Chimneys Collection (page 2)

Samuel Johnson / Thrale
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Home of the writers friend, Mr Thrale, at Streatham, London: Johnson himself is seen with Mrs Hester Thrale, chatting in the garden

Allis-Chalmers Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, manufacturers of agricultural machinery such as tractors. Date: circa 1909

Aerial view of Garston Gas Works. Garston is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside. 15th May 1956

Advertisement for Esso Petroleum -- reflections on car bodies at Fawley Refinery, Hampshire. 1959

Poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank
Poster advertising the Post Office Savings Bank -- money is power. Showing two tall smoking chimneys, possibly of Battersea Power Station. 20th century

Ferndale Colliery and Tylorstown, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Ferndale Colliery (also known as Blaenllechau Colliery) and Tylorstown, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, South Wales

Union Workhouse, Leigh, Lancashire
Opened in 1851, the Union workhouse on Leigh Road, Leigh, Lancashire, later became Atherleigh Hospital. This early 1900s view focuses on the recently added workhouse offices and receiving home

Edmonton Military Hospital, Edmonton, Middlesex
Edmonton Military Hospital, erected in 1910 as the infirmary of the Edmonton Union workhouse. It later became part of the North Middlesex Hospital

Rene Descartes / Home
RENE DESCARTES French mathematician and philosopher: his home at La Haye-Descartes, Indre-et-Loire

Blatz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, later sold to the Pabst Brewery. Date: circa 1909

Seven Sisters cliffs and the coastguard cottages, from Seaford Head across the River Cuckmere. Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK

Town Hall, Princess Street, Knutsford, Cheshire. Date: circa 1910

The Royal Anchor, Liphook, Hampshire, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Anchor, Liphook, Hampshire, 1936. The Royal Anchor hotel, 18th century coaching inn on the London to Portsmouth road

Lloyd Georges Munition Girls
Front cover of a book describing womens experiences in a munitions factory during the First World War with a detailed account by an anonymous female shell-maker

Cranes at the new coal electric power station under construction near Dartford, Kent. 1938

A northern mill town in England, early 1900s

Advert, Lochside Coal & Fireclay Co, Townhill, Dunfermline
Advert for Lochside Coal & Fireclay Co, Townhill, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Clyde Paper Company, Rutherglen, Scotland
Advert for Clyde Paper Company Ltd, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. 1905

Coal - Phurnacite Plant - Abercwmboi - Aberaman - 28th October 1988. *CONDITIONS in a South Wales smokeless fuels plant where more than 1

Greetings postcard from Essen, Germany, with a general view of the city. Date: circa 1902

General view of Dundee, Scotland, showing numerous factories and tall chimneys. Date: 20th century

Advertisement for John Harrison, Eletro Plater and Gilder and manufacturer of Silver Nickel and Plated Goods
From Patterns of Silver Nickel Silver and Sheffield Electroplate (Ref. No. 739.07 SSTQ)

The exterior of the Fire Station at Shooters Hill. 1938

Singing chimneys, The Pop Girls, on the roof of La Pedrera (Casa Mila), an apartment block on Passeig de Gracia, designed by Antonio Gaudi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

LCC-LFB Caledonian Road fire station, North London
Built in 1909, fire station B69 Caledonian Road was located at 158-164 Copenhagen Street. Although relatively new, the adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number

Aerial view, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Pasa Bahce - Istanbul
View of Pasa Bahce, where the Pasabahce Glass Company is located today. On Asian side of Bosphorus

Scottish Paper Mills
A fine view of Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland, showing the Paper Mills

Gilbert White / Selborne
GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE Birthplace and home of the naturalist, at Selborne, Hampshire, showing White in the garden with his dog Date: 1720 - 1793

A petro-chemical plant at Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great Pultney Street, Bath, c. 1883 (litho)
468867 Great Pultney Street, Bath, c.1883 (litho) by Woodroffe, R. (fl.1835-54) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Views of Bath, published by C. Duffield)

Woolwich Power Station, SE London, with coal barges on the River Thames. Date: circa 1950s

Ightham Mote, Kent - The North Front Date: circa 1940s

Railway station at Kenilworth, Warwickshire 1844
Railway station at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, on the Leamington and Warwick Railway route. Date: 1844

The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, Manchester
Advertising showcard, The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, Manchester. Date: circa 1900

Eckersleys Ltd, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Concerning Cotton - Eckersleys Ltd, Wigan, Greater Manchester. 1920

Exterior view of the Hafod Copper and Silver Works and Copper Mill in Swansea, Wales. Date: 1855

A Welsh coal mine (litho)
3622182 A Welsh coal mine (litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Welsh coal mine)

Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card (coloured engraving)
731627 Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fisher, Nixon, Howarth & Fisher, trade card)

Mr. Phil Bowden of Benwell who is a third generation chimney sweep

Industrial Leeds 1885
Industrial aspect of Leeds from Richmond Hill. Date: 1885

William Jessop and Sons, Brightside Works, Brightside Lane, c. 1858
Showing Brightside Low and Top Works

Beautiful Sheffield, postally used 1909
Published by The Cynicus Publishing Co Ltd. Tayport, Fife

Chedworth, Gloucestershire
Village of Chedworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1907

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

The Horrors of Home
A Captain, home on leave during World War I returns to his tranquil countryside village to discover it is now a hub of industry complete with belching chimneys, manufacturing armaments for the war

Thames Gold Fields, Grahamstown, New Zealand
Engraving of small town with wooden framed houses, towers and industrial chimneys. Scene of the New Zealand gold rush

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