Underground Collection (#6)

Section of Wall, etc, of Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Section of Wall, etc, of Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. A. The Wall of the Church; B. The Area round the Wall to keep it dry; C. Flagstone covering the Area; D. The Floor of the Church; E

Daniel in the Lions Den. Daniel, one of four great Hebrew prophets, cast into the Lions den by Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar), king of Babylon

At Work on the New Mersey Tunnel, c1930. Creator: Unknown
At Work on the New Mersey Tunnel, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Enlarging Tunnels on the City and South London Railway, Shoowing New and Old Diameters, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Men standing in the cutting shield, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, August 1907. Front view of the shield with workmen standing in compartments where the shield partly emerged into Shaft 4

Shaft for descent to the entrance of the Thames Tunnel (view from the top), London, 1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Woman and a boy working in a coal mine, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. A woman and boy underground in a coal mine moving a basket containing 3-4 cwt of coal

Paper seller down in the underground, London, c. 1940
Paper seller down in the underground, London. c.1940. (Colorised black and white print)

Moscow, Underground, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Moscow, Underground, c1970s. Opened in 1935, the Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow, Russia and the neighbouring Moscow Oblast towns of Krasnogorsk, Reutov and Kotelniki

Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Artist: N Chevalier
Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Between 1845 and 1851 British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894)

The Arrest of Guy Fawkes, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Peak Cavern, 1910. Artist: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
Peak Cavern, 1910. From The British Isles in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. D.Lit. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1910]

Comunications, a miner from Bevercotes Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1967. A miner talks on the on the underground telephone

Crypt, the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, Warwickshire, 2010. St Marys Church was founded in 1123 by Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick

Tombs of the Kings, Paphos, Cyprus. The scale and grandeur of these underground tombs dating from the 4th century BC gained them their name although it is thought that important officials rather than

Banknote store in the vaults of the Bank of England, c1870. The man is holding a candle lantern. (Colorised black and white print)

The Bottomless Pit, 1883. From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

The Dead Sea, 1871, (1883). From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

The Church, 1883. From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

The House of Ananias, Damascus, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The House of Ananias, Damascus, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

Thames Tunnel, London, 19th century. The Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping was the most remarkable undertaking by the engineer and inventor Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849)

The Cloisters, Charterhouse, London, 1903. Artist: York & Son
The Cloisters, Charterhouse, London, 1903. From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Electric Railway Station (City and South London), King William Street, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Electric Railway Station (City and South London), King William Street, 1891. King William Street is a street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London

Dunold Mill-Hole, near Lancaster, 1845. Artist: Robert Sands
Dunold Mill-Hole, Near Lancaster, 1845. A subterranean natural cavern with underground river, also known as Dunald Mill-hole. After George Pickering (1794-1857)

Interior of Fort Nicholas, 1856. Artist: Edmund Walker
Interior of Fort Nicholas, 1856. The print shows an interior view of Fort of Saint Nicholas, held by Russians until 1853, when Turks stormed the enemy lines

Vault beneath the Old House of Lords, 1845. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities, Volume II. [Charles Knight and Co

The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. The Latomie are stone quarries that were also used as prisons in ancient times. From Italien in Bildern, by Eugen Poppel [August Scherl, Berlin, 1927]

Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1927. The Capuchins are an order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief off-shoots of the Franciscans

Excavating a tube railway, Great Northern and City Railway, London, c1903 (1903). Artist: Pearson & Son Ltd
Excavating a tube railway: at work in the shield, Great Northern and City Railway, London, c1903 (1903). The Great Northern & City Railway constructed underground tunnels to allow electrified trains

Londons New Streamlined Underground Train, Northern Line, 1940. The destination of the train is Golders Green via City. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

Guy Fawkess Cellar, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Mine in the Bastion du Mat, 1856. Artist: Thomas Picken
Mine in the Bastion du Mat, 1856. The Bastion du Mat was a French redoubt at the Siege of Sevastopol. From The Seat of War in the East, by William Simpson (1823-99). [Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co

Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels, 1808. Artist: William Blake
Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels, 1808. Painting held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIV, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Rustem slaying the White Genius. In Persian mythology Rostam, Rustem or Rustam is the hero of the epic Shahnameh. He is the son of Zal and Rudaba

Prime Minister William Gladstone opens the Metropolitan Railway, London, 1863 (1951). Engineered by John Fowler, the Metropolitan Railway was the first line of what would eventually become the London

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

The Labyrinth, Arras, France, World War I, 1916-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
The Labyrinth, Arras, France, World War I, 1916-1918. The British Army dug a huge system of tunnels beneath the German lines at Arras in preparation for an assault launched in April 1917

Area under Chamberlains Court, Guildhall, City of London, 1886. Artist: William Griggs
Area under Chamberlains Court, Guildhall, City of London, 1886. A print from Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations, Corporation of the City of London, 1886

The cave of the school of the Prophets, 1841. Artist: J Sands
The cave of the school of the Prophets, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume III, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Cellars beneath the Houses of Parliament House in the time of King James I, c1902. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume III (c1902)

The Gunpowder Plot conspirators at work, c1902. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume III (c1902)

The mouth of a Thames-side subway, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Tottenham Court Road tube station escalators, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The mouth of the Holebourne, where it finds the Thames as the Fleet Ditch, London, 1926-1927. The picture shown is under the Blackfriars Railway bridge

Ancient crypt, Leadenhall Street, City of London, 1816. Artist: JC Varrall
Ancient crypt, Leadenhall Street, City of London, 1816

Ancient crypt, Guildford, Surrey, 1785. Artist: Godfrey
Ancient crypt, Guildford, Surrey, 1785

Thames Tunnel, London, mid 19th century. Designed by Marc Isambard Brunel, the Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Gerards Hall Crypt, City of London, 1886. Artist: JH Le Keux
Gerards Hall Crypt, City of London, 1886. A print from Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations, Corporation of the City of London, 1886

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