Redundant Collection

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements. Please note

Spare kidneys. Conceptual computer artwork of spare kidneys stored in jars. This may represent the growth of human tissue to produce material for transplant surgery to replace defective or old body

St Michaels Chapel
Colourful image of the disused Anglican chapel, Torquay. IoE 390544

Windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured here after it had ceased working. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones and was demolished in 1921. circa 1915

Bottle oven Stoke
A man walks past a redundant pottery with its chimney and bottle oven in The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Date: 1987

Sunset, Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall, 2009. The clifftop mine of Wheal Coates began to be worked in 1802. The ruined buildings that remain today date from the 1870s

Merthyr Tydfil boys playing
Two boys play on a bench above the steel works (now closed) at Merthyr Tydfil. Vintage black and white image. First published The Sunday Times c1989 1989

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

Putney toll booth OFH01_01_01_f01_20
Old Putney Bridge, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. Two images on a single glass plate negative, both showing the the toll keeper

The Horses Going to the Dogs (engraving)
6000797 The Horses Going to the Dogs (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Horses Going to the Dogs)

An old printer sits in an armchair contemplating the fact that modernisation has made him redundant. An appropriate illustration for Printers Pie which was a charitable magazine published by The

The Typist (colour litho)
2798158 The Typist (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Typist. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

DIVINA COMMEDIA / DANTE
Here the rocky precipice hurls forth redundant flames: angels are prevented from providing succour to the souls of the precipice. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Norway, Svalbard, Pyramiden, Russian settlement, Most northerly statue of Lenin in the World, Miners social and welfare building in the background, now abandoned

Norway, Svalbard, Pyramiden, Russian settlement, Derelict coal-fired power station at abandoned Russian mining settlement Pyramid

Abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England
The abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. The mine is now renovated, owned by The National Trust and turned into a museum

Former tin miner in the abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. He leans on some of the derelict machinery

Layoff, 1890. Artist: Ivan Pavlov
Layoff, 1890. Bogdanov, Ivan Petrovich (1855-1932). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Dirge of the Disestablished Dogs, 1882. The hunting dogs are redundant, as the hunters set off for their days sport. From Punch, or the London Charivari, Sptember 23, 1882

Peace Palace at The Hague, To Let, WW1
The Peace Palace at The Hague, Netherlands, with a To Let, apply Hohenzollern & Co sign outside it (superimposed on the photograph)

Women finding themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919
" Good-bye-e-e!" These girls marching off to pastures new seem a jolly bunch, although for the 750000 women who found themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919

An employer sacks one of his employees, from Crimes and Punishments, special
BAL366894 An employer sacks one of his employees, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

Coal mine industrial heritage museum in snow, Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Torfaen, South South Wales, January

Redundant rural church and cemetery, St. Cynhaearns Church, Ynyscynhaearn, Pentrefelin, Gwynedd, North Wales, march

Computer circuit boards
Old computer circuit boards held in a hand. The continuous fast development and increase in computer power means that components rapidly become outdated and need to be disposed of or recycled

Computer circuit board graveyard. Conceptual computer image of outdated computer circuit boards in a desert landscape, representing the obselescence of technology

Bankside Power Station, London, UK. This building was designed by the British architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963

Telephone pole and wires
Telephone pole with cut wires

Spare hearts. Conceptual computer artwork of spare hearts stored in jars, overlaid with the banding (pink & white) of a DNA autoradiogram

Mob attacking Jacquard in Lyon, France. The French weaver Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834, lower left) invented an improved mechanical loom in 1804

Podlington Airfield, Britain, 1945
Drawing showing the huge deserted runway of Podlington airfield; formerly used by the US Eighth Air Force as a base for their raids on Germany, 1945

Wantage Steam Tram
For over 50 years, until 1925, this old steam tramway maintained a passenger service bewteen Wantage Town and Wantage Road (G.W.R.) station, Berkshire, England

An old iron works site at Backbarrow being turned into residential housing and commercial units
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Bewick - Turnspit
Bewick classifies this as a specific breed, destined to help in the kitchen throughout its working life. Modern culinary technology has fortunately made it redundant

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

Redundant horse becomes a museum piece
In the future the horse as a form of transport will become redundant, and will only be seen in museums

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"Redundant: A Reflection on Economics a la Heath Robinson and Spare Kidneys" In the quaint St Michaels Chapel, nestled amidst the picturesque Windmill of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, one can witness the beauty of redundancy. As the sun sets over Wheal Coates tin mine in St Agnes, Cornwall back in 2009, it illuminates not only nature's splendor but also the concept of redundancy. Like an ancient Bottle oven in Stoke or Merthyr Tydfil boys playing with no purpose, these remnants remind us of a bygone era. Just as Putney toll booth OFH01_01_01_f01_20 stands idle and The Horses Going to the Dogs engraving captures a moment frozen in time, they all symbolize redundancies that have lost their relevance. An old printer sits in an armchair contemplating his fate; modernization has rendered him obsolete. In this fast-paced world where technology reigns supreme, he is left behind like The Typist depicted in a color litho artwork. Both are victims of progress's relentless march forward. Yet amidst this sea of change lies DIVINA COMMEDIA / DANTE - a timeless masterpiece that defies redundancy. Like Dante's journey through hell and purgatory towards redemption, it serves as a reminder that some things remain eternally relevant despite shifting tides. So let us ponder upon these redundant relics scattered across our landscape - from economics à la Heath Robinson to spare kidneys waiting for transplantation. They serve as reminders that while progress may render certain aspects redundant, there will always be elements worth preserving and cherishing for generations to come.