Canal Collection (#23)

Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal Showing U. S. Submarines, c1920s
Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal Showing US Submarines, c1920s. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was first planned by the French civil engineer

Sadlers Wells, 1756
Sadlers Wells in 1756. Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury. Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin. 1789

Battle Bridge, 1810
Battle Bridge in 1810.Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

The crowded canal, from the English Bridge, Canton, China, 1901. Artist: HC White
The crowded canal, from the English Bridge, Canton, China, 1901. Stereoscopic card. Detail

State barge on the Apple Tree Canal, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

British troops on the Yser Canal, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British troops on the Yser Canal, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Carrying supplies over a destroyed bridge. Stereoscopic card. Detail

SS Orbita, Panama Canal, Panama, 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
SS Orbita, Panama Canal, Panama, 20th century. The Orbita was an ocean liner built in Belfast in 1913-1914 by Harland & Wolff for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company

On the Mahmoudiyah Canal, Alexandria, Egypt, 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
On the Mahmoudiyah Canal, Alexandria, Egypt, 20th century. The canal was dug between 1807 and 1820 to deliver the water of the Nile to Alexandria and to provide a passage for cargo vessels

The Kalkmarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands, c1880. Artist: Taylor
The Kalkmarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands, c1880

Lock on the Panama Canal, 1931. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific was first planned by the French civil engineer and builder of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps

Seaplanes on board a US Navy warship, Navy yard, Balboa, Panama, 1931. Balboa is located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal

US Navy warships, Navy yard, Balboa, Panama, 1931. Balboa is located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between

US Navy cruiser USS Northampton (CA-26), Panama Canal, Panama, 1931. Commissioned in 1930, the Northampton was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers

Bridge and Green Quay, Bruges, Belgium, c1924. Artist: Horace W Nicholls
Bridge and Green Quay, Bruges, Belgium, c1924. The medieval belfry can be seen in the distance. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, first volume, The Fleetway House, London

British soldiers in action at the Crozat Canal, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British soldiers in action at the Crozat Canal, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Our fearless men fighting against great odds, mine the bridges and retire across the Crozat Canal

Design for hinged canal lockgates by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Copenhagen, Denmark. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Copenhagen, Denmark. Stereoscopic card detail

Canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The tower of the Zuiderkerk (South Church) is in the background. The church was designed by Hendrick de Keyser and was built between 1603 and 1611

Chinese pagoda and bridge, St Jamess Park, Westminster, London, 1814. Artist: Rawle
Chinese pagoda and bridge, St Jamess Park, Westminster, London, 1814. The Chinese bridge and pagoda, erected in the park in commemoration of the Glorious Peace of 1814

Gasworks by the Regents Canal, London, c1830. Artist: A McClatchie
Gasworks by the Regents Canal, London, c1830. A barge on the Regents Canal passing in front of a gasworks. The Regents Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse

Israels House, Seen from the Park, c1880-1882. Artist: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Israels House, Seen from the Park, c1880-1882. Jozef Israels (1824-1911) was possibly the foremost Dutch artist of the second half of the 19th century. His son, Isaac (1865-1934), was also a painter

Nocturne: Palaces, c1879 (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Palaces, c1879 (1904). Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Amsterdam, 19th century (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Amsterdam, 19th century (1904). Early state etching, drawn from the Tolhuis restaurant. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

A Bye Canal, Venice, 19th century, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
A Bye Canal, Venice, 19th century, (1904). From a pastel. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Vieux Canal, 1898. Artist: Albert Baertsoen
Vieux Canal, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

Le Vieux Port, Veere, 1898. Artist: Albert Baertsoen
Le Vieux Port, Veere, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

The winter of 1740, Netherlands, (c1870). Artist: CL van Kesteren
The winter of 1740, Netherlands, (c1870). A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J van Lenner and J ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870)

Offices of the Suez Canal Company, Port Said, Egypt, 20th century. Artist: Isaac Behar
Offices of the Suez Canal Company, Port Said, Egypt, 20th century

Steamer coaling, Port Said, Egypt, 20th century. Port Said is a fuelling station for ships passing through the Suez Canal

Steamers passing through the Suez Canal, Egypt, 20th century

Japanese people and costumes, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
Japanese people and costumes, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The Panama Canal under construction, c1890. View from San Pablo. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890)

At Rouen, 1929. Artist: John M Aiken
At Rouen, 1929. Illustration from the Apollo Volume X, no 59, (November 1929)

Greek Canal, Venice, 1930. Artist: JF Barry Pittar
Greek Canal, Venice, 1930. Illustration from Apollo, A Journal of the Arts, (London 1930)

Mendoza, Argentina, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVIII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Defence of a main artery of Antwerp, First World War, 1914. Belgian soldiers in a sandbagged position by a canal. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The Church of St Jeremiah, Venice, Italy, late 19th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Woo Men Bridge and Grand Imperial Canal, Soo-chow (Suzhou), China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Woo Men Bridge and Grand Imperial Canal, Soo-chow (Suzhou), China, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The West Lagoon from the World Fair, St Louis, Missouri, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The spillway, Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, Panama, early 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
The spillway, Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, Panama, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The SS Orbita, Panama Canal, early 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
The SS Orbita, Panama Canal, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A semi-circular bridge in Japan, 1896. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A semi-circular bridge in Japan, 1896. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A busy freight canal in Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A busy freight canal in Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

Rio del Olio, Venice, Italy, 1907 (1908-1909). Artist: William Alister Macdonald
Rio del Olio, Venice, Italy, 1907 (1908-1909). From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14

Washing day on the canal boat, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A horse pulling a canal barge, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Canal life, London, 1926-1927. A woman secures the mooring of her barge. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

United States Men-Of-War passing through a lock, Panama Canal, Panama, 1926
United States Men-Of-War passing through a lock, Panama Canal, 1926. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was first planned by the French civil engineer

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