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Universal History Archive Rights Managed Collection (#10)

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Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Refrigeration: Sectional view of ice-house

Refrigeration: Sectional view of ice-house showing ramming down of ice. Pit dug and lined with brick, poor conductor of heat. Roof covered with thatch for same reason

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Refrigeration: Sectional view of ice-house

Refrigeration: Sectional view of ice-house. Pit dug and lined with brick, poor conductor of heat. Roof covered with thatch for same reason

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Conwy (Conway) Tubular Bridge on Chester and Holyhead Railway

Conwy (Conway) Tubular Bridge on Chester and Holyhead Railway. From " The British Gazeteer", London, 1852. Engineer Robert Stephenson

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: water breaks through during a visit to the Thames Tunnel workings

water breaks through during a visit to the Thames Tunnel workings
Tom, Jerry and Logic having a narrow escape as water breaks through during a visit to the Thames Tunnel workings. Illustration by Robert Cruikshank for " The Finish to the Adventures of Tom

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: George Stephenson (1781-1848)

George Stephenson (1781-1848) English railway engineer. His locomotive Rocket from reverse of medal struck to commemorate centenary of Stephensons birth

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Britannia Tubular Bridge

Britannia Tubular Bridge over Menai Straits between Welsh mainland and Angelsea. Chester and Holyhead Railway. Begun 1846, opened 18 March 1850. Engineer Robert Stephenson. Box girder bridge

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Search for the Andree expedition of 1897

Search for the Andree expedition of 1897 which attempted to reach the North Pole by balloon. All members of expedition perished. Salomon August Andrees body found in 1930

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Britannia Tubular Bridge

Britannia Tubular Bridge over Menai Straits between Welsh mainland and Angelsea. Chester and Holyhead Railway. Begun 1846, opened 18 March 1850. Engineer Robert Stephenson. Box girder bridge

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Transporter bridge, Newport, Wales, Britain, c1910

Transporter bridge, Newport, Wales, Britain, c1910. This allowed shipping to pass unimpeded and passengers and goods to be transported across river on suspended platform or gondola

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Niagara suspension bridge (railway)

Niagara suspension bridge (railway). Engineers JA and WA Roebling. Coloured engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel

Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828. On this occasion 6 men killed, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, site engineer

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826

Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826. The original timber deck was wrecked in a storm, 1839. In 1940 the chains were renewed with high tensile steel

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826

Thomas Telfords suspension bridge over Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826. View from Angelsea side. Original timber deck wrecked in storm, 1839. In 1940 chains renewed with high tensile steel

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Cross-section showing arched masonry Thames Tunnel built 1825-1843

Cross-section showing arched masonry Thames Tunnel built 1825-1843
Cross-section showing impression of Marc Isambart Brunels double arched masonry Thames Tunnel built 1825-1843. Originally a roadway

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail

St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. View of Swiss end of tunnel during construction showing workmen man-handling wagons used to remove debris

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail

St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. Workmen from the two ends of the tunnel breaking through last piece of rock and meeting, 29 February 1880. Wood engraving March 1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Shield used during digging of Thames Tunnel (1825-1843)

Shield used during digging of Thames Tunnel (1825-1843) which allowed 12 men to excavate simultaneously. Patent for this first tunnelling shield taken out by Marc Isambart Brunel in 1818

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Section of Thames Tunnel (1825-1843)

Section of Thames Tunnel (1825-1843) showing men at work in shield (right) while others take away spoil. Picture also shows construction of arched masonry lining using Roman cement behind shield

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Germain Sommeillers (1815-1871)

Germain Sommeillers (1815-1871) compressed air rock drill used in the Mont Cenis and St Gothard railway tunnels. Sommeiller engineer of Mont Cenis tunnel. Wood engraving, Paris, 1874

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Cross- section showing arched masonry tunnel

Cross- section showing arched masonry tunnel
Cross- section showing position of Marc Isambart Brunels double arched masonry tunnel in relation to the Thames. Constructed 1825-1843, still used by electric trains

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920)

Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), American naval commander and explorer, claimed he had reached North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt. Claim generally accepted

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: French Air ace Adolphe Pegoud

French Air ace Adolphe Pegoud, 4th from right, in front of his plane on the day when fellow officers presented him with a bouquet in celebration of his latest citation. Killed action 1915

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: French Air ace Adolphe Pegoud

French Air ace Adolphe Pegoud. Wreckage of plane in which Pegoud was killed in action, 1915. First World War

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Flight-Lieutenant Warneford, British pilot

Flight-Lieutenant Warneford, British pilot, awarded Victoria Cross for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 on 7 June 1915. Here in Paris on the eve of his fatal flying accident on 17 June. World War I

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Germans leaving Paris. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris by German troops. Germans in Paris waiting for a passage home. Wood engraving, London, 18 March 1871

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris by German forces - an Uhlan at the Arc de Triomphe. Wood engraving, 11 March 1871

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: German troops in Paris crowning themselves with laurels in the Tuileries gardens, March 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian troops before Paris waiting for the sortie. One rifleman, bayonet fixed, sits on an upright piano keeping watch while his companions enjoy a meal and a smoke

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris - the first German in Paris, February 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Bleriot monoplane used by the British army: 1914

Bleriot monoplane used by the British army: 1914

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian siege guns in front of Paris. Wood engraving, 11 February 1871

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right) and Prussian (left) troops. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Hussar charging with sword drawn. Wood engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Prussian guns trained on besieged city of Paris, January 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming Bicetre. Wood engraving, October 1870

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. A Landwehr regiment of the Prussian army on the march led by drummer. Wood engraving, September 1870

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War: 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War: 1870-1871. Prussian troops hoisting the German standard at Valerien. Wood engraving.1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Uhlans chasing a balloon which had escaped from the besieged city of Paris. Wood engraving, 1881

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds

tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds
Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian (German) artillery battery in action. Coloured woodcut

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds

tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds
Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon)

Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916. Here waking Peace after the successful Peace Conference held in London, December 1912, ending the First Balkan War

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon)

Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-16. Here taking Peace to the London Conference to end the Second Balkan War which had broken out in the month following

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Balkan Wars 1912-1913

Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Peace Conference held in London, December 1912, ending First Balkan War. An aprehensive figure of Europe stands at the door. Cartoon by L

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: Second Balkan War 1913

Second Balkan War 1913. Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount Grey of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916 warning Turkey (Ottomans)

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: British emigrant ship being towed out of harbour

British emigrant ship being towed out of harbour before setting sail for Sydney, Australia. Certain skilled men and their families were given assisted passages

Background imageUniversal History Archive Rights Managed Collection: John William Alcock (1892-1919)

John William Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948) British aviators. First men to fly Atlantic non-stop, 14 June 1919




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