Wagon Collection (page 17)

Bavarian mobile field telephone unit, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

View of the Escorial, Spain, early 18th century. Artist: Michel-Ange Houasse
View of the Escorial, Spain, early 18th century. From a private collection

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)

Renards automobile train, showing coupling (top right) and a train of wagons, 1904

A British cycle club out for a country ride, 1895. The man in front on the right is riding a machine of the Rover safety type, while the rider following him is on an earlier type of bicycle

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

Ormonde Colliery, Derbyshire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Ormonde Colliery, Derbyshire, England, 20th century. The last pit in the Heanor region which closed in 1970. Many former Derbyshire miners transferred to pits in the Nottinghamshire

Cult-wagon from the Hart grave, 12th century
Cult-wagon from the Hart grave, near Wurzburg, 12th century

The upper trading rows in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 1910s
The Upper Trading Rows in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 1910s. St Basils Cathedral is in the background. The Upper Trading Rows were designed by Alexander Pomerantsev and built between 1888 and 1893

Death. Allegorical print of war after the German painter and engraver Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). In front of a baggage wagon loaded with sappers tools including barrels of explosives

The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Emigrants crossing the plains watched by Native Americans. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

Coal delivery wagon, 1860. The wagon has broad wheels to make its passage over bad roads smooth. Illustration from a childrens book

Carters, c early 19th century. Two carters, one wearing a smock, the other coat and gaiters, both carrying their whips. In the background are a covered carters wagon and a trio of milkmaids

Country carriers wagon with hood, c1882

The Christmas Wagon, 1866. A carter and his team struggling across a bridge through the snow

Telegraph construction camp during the American Civil War, 1861-1865

Boer War, 1899-1902. Boer commander Christiaan Rudolf de Wet attempting to lead a column across a railway at night past an armoured train and blockhouse

View of Leeds, Yorkshire, early 19th century. The economy of Leeds was based on the wool industry. The citys prosperity was greatly increased in the Industrial Revolution by the construction of

Corn-Market, Paris, 1836. The Corn and Flour Hall was built in 1772 by the Paris authorities, enlarged in 1782 and rebuilt after a fire in 1802

Itinerant 16th century bookseller with covered donkey cart full of books, late 19th century. Liebig trade card

German troops arriving by train, Paris, August 1940

The Battle of Jemappes, 1792, (1821). Artist: Horace Vernet
The Battle of Jemappes, 1792, (1821). The Austrian army was in winter quarters near Jemappes, in the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) when attacked by the French on 6 November

Mass meeting of Chartists on Kennington Common, London, 10 April 1848. In centre is the wagon carrying Feargus O Connor and the other delegates

Construction of the St Gotthard Tunnel beneath the Alps, 1880. The tunnel was built to link Italy and Switzerland by rail

Mule wagon passing through the Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, Harpers Magazine, 1886. Wood engraving

Detail from the Dejbjerg Cart, 1st century BC
Detail from the Dejbjerg Cart, found in a bog near Ringkoding, Denmark, 1st century BC

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer, 1849 (c1878). Livingstone (1813-1873), holding a childs hand, with attendants and an ox-drawn wagon arriving at Lake Ngami in Botswana

Mormons on the trek from Illinois to Utah, 1846 (1853). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Bringing home the Yule Log, 1883. Father Christmas driving a team of cart horses pulling a timber wagon. Headpiece by Heywood Sumner in The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1883

Stage wagon, 1805. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Stage wagon, 1805. A large heavily-laden wagon pulled by a team of 8 horses passing a milestone. The wagon has wide roller wheels designed to give a smoother passage over difficult roads

The approach to Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War, 18 January 1900. British forces hauling a 4.7 inch naval gun across the Tugela (Thukela) River 20 miles from Ladysmith

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