Note the chain drive to the rear wheel axle. This was one of four such pumps that the Brigade purchased from Merryweather of Greenwich

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder. The wheeled escape ladder is wound out of its carriage

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe

Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a mallet. Date 18--

The wheel that can t be stopped; - its human nature. Illustration shows a large red devil turning the crank of a large wheel decorated with scenes of gambling and with male

Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition. Date between 1887 and 1889?

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Albert I of Morocco - Parody
" The Supreme law is the Kings Purse" " Roulette is the Source of my Strength" French parody souvenir postcard from Monte Carlo, depicting Albert I of Morocco (1889-1922)

Two country bumpkins posing next to a spinning wheel
" The countryside is full of friendly children! Do you not think they are better than those in Paris?"

Welsh spinners and spinning wheel, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Butterfly on the Wheel by Nick
A couple in fancy dress, the lady in a butterfly costume, ride together on a motorcycle through the night sky. The bikes number plate reads, I LUV U. Date: 1927

Water wheel. Drawing shows a 19th century Japanese farm worker pedaling a human-powered waterwheel. Date 1878 Oct

Water wheel (sakia) with oxen, Egypt
A water wheel (sakia or sakieh) in Egypt, used to scoop water out of a well. Two oxen are used to drive the wheel, supervised by a boy. Date: early 20th century

William Fishley Holland at work
Mr William Fishley Holland at work on a vase at Clevedon Pottery. Fishley Holland was grandson of Edwin Beer Fishley, who ran the Fremington Pottery in North Devon from 1865 to 1906. Date: 1950

RN Prize presentation to Stephen McGory
Presentation of a Royal Navy Prize (for 1977) by Captain Charles Le Mesurier, representing Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, to Stephen McGory (right) of Newtownards Sea Scouts

Schafbergbahn - Austrian Mountain Railway
Schafbergbahn Cog-wheel railway up the slopes of the Schafberg in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Date: circa 1910s

Elderly Swiss Spinner at hew wheel. She is wearing a remarkable headdress / scarf and is working a very elegant wooden wheel. Date: circa 1910s

Indus steam flotilla
Cover page of Illustrated London news documenting the indus steam flotilla, model vessel constructed by Mr Scott Russell. Above this image a wheel-barrow

Woman from Romania
A woman from Romania in traditional costume, standing by the wheel of a watermill. Date: circa 1910

Blackpool from the Central PIer
Blackpool, Lancashire - popular coastal resort town, dominated by the famous Tower. The view from the central pier, also featuring sailing boats and the large ferris wheel. Date: 1905

Portugal - Woman spinning - Douro region
The Douro wine region is situated around the Douro river valley - this is an elderly lady from the region, spinning wool on her simple wheel. Date: circa 1910

Old Wheelwright
An old wheelwright putting together a wheel in his yard, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

German planes over Paris, propaganda postcard, WW1
A propaganda postcard showing German planes flying over Paris during the First World War, with the Eiffel Tower, and an inset portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners with 15cm howitzer, France, WW1
German gunners in action with a 15cm howitzer in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Gunners with heavy gun and shells, Salonika Front, WW1
Gunners sorting shells for a heavy gun on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Bombardment of Scutari, First Balkan War
Montenegrin gunners loading a siege canon at Muritza during the bombardment of Scutari during the First Balkan War (1912-13). Date: 1912

German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1
German artillery on the march at Bois de Pietre, Aubers, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Veles, Macedonia - Waterwheel used for irrigation on the Vardar River Date: circa 1910s

Sicilian Carriage - Sicily, Italy
Decorated (and fully occupied!) Sicilian Carriage - Palermo, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1903

Spinning Cotton 18th C
A man is spinning cotton on a wheel in 18th century France Date: Circa 1760

END OF THE DAY
The End of the Day ; an old hay wain at rest at the end of the working day on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1950s

German 15cm heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm heavy field howitzer gun, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 15cm Model 13 heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Seen here with shells superimposed on the photograph. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian weapons captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian weapons captured by the Russians at Podvolochisk, Galicia (now Ukraine) during the First World War. A box of shells is propped up against the wheel of a field gun carriage. Date: 1914-1918

White horse - tack
A white horse in full flow wearing a distinctive running martingale - used to control the horses head height, and to prevent the horse from throwing its head so high that the rider gets hit in

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