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Explosives Collection

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder, 1871

Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of '...the blowing down of a stockade

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder, 1871

Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of '...the blowing down of a stockade

Background imageExplosives Collection: Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of '...the destruction, [by mines laid under water, across the river Medway], of a raft

Background imageExplosives Collection: Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. British Army training. 'The six or seven mines laid under water, across the river Medway, from Gillingham Hard

Background imageExplosives Collection: Scene of the gun-cotton explosion at Stowmarket, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Scene of the gun-cotton explosion at Stowmarket, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the gun-cotton explosion at Stowmarket, 1871. '...twenty-four persons were killed and seventy-two others injured...The scene of the accident is one of perfect ruin

Background imageExplosives Collection: Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Owen Eagan, a bomb expert in the New York City Fire Department's Bureau of Combustibles

Background imageExplosives Collection: Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Inspector Eagan, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Owen Eagan, a bomb expert in the New York City Fire Department's Bureau of Combustibles

Background imageExplosives Collection: Effects of the gunpowder explosion at Bryn-Mawr, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Effects of the gunpowder explosion at Bryn-Mawr, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the gunpowder explosion at Bryn-Mawr, 1870. 'The explosion of gunpowder in the warehouse of Messrs. Watkins, grocers, at Brynmawr, South Wales, on the evening of Friday week

Background imageExplosives Collection: Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by Lieutenant C. E. Turner, R.E

Background imageExplosives Collection: Explosion in the Place de la Sorbonne, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Explosion in the Place de la Sorbonne, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Explosion in the Place de la Sorbonne, Paris, 1869. Engraving of the scene after the explosion '...from a sketch by M. A. Rovargue, who was an eye-witness of the event

Background imageExplosives Collection: Monument to Lieut. H. E. Baines at Quebec, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Monument to Lieut. H. E. Baines at Quebec, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Lieut. H. E. Baines at [Mount Hermon Cemetery], Quebec, 1869. Obelisk '...over the grave of Lieutenant Henry Edward Baines, of the Royal Artillery

Background imageExplosives Collection: Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham

Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Sections of the hull of H.M.S. Terpsichore, showing effect of the torpedo explosion at Chatham, 1865. Official drawings...by Mr. P

Background imageExplosives Collection: Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: blowing-up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder, 1865

Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: blowing-up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: blowing-up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder, 1865. Preparations were now made for destroying the Terpsichore, 18-gun sailing-frigate

Background imageExplosives Collection: Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with torpedo-shells at Chatham: explosion of a 440-pounder, 1865....Mr. Donald M'Kay, the extensive shipowner, of Boston

Background imageExplosives Collection: The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham:the ruins, 1862

The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham:the ruins, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham: view of the ruins, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. Hart

Background imageExplosives Collection: The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The siege operations at St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, on Saturday last, 1864. Military rehearsal. The besieged garrison were all men of the Marine Artillery and Volunteer Artillery

Background imageExplosives Collection: Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London], 1864. Demolition of an...arch which supported the eastern gable end of the nave of the International

Background imageExplosives Collection: Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, (1864). Creator: Unknown

Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, (1864). Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, [London], (1864). Engraving from a sketch...looking in an easterly direction along the Cromwell-road...The grand central entrance appears in

Background imageExplosives Collection: Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Background imageExplosives Collection: Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey... 1864

Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey, as seen from the Cheshire side, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr

Background imageExplosives Collection: The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by... 1864

The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by the Prussians, 1864. The most uncivilised thing the Prussians have done in Jutland is the blowing up of

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871.British Army training. 'The operations of a party of sappers, under Lieutenant de Villamil

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. British Army training. 'The operations of a party of sappers, under Lieutenant de Villamil

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of preparations for '...the blowing down of a stockade

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of preparations for '...the blowing down of a stockade

Background imageExplosives Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. British Army training. Illustration of preparations for '...the blowing down of a stockade

Background imageExplosives Collection: The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November - from a sketch by Major Bredin, R.A. 1858. Displacement of...the rock at the entrance of the Devonport harbour...One of

Background imageExplosives Collection: A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.R

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.R
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. It is reported from Constantinople that the new Government of Sultan Mourad V. will allow an armistice of six weeks

Background imageExplosives Collection: Holyhead Harbour Works...the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations... 1857

Holyhead Harbour Works...the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Holyhead Harbour Works - View of the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations, Jan. 16, 1857: the Quantity of Quartz Rock Displaced 120, 000 Tons, by a Charge of 16

Background imageExplosives Collection: Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850)

Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Creator: Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer
Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Dutch naval lieutenant commander with the United Netherlands Navy who became a hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to

Background imageExplosives Collection: Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe

Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe
Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Crimean War. It was the intention of our engineers to blow in a portion of the English half of the docks...the charges in

Background imageExplosives Collection: Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857....floated down at night with the view to blow the ship [H.M.S. Encounter] up...a sampan, towed by a canoe...The fuze was lighted in the bamboo tubes in the side...Two

Background imageExplosives Collection: Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Building a new harbour and breakwater....in the lower quarries of the mountain a most stupendous

Background imageExplosives Collection: Sébastopol, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Sébastopol, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Sebastopol, 19th century

Background imageExplosives Collection: La surveillance de la mer; Les Allemands ont deja seme, dans la mer du Nord, des mines, 1914

La surveillance de la mer; Les Allemands ont deja seme, dans la mer du Nord, des mines, 1914. Creator: Henri Rudaux
La surveillance de la mer; Les Allemands ont deja seme, dans la mer du Nord, des mines flottants fort dangereuses pour le securite des transports, 1914

