Drainage Collection

Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ponteland Church, Northumberland, 1854. Church of St Mary the Virgin, ...built, probably, in the early part of the thirteenth century, although its tower betokens an earlier date

Billingsgate New Market, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Billingsgate New Market [in London], 1854. The New Market is covered with semicircular roofs of galvanised corrugated iron

Fowler's New Subsoil Draining Plough, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fowler's New Subsoil Draining Plough, 1850. An experimental trial of Fowler's Patent Draining Plough and Machinery took place...in a field at the back of Mr

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850....the construction of drainage is shown

Stock Sound, 1940. Creator: Eric Hallstrom
Stock Sound, 1940. Two workers carry out street work in a wintry Stocksund, outside Stockholm

The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. The employment of the syphon is quite a novel feature in the history of drainage. Should the experiment now devised by Mr

The Inundation in the Fens: the blown sluice at the Marshland Drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: the blown sluice at the Marshland Drain, 1862. View of...the remains of the Smee or Fen Drain sluice

The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). Artist: William Dugdale
The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). From Social England, Volume IV, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Worthing Water-Works, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Worthing Water-Works, 1858....one of the most favourable and successful examples of sanitary works executed under the authority of the Public Health Act...as the population [of Worthing] increased

Dredging a Ditch, 1886. Creator: Erik Werenskiold
Dredging a Ditch, 1886

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

Conductor Head, 1937. Creator: Ivar Julius
Conductor Head, 1937

Spillway, Ashokan Dam, 1934. Creator: Arnold Wiltz
Spillway, Ashokan Dam, 1934

Buildings of Sutro Tunnel, 1875, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Buildings of Sutro Tunnel, 1875, printed ca. 1876

Sutro Tunnels Road to Virginia City, 1875, printed ca. 1876

Road View to Sutro Tunnel, 1875, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Road View to Sutro Tunnel, 1875, printed ca. 1876

Sutro Tunnel Shaft No. 2, 1875, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Sutro Tunnel Shaft No. 2, 1875, printed ca. 1876

Sutro Tunnel Shaft No. 3, 1875, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Sutro Tunnel Shaft No. 3, 1875, printed ca. 1876

The Sewer, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
The Sewer, 1870s

House Drainage. Schematic diagram

Building the sewer at Stratford High Street, West Ham, London, 1905. View of the construction of the sewer, with men standing watching in the background

Inside of a sewer, London, 1939. Interior of a sewer showing storm relief gates and a man standing on the walkway

Sewer sluice gates, London, 1939. Interior of a sewer showing the sluice gates

View of a section of the Serpentines drainage system in Hyde Park, London, c1817

The Labour Service at work, Germany, 1936. Men working at a stream in a muddy field. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Newcomens steam engine for draining mines, 1956. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

Making and using elm tree pumps to drain mines before the days of the steam engine, 1556 (1956). From De re Metallica by Georgius Agricola

Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer, 1608 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink
Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer 1608 (c1870). Leeghwater was responsible for begiining the process of the reclamation of land from the North Sea in the Netherlands

Animals grazing beside an irrigation or drainage ditch, Egypt, 20th Century

Various pumps for draining ships, 1816. Including: 82: chain pump; 84: suction pump; 85: force pump. From Encyclopaedia Londinensis. (London, 1816)

Thomas Saverys steam pump or the miners friend, 1702 (1726). Saverys steam powered pump was used for draining water out of mines. From Lexicon Technicum, by John Harris, 1726

Cloaca Maxima, Rome, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Cloaca Maxima, Rome, c20th century. The Cloaca Maxima is one of the worlds earliest sewage systems. Constructed in Ancient Rome in order to drain local marshes

Draining a mine using a series of suction pumps powered by a water wheel, 1556. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

Archimedes screw for raising water from one level to another, 1815. This device, invented by Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician, is still used for irrigation today

A mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. At the right of the image is a detail of section of pipe K. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola

Pump powered by men in a treadmill, 1556. Woodcut showing a rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine, powered by men walking a treadmill

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