Crane Collection (page 8)

Sugar Warehouse Canoeing, San Juan River, Matanzas, Cuba, c1920s
Sugar Warehouse Canoeing, San Juan River, Matanzas, Cuba. [Edicion Jordi], c1920s

Paris, c1900, (1903). Artist: Frederic Houbron
Paris, c1900. After a work by Frederic Houbron (1851-1908). From The Studio Volume 28 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1903.]

Scene of the Terrible Railway Disaster at Salisbury, 1906. The Salisbury rail crash of 1 July 1906, occurred when a London

British battleship HMS Malaya in a floating dock, Malta, c1937. HMS Malaya entered service with the Royal Navy in 1916, sustaining heavy damage at the Battle of Jutland later that year

Dock Yard, Sheerness, Kent, 1830. Artist: T Garner
Dock Yard, Sheerness, Kent, 1830. Situated on the Isle of Sheppey at the mouth of the River Medway, Sheerness was a Royal Navy dockyard from 1669 until 1960, when it closed

Aerial view of the Bremer Vulkan shipyard, Bremen, Germany, from a Zeppelin, c1931 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten

Cranes, c1840 (1886). Artist: Wilhelm Greve
Cranes, c1840 (1886). Shijo School. From a painting on silk by Mori Ippo. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London, 1886

Transvaal and Free State units, South Africa contingent, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Transvaal and Free State units, South Africa contingent, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Steam Derrick, 1866

Spinaway, winner of the Oaks, 1875. Artist: Crane
Spinaway, winner of the Oaks, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 5th June 1875

Galopin, Derby winner, 1875. Artist: Crane
Galopin, Derby winner, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 5th June 1875

Cargo being unloaded at the docks, Upper Pool, London, 1936. Artist: Fox
Cargo being unloaded at the docks, Upper Pool, London, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Lifting of an impost at Stonehenge, 1901, (c1920). Restoration of the ancient monument. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire evolved in a series of stages between about 3100

A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century. Artist: Jean Baptiste Henri Durand Brager
A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century

Laying The Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. Artist: Joseph Pennell
Laying The Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. A picture showing the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock on the Panama Canal. From The Studio Volume 57. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

The Pool of London, 1924-1926. Artist: FP Dickinson
The Pool of London, 1924-1926. The Pool, just below London Bridge. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

King George I, attacked by a fit of apoplexy. Artist: Crane
King George I, attacked by a fit of apoplexy. The first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland, George I (1660-1727) ruled from 1714 until his death

Mr John Clarke, of Newmarket, 1834. Artist: Henry R Cook
Mr John Clarke, of Newmarket, 1834

Press room, offices of the Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London, 1882. Printing presses and rolls of newsprint. A print from the Illustrated London News, (8 July 1882)

Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: WC Fitler
Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The port of Newcastle remains the economic and trade centre for the resource rich Hunter Valley

370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry Cheffer
370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). French artillerymen operating a large mortar. Mortars are muzzle-loaded weapons that fire shells at a lower velocity

Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station, USSR, 1970s. Built on the Yenisei River in southern Siberia, the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectic plant is the sixth largest hydrolectric plant in the world

Troy Town, 1498-1515, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Troy Town, 1498-1515, (1843). Scene showing the rebuilding of the city by its legendary king, Priam, after it had been sacked by Hercules

Apparatus for reducing dislocations, 1544. The subject is placed on a bed with a windlass at either end. Ropes are attached to the area of dislocation and force is applied by turning the windlass

Night celebration on the Neva, 1923. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
Night celebration on the Neva, 1923

Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Artist: Thomas Allom
Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Built by the Scottish civil engineer John Rennie (1761-1821), work was begun in 1812 and completed in 1841

Underground scene in a coal mine, 1860. Full baskets (corves) of coal being loaded on a tram wagon using a crane. Pit ponies were used to haul coal underground

Limestone Quarry, Essex, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Limestone Quarry, Essex, UK, 20th century. Limestone required for commercial purposes is extracted by quarrying which creates pollution from noise and dust

Odessa Harbour, Ukraine, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Odessa Harbour, Ukraine, 20th century. Major seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea in the Ukraine

Soapstone Chinese statuette of Shou-lao, 17th century
Ch ing dynasty soapstone statuette of Shou-lao, a god of longevity, with a crane and a deer, both emblems of immortality. From the British Museums collection, 17th century

Roman relief of a crane being used to build a tomb

Depiction of a Celtic deity, a bull with three cranes, 1st century
Depiction of a Celtic deity, a bull with three cranes, from the Pillar of the Boatman of Paris, found at Notre Dame Cathedral. From the Musee de Clunys collection, 1st century

Sectional view of a German mine, 1556
Sectional view of a German mine showing the method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries, 1556. A windlass is used to raise and lower men, materials and spoil

Transporting Jumbo the African elephant to America, 1882. Jumbo was a large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus

Sectional view of a mine showing shafts and galleries, 1556. At the surface of each shaft is a winch or windlass for raising and lowering loads

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515. Artist: Raphael
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515. Jesus sits in one of the boats asking Peter to give up fishing and to become his disciple, a fisher of men

Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, 5th century BC
Attic Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Laying siege canon on target, from Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620
Laying siege canon on target, from Agostino Ramellis Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620 (first edition 1588). Bottom right is a gunners level

Cranes on Branch of Snow-covered Pine, late 1820s. Creator: Hokusai
Cranes on Branch of Snow-covered Pine, late 1820s

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