Chimney Collection (#5)

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

Jackdaw - youngsters on chimney pot Bedfordshire UK 005717
BB-1525 Jackdaw - youngsters on chimney pot Bedfordshire UK Corvus monedula Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Robert Burns / Ayr Cottage
ROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poets cottage at Ayr Date: 1859

Construction of the Panama Canal. Works in the estuary of the Rio Grande. Colored engraving, 1886

Ciconia ciconia, European white stork
Plate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tawny Owl - sitting on snowy chimney wearing Chritmas hat Digital Manipulation: added snow and hat (Su)
USH-3739-m Tawny Owl - sitting on snowy chimney wearing Christmas hat Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Sweep, oh sweep oh! Clean your chimneys keep, oh! For smoky flues we can t excues, since I will sweep them cheap, oh! Date: Circa 1880

Common Starling - flock squabbling on chimmney pot - Northumberland - England
USH-4975 Common Starling - flock squabbling on chimmney pot Northumberland - England Sturnus vulgaris Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Man riding out of town on a Bank Holiday
A man rides his skinny white horse out of a smoky town on a Bank Holiday

An incubator nursery
Nurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein

Smoke Makers / Punch / Poll
Smoke makers

La Pedrera, Casa Mila, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Washing drying in the sun
Lines of washing drying in the sun with the outlines of roofs and chimney pots behind, in an unidentified location in either Islington or Camden, in London

Tawny Owl - nesting in chimney, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-3739 Tawny Owl - nesting in chimney Lower Saxony, Germany Strix aluco Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

A pulp mill in winter at Bucksport, Maine, United States of America, North America

Petrochemcials Plant, Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Chemical plant located on the Backwaters, Kerala state, India, Asia

Geothermal power plant and Blue Lagoon at Svartsengi, Iceland, Polar Regions

Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire, UK

Industrial plant near Hope in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scott / Lunar Corona / 1911
Scotts last expedition - he was beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen. Scott did not make it back. Lunar corona over their camp

May Queen and Sweep
The Queen of the May is presented with a bouquet of flowers by a chimney sweep

Smoking Fish
Smoking fish, in France. The fish are hung inside the chimney over the fire

Chimneysweep Falls
A chimney collapses - and a chimneysweep falls

Santa in Sweden
Santa visits a Swedish household, not via the chimney, but presenting himself at the front door

Bill the Lizard
BILL THE LIZARD Pops out of the chimney

Doorway, Fowey, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A young girl, sitting on steps, by an open doorway, with houses beyond. A notice on the wall above her shows the location of the Fowey branch of The Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent

Truman Brewery, Shoreditch, London, England, UK

Stewartby Brickworks 24082_026
Stewartby Brick Works, Bedfordshire. The first brickworks hers was founded in 1897, and it went on to have the largest output in the world

Rooftop terrace of Palau Guell mansion designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Chimneys and towers of Chateau de Chambord, the largest chateau in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, France

Ventilation towers on the rooftop of Casa Mila or La Pedrera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Advertisement for National Cash Registers, Dayton, Ohio, USA (chromolitho)
6030443 Advertisement for National Cash Registers, Dayton, Ohio, USA (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for National Cash Registers)

View of Dundee, Scotland, from The Law in the 19th century, when the city had over 60 jute mills
1219621 View of Dundee, Scotland, from The Law in the 19th century, when the city had over 60 jute mills. From Cities of the World, published c.1893.; Private Collection.

The Seine At Argenteuil, c1892. Creator: Gustave Caillebotte
The Seine At Argenteuil, c1892.

The River Oise Near Pontoise, 1873. Creator: Camille Pissarro
The River Oise Near Pontoise, 1873. Pissarro made several paintings featuring the factory located across the river from his home in Pontoise.

H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. 'An officer of H.M.S. Leopard has sent us a sketch of the position of that ship in Muirhead's Dock, Shanghai

Opening of a new graving-dock at Jarrow, on the Tyne, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of a new graving-dock at Jarrow, on the Tyne, 1865. 'A large graving-dock, in connection with Messrs. Palmer and Co.'s iron shipbuilding establishment at Jarrow, was opened...by Mrs

The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, [Bexley], 1864. View of '...the works at this important outlet for the whole of the sewage drained from the area on the south side of

stand alone
Rolf Endermann

clashes of generations
Radek Pohnan

Red Hill Cottage
Little Dean

Red Forest Cottage
Little Dean

"Interieur flamand" Familles et enfants regroupes dans une piece, une carcasse d'animal est suspendue
AIS5384939 "Interieur flamand" Familles et enfants regroupes dans une piece, une carcasse d'animal est suspendue, une cheminee au fond, un homme tient un petit garcon sur le pot

Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework
5304636 Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework.; (add.info.: Ottoman, tilework Chimneypiece; from Turkey, probably Istanbul. Dated 1731)

Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework
5304635 Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework.; (add.info.: Ottoman, tilework Chimneypiece; from Turkey, probably Istanbul. Dated 1731)

Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves
5856323 Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves.; (add.info.: Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves)

Lovers in traditional costumes, Bavaria (postcard)
7377743 Lovers in traditional costumes, Bavaria (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

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