Tunnel Collection (page 5)

Entrance of the Grotta of Pausilipo, 1776
Entrance of the Grotta of Pausilipo, Plate XVI, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving)

Rainhill Bridge, Chat Moss, near Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Rainhill Bridge, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Near Liverpool, looking Towards Manchester, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Warehouses &c at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, London, c1831. Artist
Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines

Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

The Tunnel, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines, etc by Thomas Talbory Bury, published 1831

Entrance to the Tunnel at Watford, published 1837 (hand coloured engraving). From Collection of Six Coloured Views on the London and Birmingham Railway by Thomas Talbory Bury, published 1837

The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, Liverpool, 1832-1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

The Great Chamber in the Second pyramid of Ghizeh, discovered by Giovanni Belzoni, 1820-1822. Plate 12 from Plates Illustrative of the Researches in Egypt and Nubia by Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Entrance to the tunnel and booking offices New Station, Lime Street, Liverpool, 1836. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was built under the guidance of chief engineer George Stephenson

Empty tube station, Blackhorse Road on the Victoria Line, London, 1974. Period posters on the wall include adverts for Marlboro Cigarettes and the Evening News on the right hand side

Tube train standing at Blackhorse Road station on the Victoria Line, London, 1974. Blackhorse Road station in Walthamstow was opened in 1968 and is the least used station on the Victoria line

Passengers waiting at Blackhorse tube station on the Victoria Line, London, 1974. A traveller in a typical mid 1970s leather Jacket carries a plastic suitcase, so common at the time

Blackhorse Road tube station on the Victoria Line, London, 1974. Artist: Michael Walters
Blackhorse Road tube station on the Victoria Line, London, 1974. Blackhorse Road station in Walthamstow, after undergoing some refurbishment in 1974

Empty Jubilee Line Tube tunnel, before completion, London, 1974. Artist: Michael Walters
Empty Jubilee Line Tube tunnel, before completion, London, 1974. The The new Fleetline section of the Julilee Line from Baker street to Stanmoore was started in 1971

Connaught Tunnel, in the Selkirk Mountains. Canadian Pacific Railway, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Tunnel Signal and Automatic Train-Stop. London Underground Railways, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Swiss Express Leaving The Great St. Gotthard Tunnel, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Dover - The Tunnel in Shakespeares Cliff, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Thames Tunnel, London, 19th century. The Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping was the most remarkable undertaking by the engineer and inventor Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849)

The Cloisters, Charterhouse, London, 1903. Artist: York & Son
The Cloisters, Charterhouse, London, 1903. From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Electric Railway Station (City and South London), King William Street, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Electric Railway Station (City and South London), King William Street, 1891. King William Street is a street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London

Central Railway of Brazil: Tunnelling throught the Serra do MAr, 1914
Central Railway of Brazil: Tunnelling throught the Serra do Mar, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Ruine Salzburg. Salzburg ruins near Neustadt, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Ruine Salzburg. Salzburg ruins near Neustadt, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Ready to start legging a canal boat, London, c1890 (1903). Two leggers ready to move the canal boat through the tunnel, by propelling the boat with their feet against the tunnel wall

Excavating a tube railway, Great Northern and City Railway, London, c1903 (1903). Artist: Pearson & Son Ltd
Excavating a tube railway: at work in the shield, Great Northern and City Railway, London, c1903 (1903). The Great Northern & City Railway constructed underground tunnels to allow electrified trains

New Streamlined Express, Merchant Navy, S. R. leaving Honiton Tunnel, 1940
New Streamlined Express, Merchant Navy, S.R. leaving Honiton Tunnel, 1940. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

The Irish Mail, L. M. S. passing over Conway Bridge, 1940
The Irish Mail, L.M.S. passing over Conway Bridge, 1940. The Irish Mail is being drawn by an engine known as The Duchess of Atholl. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

The Mangbattu King Munsa Dances Before His Wives and Warriors, c1870, (1903). From The Worlds History, Volume III, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1903]

Mine in the Bastion du Mat, 1856. Artist: Thomas Picken
Mine in the Bastion du Mat, 1856. The Bastion du Mat was a French redoubt at the Siege of Sevastopol. From The Seat of War in the East, by William Simpson (1823-99). [Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co

Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929
A Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929. The station was opened on 10 March 1906 and was designed by Charles Henry Holden (1875-1960)

The Tower Tunnel, 1878 Artist: Walter Thornbury
The Tower Tunnel. Engraving from Old and New London Volume 2.by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

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

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

The Labyrinth, Arras, France, World War I, 1916-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
The Labyrinth, Arras, France, World War I, 1916-1918. The British Army dug a huge system of tunnels beneath the German lines at Arras in preparation for an assault launched in April 1917

Cavalry passing through the great tree California, California, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cavalry passing through the great tree California, California, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Interior of the suspension bridge, Niagara Falls, Canada, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Looking down the main passage to Khufus sepulchre within the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the main passage to Khufus sepulchre within the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Up this superb hall the body of the king was borne on the day of burial; those cuttings in the side walls just

The mouth of a Thames-side subway, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The Embankment, London, 1926-1927. A tunnel leading on to the Embankment, and a tram heading towards Westminster. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

A tram running beneath Kingsway, Aldwych and Somerset House, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Miner, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Miner, 16th century (184). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

The Grotto of Posillipo near Naples, Italy, 19th century. Artist: J Poppel
The Grotto of Posillipo near Naples, Italy, 19th century. View of the tunnel cut by the ancient Romans to link Naples and Pozzuoli

Thames Tunnel, London, mid 19th century. Designed by Marc Isambard Brunel, the Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Visit of military officials to the works of the channel tunnel, 1884. Artist: J Nash
Visit of military officials to the works of the channel tunnel, 1884. From The Graphic (27 September 1884)

Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. Artist: John Davies
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. This tunnel, seen here under construction ran from Edge Hill to Lime Street, Liverpool

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