Wires Collection

Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907

Algeria - Oran - Rue d Arzew. Date: circa 1910s

Doncaster, South Yorkshire - Clock Corner. Good example of overhead catenary wires feeding power to the trasm running on the tramlnes below. Date: 1939

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Advert / Camp Coffee 1890S
Camp Coffee is still the best

View down the High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A view down the High Street from the Bear Hotel, in the town centre, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, with snow on the ground. Recently installed telegraph wires can be seen above

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, London
Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, advertising The News of the World newspaper. Date: circa 1920s

Scene of an accident in an Islington street, London
Scene of an accident in an Islington street, North London, with a trolley bus passing by

London Transport trolley bus
A London Transport trolley bus, serving Hampton Court

A London skyscape: the sky in Soho, 1905
The maze of telephone wires over Soho, at the Gerrard Street telephone exchange. The steeple of St Anne s, Soho, can be seen in the distance, on the otherside of Shaftesbury Avenue. Date: 1905

A London tram overtaking a trolleybus

Electric tram, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
An electric tram on the road at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, with the driver standing at the front in uniform

Flea Circus Chariots
Professor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s

The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums
Undated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control

A German Zeppelins observation car photographed on display as part of a public exhibition of dirigible wreckage collected from across Britain

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
Engraving showing the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883

Converting a London telephone exchange
Front cover photograph of the stupendous task of converting a London telephone exchange to the new Automatic Principle. Date: October 1926

Iraq - Side View of the Whiteley Bridge, Basra. Date: circa 1917

Iraq - The Strand - Postal and Telegraph Office, Basra. Date: circa 1917

St. Mary's Street, Cardiff, Wales. Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute on left in front of the Old Town Hall (now situated in Callaghan Square). Date: 1908

Rue Royale, Lille, France
Rue Royale, Banque de France and Couvent du Sacre Coeur, Lille, France Date: circa 1910s

Market Street, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA. Date: circa 1908

Arthur Lee - Streamline Wires & Tie Rods - Arthur Lee & Sons. Date: 1939

Arthur Lee Steel Strip Bars & Wires - Arthur Lee & Sons. Date: 1941

Horn Lane, Acton, West London, W3
circa 1910s

Bradford Town Centre and Town Hall, West Yorkshire. 1930s

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Travel Building. 1933

Wireless Station, North Head, Washington State, USA
US Government Wireless and Telegraph Station, North Head, Washington State, USA. Date: circa 1906

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Canal Street with Trams Date: circa 1904

Budapest, Hungary - terminus for Tram lines 2 and 24 Date: circa 1970s

Tents As Terminal Buildings with Arm Chair and Tables wi?
Tents As Terminal Buildings with Arm Chair and Tables with Fresh Flowers in the Make-Shift Departure-Lounge with a Telephone Company Western Union Cable Service Here Sign Date: 1946

Three steam engines clearing a snow drift in Scotland and a man fixing the telephone wires, probably 1930s

Hockley Brook, Birmingham. Date: circa 1908

Bristol Road, Bournville, Birmingham. Date: 1909

Adelaide, Australia - Pirie Street Date: 1913

Electric Tram on Mather Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside Date: circa 1910s

Transporter Bridge over the River Loire, Nantes, France. Built in 1903, the bridge had a span of 141m across the Loire and was demolished during the Second World War

Station Road (Stationsweg), Oosterbeek, The Netherlands
Station Road (Stationsweg), Oosterbeek, a village in the eastern part of The Netherlands located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland. Date: 1952

Arima Road, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Sannomiya Dori, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Main Street, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

High Street, Sheffield. Date: 1904

Gerard Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Date: circa 1950s

Poster, Pirelli Long Distance tyres. Date: circa 1950

Communications During the British Advance 1916
A shell-stricken tree as a telegraph pole in the Western Front. Date: 1916

Shepherds at North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with horses and carts, two live sheep, and what appears to be a pile of four dead sheep

Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927
Fashionable beauty parlour, a Parisian lady wearing a special mask to achieve a Cameosque profile. Date: 1927

Liverpool, Merseyside - Lord Street. Date: circa 1936

c. 1880s Japan - putting up telegraph poles and wires along Kobe bund
c.1880s Japan - putting up telegraph poles and wires along Kobe bund

Illuminated news bulletin and how it works
The Newspaper of the Streets. The illuminated news bulletin which tells passer-by at night the latest news. Diagram by S. W

Telephone operator, Mayfair Exchange, London
Telephone operator surrounded by wires at the Mayfair Exchange, London, Ocober 1932. 1932

Calendar, August 1914, WW1
Calendar, August 1914 -- Mobilisation, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Laying Telephone Wire, by Colin Gill, WW1
Laying Telephone Wire, painting by Colin Gill, First World War. circa 1918

Street in Boulder City, Kalgoorlie, Australia. Date: circa 1930s

Street scene with trams, The Hague, Netherlands, near the Central Station. Date: circa 1960s

Electric kettle connected to the ceiling light 1902
Two victorian couples seated at the dining room table with a hot cup of tea, from a kettle connected to the ceiling light. 1902

Woman asleep in an armchair with an anti-snoring machine attached to her. Date: 1960s

TELEPHONE ENGINEERS
Three G.P.O. engineers, happy in their work, think nothing of sorting out a mind-boggling mess of telephone wires and cables. Date: early 1930s

La Place Gambetta, Amiens, France. Date: circa 1908

West Street from Beach Road - Durban, South Africa Date: circa 1908

Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, China
Childrens Playing Garden - Quinsan Square, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1910s

Hop Pickers
A group of hop pickers at work, probably in Kent. The hops, used to flavour beer, can be seen in the background trained up poles and wires. Date: Date unknown

Lalkurti Bazar, Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan Date: circa 1920s

Overhead Phone Wires, NY
Overhead telephone wires at the junction of Broadway and John Street, New York

Robins and swallows on a cutout Christmas card
Robins and swallows with pink flowers on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Zetland Road Junction - Bristol, England - The Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company - Bishopston Branch Date: circa 1905

Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge) - Tokyo, Japan
Nihonbashi (literally Japan Bridge), or Nihombashi, a business district of Chuo, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name (pictured)

Market and Broadway, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Street market in the foreground with Broadway leading into the distance, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s

Doncaster, South Yorkshire - St. Sepulchre Gate Date: 1905

Donegall Street from York Street Corner, Belfast - a busy street scene with shop fronts, Metropole hotel, people, trams and overhead tram wires visible

Market Street, Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America
Aerial view of Calle del Mercado (Market Street), Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America. Date: circa 1920s

Quamphegan Park, South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA
Quamphegan Park, an amusement park in South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA. Date: 1907

Postcard advertisement, Transelektro, Budapest, Hungary
Postcard advertisement for Transelektro, electrical manufacturers, Budapest, Hungary. Date: circa 1960s

Three people sitting on running board of car
Three people, a man and two women, sitting on the running board of a rather smart car

Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North OssetiaAlania, Russia. Tram (and a lone female pedestrian) crossing a bridge over the Terek River. Date: circa 1910s

Hydrogen hot-air balloon for military use made by Charles Coutelle. Hot-air balloons were used by Napoleons army to keep an eye on the enemy and lead the battle

Damaged wayside crucifix near Bellenglise, France, WW1
A damaged wayside crucifix near Bellenglise, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: October 1918

Diesel Fuel Injection Pump Testing
A technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London

The Reis Telephone system
The Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction

WW1 - Cold German Soldiers behind the lines
WW1 - Cold-looking German Soldiers behind the lines during Winter - note the fantastic telegraph pole attesting to the complex communications systems in operation at this point on the front

Technical School and Museum, Liverpool, Lancashire. Date: circa 1905

Arriving at Venice Beach by tram, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1909

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