Freight Collection

The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, 1935
The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, on the L.M.S. Bristol to Birmingham line, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

Entrance to Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Junction Canal, Northamptonshire, 1819. Artist: John Hassell
Entrance to Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Junction Canal, Northamptonshire, 1819. A Boat approaching the entrance to the great tunnel from the Blisworth end

Railway Station at the Franklin Petroleum Oil Works, Pennsylvania, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Railway Station at the Franklin Petroleum Oil Works, Pennsylvania, 1864. 'The casks or barrels of crude oil are conveyed from the Franklin and Titusville stations by the Atlantic

Str. Isaac L. Ellwood, between 1900 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Str. Isaac L. Ellwood, between 1900 and 1901

Bray's Traction-engine, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Bray's Traction-engine, 1858....thousands of spectators...seemed much interested and astonished on seeing a steam-engine traversing the streets of London...Attached was a truck, or platform

Hulett machine unloading ore, Pennsylvania [Railroad] dock, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Hulett machine unloading ore, Pennsylvania [Railroad] dock, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908

Hulett machine unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Hulett machine unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. c1908

Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Mule teams and the levee, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Mule teams and the levee, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Copper for shipment, Houghton, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Copper for shipment, Houghton, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. ore docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown. L.S. & M.S
L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. ore docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

R.R. Administration Bldg, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. R.R
Railroad Administration Building, between 1910 and 1920. United States Railroad Administration, Consolidated Ticket Offices; Passenger and Freight Information; Baggage Checked

Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida

Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard, Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kaweah Delta Cooperative cotton gin and yard. Tulare County, California. There are three such cooperatives in the southern cotton industry

Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the US, Glendale, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale, California

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage, Glendale, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale California

Unloading baggage for inspection...plane from Mexico, Glendale Airport, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unloading baggage for inspection after arrival of plane from Mexico. Glendale Airport, California

Plant quarantine inspectors examining baggage from Mexico, Glendale Airport, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspectors examining baggage from Mexico for injurious insects. Glendale Airport, California

Plant quarantine inspectors examining plane at the Glendale Airport, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plant quarantine inspectors examining plane at the Glendale Airport, California

Department of Agriculture plant quarantine inspectors, Glendale Airport, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Department of Agriculture plant quarantine inspectors examining Pan American Airways plane from Mexico on its arrival at the Glendale Airport, California

The "golden leaf, " already graded by the farmers, sorted and wrapped... Douglas, Georgia, 1938
Douglas, Georgia. The "golden leaf, " already graded by the farmers, sorted and wrapped in "tobacco sheets

Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, [near Edinburgh, Scotland], 1850. View of the...Leviathan, as the vessel is called...lying alongside the east side of Granton Pier

Freighting in the Black Hills, between 1887 and 1892. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Freighting in the Black Hills, between 1887 and 1892. Woman holding a whip, standing in front of an ox train

Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. A wood-burning locomotive with four cars, on a track below a cliff; several people are posing in front of the train

Freighting in the Black Hills, between 1887 and 1892. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Freighting in the Black Hills, between 1887 and 1892. A woman and a boy using bullwhackers to control a train of oxen

Freighting in "The Black Hills" Photographed between Sturgis and Deadwood, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Freighting in "The Black Hills" Photographed between Sturgis and Deadwood, 1891. Full view of ox trains, between Sturgis and Deadwood, S.D

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Top: goods train drawn by the locomotive Liverpool. Bottom: cattle train drawn by the locomotive Fury

C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]

Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal... Illinois Central R.R
Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R. Chicago, Ill

General view of part of the Galewood yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee... Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of part of the Galewood yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago, Ill

Freight car at potato shed, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car at potato shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Railroad yard behind potato shed from which... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Railroad yard behind potato shed from which Klamath potatoes are shipped across the country. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Ichaboe - mode of shipping the guano, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ichaboe - mode of shipping the guano, 1844. Loading bird manure off the coast of south-west Africa. Account of Lieutenant Petrie: Up to the 24th of May, in this year alone

Stonemans Station, Virginia, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
Stonemans Station, Virginia, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Marseille, late 1850s (?). Creator: Edouard Baldus
Marseille, late 1850s (?)

The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872. Cargo boats on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Scenes in and around Albany, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley
Scenes in and around Albany, 1874. Washington Park; in Rural Cemetery; Greenbush Ferry Slip; Flats above the City; City from the North; Lumber & Coal Boats, Albany, New York State, USA

Poplar Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Poplar Dock, 1872. Poplar Dock on the Isle of Dogs, originally a series of reservoirs built by the West India Company, in 1828 was converted to a railway dock used mainly to import coal from

Unloading Iron ore at Port of Cleveland, Ohio, the Heaviest Handler of Ore in the World, c1930s. The Port of Cleveland opened in 1895 as a a bulk freight shipping port on the Cuyahoga River

The Supremacy of the Seas, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Supremacy of the Seas, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The supremacy of the British Navy and Merchant Service finds apt illustration in the photograph of a convoy of merchant

Train Load of Sugar Cane, Cuba, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
Train Load of Sugar Cane, Cuba, c1910s. Sugar cane loaded onto open wagons for transport to a refinery. Postcard

Huge Mobile Cranes at Tilbury Swing the Cargo from a Vessels Hold, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Huge Mobile Cranes at Tilbury Swing the Cargo from a Vessels Hold, c1935. Cranes unloading shipping at the port of Tilbury on the River Thames in Essex

Barges and goods in front of Fishmongers Hall, seen from London Bridge, 1912. Barrels and a crane sit on the quay in front or the hall, with barges moored on the Thames

Hays Wharf with carts being loaded up outside, Bermondsey, London, 1834. Artist
Hays Wharf with carts being loaded up outside, Bermondsey, London, 1834. Sacks being moved between the warehouse and horse drawn carts. Cranes are used to winch the goods up and down

View of John Humphreys Dock and Hays Wharf, Tooley Street, Bermondsey, London, 1857. Ships and barges come and go; barrels wait on the dock outside Hays Wharf which can still be seen today

London Bridge (old), London, c1750
View of the Water Works on London Bridge, London, c1750; showing a rowing boat with three occupants observing the works

Goods forwarded by railway, 19th century. Artist: Thomas Allom
Goods forwarded by railway, 19th century. Interior view of the upper works of Pickfords depot, Oval Road, Camden Town, London, showing figures moving freight and barrels

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