Underground Collection (page 7)

The Arch Cave looking north, Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The Jenolan Caves are a series of caverns in the Blue Mountains

Ancient Crypt, Southwark, 1830. Artist: J Shury
Ancient Crypt, Southwark, 1830

A French sapper digging a tunnel to place a mine under the enemy lines, France, 1915. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic on the Western Front

James Henry Greathead, British engineer, (1934). Greathead (1844-1896) worked on the underground railway networks of London

Soviet Poster, 1930

Underground search for anarchists, Barcelona, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th January 1894

Miners safety lamp, 1833. Artist: Jackson
Miners safety lamp, 1833. Humphry Davys invention of 1815, the miners safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion

Mineralogy, cross section of a mine, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Catacombs of Naples, 1751-1777. Artist: Bernard
Catacombs of Naples, 1751-1777. A print from a supplement of the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Gallo-Roman crypt

Living quarters in a French cave, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18th September 1915

German soldiers at a concert in a cave, France, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal

Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Artist: William Heysham Overend
Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Volunteers digging through an obstruction to rescue colleagues trapped in flooded workings in the Tynewydd Colliery in

Early 19th century coal miner working a narrow seam, c1868. The miner, stripped to the waist, is lying on his side and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling coal

The Bottom of the Shaft, 1862. Wagons of coal are being wheeled to the pit shaft, placed in a cage and hauled to the surface. From The Popular Encyclopaedia. (Glasgow and London, 1862)

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Miners are gathering loose rock salt after blasting, and loading it into a horse-drawn tub for hoisting to the surface

Mining for rock salt, c1890. Miners being lowered down a shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. The woman wears a harness around her waist, passing between her legs and attached to a sledge by a chain

Boy putter drawing a truck containing coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848
Boy putter drawing a truck containing 2 1/4 cwt of coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848. This illustrates the hardship of conditions underground in the British coal industry in

Boy putters moving coal in a narrow seam, Lancashire, England, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

Coal mining: sending baskets (corves) of coal to the surface of a mine, 1852. From The Wonders of Home by Grandfather Grey. (London, 1852)

Woman putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, c1848

Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the coal face to the bottom of the pit shaft, c1848. On the right of the picture squats a smaller boy, the trapper

Rail mounted coal cutting machine, 1864. This was powered by compressed air produced by a steam engine at the pithead

Elevated Railway in New York, from The Picture Magazine, c19th century
Elevated Railway in New York, an illustration taken from The Picture Magazine, c19th century

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine, Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland, 20th century. Cigarette card c1920

The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 19th century
The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, showing the pillars of salt that have been left to support the ceiling of the cavern which has been left after the excavation of rock

Particle accelerator tunnel, Cern, Geneva, 20th century
Particle accelerator tunnel, Cern, Geneva

Particle accelerator, Cern, Geneva, 20th century
Particle accelerator tunnel, Cern, Geneva, 20th century

Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1881. Sectional view showing the workings and the position in which a skeleton of a rhinoceros was discovered

Discovery of iguanodon fossils, Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c1880). 39 skeletons of the herbivorous dinosaur were discovered in a coal mine by Jules Creteur and his workmates

Coal miners trapped underground by a roof fall, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. The miners survived by eating carrots and oats they found in the pit pony stables

Ventilation shaft in Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, London & Birmingham Railway, 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Ventilation shaft in Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, London & Birmingham Railway, 1839. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

Thames Tunnel, c1830. The Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping was the most remarkable undertaking by the engineer and inventor Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849)

Circulation of water between sea and mountains, 1665. Blue-tinted flows are from mountains to the sea, while black represents flows taking water from whirlpools in the sea back to the mountains via

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

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

Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. Artist: Thomas Dick
Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. A general pit head scene showing an engine house for a steam engine, the pit head winding gear and the underground areas of the mine in cross section

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

Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons, 1860
Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons waiting to be hoisted to the surface, 1860. The coal wagons have flanged wheels

Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Saint Petersburg Metro has been open since 15 November 1955 and is one of the deepest metro systems in the world

Underground Railway, Leningrad, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Underground Railway, Leningrad, c1970s. Saint Petersburg Metro has been open since 15 November 1955 and is one of the deepest metro systems in the world

Pity Deputy tests for gas using Davy Safety Lamp before shotfiring

Pit Pony pulling truck
Pit Pony pulling a truck with pit props

Coal miner collecting his lamp in the lamp room before going on his shift

The Pit Deputy prepares for shot firing, stemming the charge in a Yorkshire coal mine

Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century
Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia. It was built below ground level for protection from summer sun and winter winds, 2nd century

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