Images Dated 11th May 2010

Blackpool in 1920 EPW002080

BLACKPOOL TOWER, Lancashire. Aerial view taking in the tower, the sea front and beach, the Winter Gardens and the big wheel in July 1920. Since completion in 1894 the Blackpool Tower had not been painted properly and the steelwork had started to corrode. Between 1921 and 1924 all of the steelwork was renewed. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

© Historic England

A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall Mall

GHL58785 A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall Mall by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info.: Gas installed in Pall Mall in January 28 1807 by Frederick Albert Winsor); A© London Metropolitan Archives ; English, out of copyright

© © London Metropolitan Archives / Bridgeman Images

Invention, Lighting, Novelty, Street Lights

Lisbon Bridge

The 25 de Abril Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril "25th of April Bridge", is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tejo river

© Dado Daniela

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