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Alum Collection

Discover the breathtaking beauty of Alum, a hidden gem in the UK

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, Dorset

Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, Dorset
Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, near Poole, Dorset, England. Date: 1920s

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
Sailing boats in the natural harbour formed by this pictureque bay

Background imageAlum Collection: An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans, 19th century

An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans, 19th century
5311338 An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1860); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageAlum Collection: Dyeing cotton, Lancashire

Dyeing cotton, Lancashire
2602615 Dyeing cotton, Lancashire; (add.info.: Dyeing cotton, Lancashire, England. Passing lengths of cloth through an alum solution before dyeing)

Background imageAlum Collection: Black Gang Chine, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bear

Black Gang Chine, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bear
Black Gang Chine amusement complex, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bear and very brave young girl happy to accept its embrace. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageAlum Collection: Saltley Alum Rock Road Birmingham early 1900s

Saltley Alum Rock Road Birmingham early 1900s

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay, from Headon Hill, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay, from Headon Hill, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageAlum Collection: The Needles, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

The Needles, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Chine and West Parade, Bournemouth, Dorset

Alum Chine and West Parade, Bournemouth, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Dorset

Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight by W.W. Quatremain

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay and The Needles, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay and The Needles, Isle of Wight by W.W. Quatremain

Background imageAlum Collection: The Needles and Alum Bay Isle of Wight Landscape

The Needles and Alum Bay Isle of Wight Landscape
The, Needles, and, Alum, Bay, Isle, of, Wight, Landscape, scene, England, Watercolour, painting, Charles, Bool, 12021785

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay Isle of Wight, England

Alum Bay Isle of Wight, England
19th century vintage photograph: Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation

Background imageAlum Collection: Bournemouth, Dorset - Alum Chine Beach

Bournemouth, Dorset - Alum Chine Beach

Background imageAlum Collection: Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works

Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works
Three stages in the production of alum -- steeping pits, evaporating boiler and crystallising coolers at the Hurlet Alum Works, near Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1843

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum root or wild cranesbill, Geranium maculatum

Alum root or wild cranesbill, Geranium maculatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageAlum Collection: View from Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth

View from Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, Dorset. circa 1910

Background imageAlum Collection: Poisoning Case in Hong Kong (engraving)

Poisoning Case in Hong Kong (engraving)
729191 Poisoning Case in Hong Kong (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poisoning Case in Hong Kong)

Background imageAlum Collection: Crystalization of Alum (engraving)

Crystalization of Alum (engraving)
3624848 Crystalization of Alum (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crystalization of Alum)

Background imageAlum Collection: The Poisonings at Hong-Kong (engraving)

The Poisonings at Hong-Kong (engraving)
1587416 The Poisonings at Hong-Kong (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Poisonings at Hong-Kong)

Background imageAlum Collection: View of Solfaterra, Plate XXV, from Campi Phlegraei

View of Solfaterra, Plate XXV, from Campi Phlegraei
1275108 View of Solfaterra, Plate XXV, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Background imageAlum Collection: The Stereoscope, Pseudoscope, and Solid Daguerreotypes (engraving)

The Stereoscope, Pseudoscope, and Solid Daguerreotypes (engraving)
1607279 The Stereoscope, Pseudoscope, and Solid Daguerreotypes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stereoscope, Pseudoscope, and Solid Daguerreotypes)

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843

Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843
Interior of an underground alum mine at Hurlet near Glasgow. The miners, with candles attached to their helmets, dig into the rocks and cart away the mineral in wheelbarrows

Background imageAlum Collection: Productions of the Solfaterra, 1776

Productions of the Solfaterra, 1776
Productions of the Solfaterra, Plate LIII, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving)

Background imageAlum Collection: View of Solfaterra, 1776

View of Solfaterra, 1776
View of Solfaterra, Plate XXV, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving). 1

Background imageAlum Collection: General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, 1814. Artist: Havell & Son

General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, 1814. Artist: Havell & Son
General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, 1814. Steeping crumbled ore in water in pits to dissolve out salts which will be processed to produce alum

Background imageAlum Collection: Souvenir of Alum Bay

Souvenir of Alum Bay
A glass container, housing sands of different colours from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, and with a sand painting depicting rocks. A splendid example of Victorian kitsch. Date: 19th century