Background imageExplosives Collection: Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Creator: Unknown

Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Creator: Unknown
Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Scene from the Great Sepoy Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny), 14 September 1857

Background imageExplosives Collection: Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Crimean War. Fort Peter I.; Fort Alexander; Fort Menschikoff; "Bulldog"; "Phlegethon"

Background imageExplosives Collection: The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Background imageExplosives Collection: The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Background imageExplosives Collection: The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Background imageExplosives Collection: In mid air A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

In mid air A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
In mid air A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood, 1890. Black cloud from explosive blast on side of mountain

Background imageExplosives Collection: Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Testing explosives designed by Captain Warner, demonstrating:the effect produced by a line-of-battle ship following in her wake

Background imageExplosives Collection: Novel experiments in warfare - hut destroyed by a shell, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Novel experiments in warfare - hut destroyed by a shell, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Novel experiments in warfare - hut destroyed by a shell, 1844. Display of explosives in the grounds of Mulgrave House, Fulham [in west London]

Background imageExplosives Collection: Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Spectators at a...series of experiments...in the grounds of Mulgrave House

Background imageExplosives Collection: Leger. Joseph. 16 ans, ne a Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone). Jardinier

Leger. Joseph. 16 ans, ne a Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone). Jardinier. Fabrication d engins explosifs. 4/7/94. 1894

Background imageExplosives Collection: View of the Tunnel of the Harlem Railroad, ca. 1837. Creator: Nicolino Calyo

View of the Tunnel of the Harlem Railroad, ca. 1837. Creator: Nicolino Calyo
View of the Tunnel of the Harlem Railroad, ca.1837

Background imageExplosives Collection: An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
An H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"

Background imageExplosives Collection: Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). The mine subsequently exploded in this sap killed a great number of Germans

Background imageExplosives Collection: Rope Screen Used For Protection While Pressing Explosive Gun-Cotton, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Rope Screen Used For Protection While Pressing Explosive Gun-Cotton, 1901. Creator: Unknown
This Rope Screen Is Used For Protection While Pressing The Explosive Gun-Cotton At The Cordite Works, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI

Background imageExplosives Collection: Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley), within a mile of Aberdeen [in Scotland]...The area already worked is several

Background imageExplosives Collection: Large stones and the iron bars and other tools used in the mining operations

Large stones and the iron bars and other tools used in the mining operations were thrown among the barrels, as Guy Fawkes afterwards declared, to make the breach the greater

Background imageExplosives Collection: Guy Fawkes, caught in the act of preparing the Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (c1900). Artist

Guy Fawkes, caught in the act of preparing the Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (c1900). Artist
Guy Fawkes, caught in the act of preparing the Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (c1900). Fawkes (1570-1606) was an English conspirator who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th 1605

Background imageExplosives Collection: Contractors setting explosives in a trench in Firbeck, near Rotherham, 1962. Artist

Contractors setting explosives in a trench in Firbeck, near Rotherham, 1962. Artist
Contractors setting explosives in a trench, Firbeck, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962. The men are from Lileworth Contractors

Background imageExplosives Collection: Doncaster Safety Committee visits an explosives factory, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1959

Doncaster Safety Committee visits an explosives factory, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1959. Members of the Doncaster safety comitee visit the ICI detonator works in Denaby Main

Background imageExplosives Collection: Detonator production, ICI plant, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1962

Detonator production, ICI plant, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1962. Detonators were produced on the site for 70 years until the mid 1960s

Background imageExplosives Collection: Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T. N. T)

Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T. N. T. ), c1916, (19)
Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.), c1916, (1935). From His Majesty The King 1910-1935. [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Background imageExplosives Collection: Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918

Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918. The crater was created by a massive underground mine placed in tunnels beneath the German lines by British sappers of

Background imageExplosives Collection: Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917

Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Digging a tunnel under Hill 60. Hill 60 was a strategically important high point on the southern edge of the Ypres

Background imageExplosives Collection: Filling a shell with nitro-glycerine, oil field in Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century(?)

Filling a shell with nitro-glycerine, oil field in Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century(?). Preparatory to shooting the well. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageExplosives Collection: Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1905

Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1905. Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) was involved in research into explosives. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres

Background imageExplosives Collection: Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903

Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Background imageExplosives Collection: Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1894

Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1894. Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927), was involved in research into explosives. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 18th June 1894

Background imageExplosives Collection: Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, c1885

Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Artist: Pierre Petit
Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Background imageExplosives Collection: Miners blasting, 1879

Miners blasting, 1879. The men are sheltering behind rocks as the dynamite charge they have set is detonated. (Paris, 1879)

Background imageExplosives Collection: Blowing up Flood Rock, 1885

Blowing up Flood Rock, 1885. Workers in underground galleries putting cartridges of dynamite into position in preparation for the blowing up Flood Rock

Background imageExplosives Collection: Nitroglycerin processing plant, explosives factory, Val Bormida, near Cengio, Italy, 1888

Nitroglycerin processing plant, explosives factory, Val Bormida, near Cengio, Italy, 1888
Nitroglycerin processing plant, explosives factory, Val Bormida, near Cengio, north-west Italy, 1888. Nitroglycerin was mixed with Kieselghur (a diatomaceous earth) to produce Dynamite

Background imageExplosives Collection: Women packing dynamite cartridges, 1888

Women packing dynamite cartridges, 1888. Explosives factory at Val Bormida, near Cengio, north-west Italy. Nitroglycerin was mixed with Kieselghur (a diatomaceous earth) to produce Dynamite


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