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay & The Needles

Alum Bay & The Needles. Artwork by W. W. Quatremain. Isle of Wight recipe book

Background imageAlum Collection: Bakers with bread on a Christmas card

Bakers with bread on a Christmas card -- He knows which side his bread is buttered. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA

Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Train tunnel in Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Background imageAlum Collection: The Suspension Bridge, Alum Chine, Dorset

The Suspension Bridge, Alum Chine, Dorset
The Suspension Bridge, Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1920s

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay from the West

Alum Bay from the West
Slide showing a photo of Alum Bay on the coast of the Isle of Wight. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

Background imageAlum Collection: South Coast of England - Alum Bay from the west

South Coast of England - Alum Bay from the west
Victorian Glass Lantern slide from a series on the South Coast of England - Alum Bay from the west. Part of box 218 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Background imageAlum Collection: ALUM 1922 Watercolor gouache paper H 18-5 / 8 W

ALUM 1922 Watercolor gouache paper H 18-5 / 8 W
ALUM, 1922, Watercolor, gouache, paper, H, 18-5/8, W, 14-5/8, 47.3 x 37.1 cm, Drawings, 8, AM170720 098336

Background imageAlum Collection: Source Size = 1881 x 1653

Source Size = 1881 x 1653
Sketches in the Lipari Islands: Faragleone, Alum Rock of Vulcano, with Grotto Dwellings of the Vulcanese

Background imageAlum Collection: Coloured cliffs, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, Hampshire

Coloured cliffs, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAlum Collection: Picture No. 10741201

Picture No. 10741201
Aerial image of South (Southern) England, UK: The Needles, a row of three stacks of chalk, and Lighthouse, off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, Alum Bay Date:

Background imageAlum Collection: Picture No. 10741200

Picture No. 10741200
The Needles, a row of three stacks of chalk and Lighthouse, off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, Alum Bay Date:

Background imageAlum Collection: General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area. From George Walker The Costume

General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area. From George Walker The Costume of Yorkshire Leeds 1814, Aquatint. Steeping calcined (burnt)

Background imageAlum Collection: Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, Scotland, showing miners extracting ore. Light is

Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, Scotland, showing miners extracting ore. Light is provided by candles fixed to their helmets. From The Penny Magazine (London, October 1843). Engraving

Background imageAlum Collection: Chemistry equipment, including glass flasks, saltpetre, alum

Chemistry equipment, including glass flasks, saltpetre, alum

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Cliffs close-up of cliffs of alum whose shallow ridges indicate ancient weathering Waiotapu

Alum Cliffs close-up of cliffs of alum whose shallow ridges indicate ancient weathering Waiotapu geothermal area
SAS-806 Alum Cliffs - close-up of cliffs of alum whose shallow ridges indicate ancient weathering Waiotapu geothermal area, Rotorua, North Island

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay and the Needles, Isle of Wight, England

Alum Bay and the Needles, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Chine, Bournemouth

Alum Chine, Bournemouth - the bridge Date: 1905

Background imageAlum Collection: Alum Bay Cliffs

Alum Bay Cliffs
The famous multi-coloured cliffs at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageAlum Collection: Fossil animal, 18th century

Fossil animal, 18th century

Background imageAlum Collection: Engraving of fossil crocodile

Engraving of fossil crocodile
Fossil crocodile. 18th century engraving depicting a fossil skeleton of a crocodile. This was discovered at Whitby, Yorkshire, in the alum shales in 1758 by Captain William Chapman



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Discover the breathtaking beauty of Alum, a hidden gem in the UK. From the magnificent Alum Chine Suspension Bridge in Bournemouth, Dorset to the stunning views Bay on the Isle of Wight, this coastal paradise will leave you in awe. Take a step back in time as you stroll along Saltley Alum Rock Road in Birmingham, reminiscing about its early 1900s charm. Immerse yourself in nature's wonders at Headon Hill, where Alum Bay unfolds before your eyes with its vibrant colors and dramatic cliffs. The iconic Needles stand tall against the backdrop of this picturesque bay, creating an unforgettable sight. Indulge in tranquility as you explore Alum Chine and West Parade along Bournemouth's coastline. Feel the gentle breeze caress your face as you take a leisurely walk through this charming area. Don't forget to bring home a souvenir from Alum Bay to cherish these cherished memories forever. Whether it's basking under the sun at Alum Chine or marveling at nature's artistry at Alum Bay, there is something for everyone here. Let yourself be captivated by the allure of these enchanting destinations and create lasting memories amidst their timeless beauty.