Drilling Collection (page 5)

Self-acting and double-geared radial drilling and boring machine. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862

Miners hand digging coal

East Lothian grain drill machine. From The Book of the Farm by Scottish farmer and agriculturalist Henry Stephens, 1795 - 1874, first published in the 1840 s

Pumpjack with dramatic chinook sky, Alberta, Canada
Silhouette of a pump jack with a colourful dramatic Chinook sky, west of Airdrie; Alberta, Canada

Pumpjack in a field, Alberta, Canada
Pumpjack in a field in the foothills and the snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background with a glowing sky at sunset; Alberta, Canada

Flock Brent Goose flying, migrating along the shore of the Northsea od wadden island Ameland with drilling oil platform in the background, Netherlands

Beersheba District Drilling water Interior 1934
Beersheba District. Drilling for water. Interior. 1934, Israel, Beersheba

Beersheba District Drilling water 1934 Israel
Beersheba District. Drilling for water. 1934, Israel, Beersheba

Jeusalem El-Kouds approach city Turkish soldiers
Jeusalem (El-Kouds), approach to the city. Turkish soldiers drilling in the Tower of David 1900, Israel

Illustration Showing Oil Derricks Boring For Oil In England In 1919. From The Year 1919 Illustrated

An Oil Well In Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania, Usa. From The Book Chips From The Earths Crust Published 1894

Shooting An Oil Well From The Book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine May To October 1883

Doyon Oil Rig 14 on the road moving to another drill site in the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, Winter

Alberta, Canada; Pump Jack In A Flowering Canola Field

The Liberty Oil Rig In The Prudhoe Bay Oilfield On The North Slope, Arctic Alaska, Summer

Silhouette Of Two Pump Jacks At Sunrise With Clouds; Alberta, Canada

Silhouette Of Pumpjack With The Orange Glow Of The Sun Rising; Longview, Alberta, Canada

Silhouette Of Pump Jack With The Orange Glow Of The Sun Rising On The Horizon; Longview, Alberta, Canada

Oil Drilling Rigs Out In The Ocean With A View Of The Coastline And Golden Sunset; Cromarty, Invergordon, Scotland

Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall
Deep sea diver in a diving bell, preparing to descend to examine oil drilling equipment below the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles off The Lizard, Cornwall
Oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

The Ancient English Musket & Halbert Exercise, Plate 3. 1794

Anti-nuclear power demonstration, Gwithian, Cornwall
Anti-nuclear power demonstration at Gwithian, Cornwall, with a CEGB drilling rig and site office in the background. Date: 1970s

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Circassians drilling, natives of Circassia, who were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century Date: 1913

And no wonder! H. M. Bateman cartoon
" And no wonder! THE DEAR OLD LADY (as the recruits march by): Dear me, how the fine weather does bring the young fellows out to be sure

GULF OF MEXICO: OIL RIG, 1950. An offshore oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph, 1950

NEW MEXICO: MINING, 1940. Gold miners with drilling equipment at the gold mine in Mogollon, New Mexico. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1940

USA, Alaska, Kenai Peninsula, Offshore oil drilling rigs in Cook Inlet on summer evening

Factory worker Lucille Ciecko, drilling castings for toy trains at a plant in New Haven, Connecticut
TOY FACTORY, 1942. Factory worker Lucille Ciecko, drilling castings for toy trains at a plant in New Haven, Connecticut. The factory was later converted to manufacture flare casings during World War

Fracking drill rig C016 / 8129
Fracking drill rig. Fracking or hydraulic fracturing is a drilling technique used to extract gas from shale deposits. A mixture of sand

AFS women, gas mask drill, WW2
AFS women doing a gas mask drill during the Second World War

Demolishing the Doric portico at Euston Station, London, 1961
The campaign against the destruction of the arch became something of a cause celebre and many protesters argued that the arch should not have been destroyed but dismantled

Mutiny! Can the Captain Regain Control of the Ship? President Grover Cleveland, as captain of the good ship Democracy
GROVER CLEVELAND CARTOON. Mutiny! Can the Captain Regain Control of the Ship? President Grover Cleveland, as captain of the good ship Democracy

Boys Drilling, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys at drill on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex

Bench 30 at Abadan
Abadan is a city on Abadan Island in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran, close to the border with Iraq. Rich oil fields were discovered in the area in the early 20th century

Russia, Siberia, Baikal; Undergoing preparations for fishing on frozen lake baikal in winter

Cover design, Womancraft magazine, February 1974 - A do-it-yourself magazine for women. 1974

What are you lagging behind for? Pen and ink drawing by Harry Riley, 1945 (c); signed lower right; caricature of soldiers drilling, 1945 (c). Date: circa 1945

Soldiers Drilling. Coloured aquatint with soft ground etching by and after J A Atkinson, nd.Published by William Miller, 49 Albemarle Street, London and James Walker, 8 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square

THE LOCK STEP, or drilling for the Review.Coloured etching after Capt Charles Aylmer, 11th Regiment of Foot.Published bys W Fores, London, 4 Aug 1797.Having served in the Army from 1789 to 1799

Things I Should Like To See II by Bateman. A Dentist having a tooth stopped. One Dentist filling the tooth of another. The look of fear and pain is clear of his face

Boring for water in camp near Taveta, East Africa, WW1
Boring for water in camp near Taveta, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Florence Upton playing cards - Drilling. circa 1900s

Lagunillas oilfield, Venezuela, Central America
Lagunillas oilfield, on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, Central America. Date: 1927

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Chips
Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Tooth the Dentists daughter. 20th century

Switzerland. 19th century. Locomotive driven by compressed air used for the drilling of Saint-Gothard. Colored engraving of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875

USA. 19th century. Oil well in the Oil-Creek Valley. Colored engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872

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"Unearthing the Depths: Exploring the Art Across Time and Space" Delving into History: Witness a miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, skillfully drilling through layers of earth to extract precious minerals. Towering Ambitions: Step onto the derrick floor of an oil rig in Iran, where fearless workers drill deep into the ground in search of black gold. Offshore Endeavors: Behold the Dixilyn Field 97 oil rig, standing resolute 110 miles off Lands End, Cornwall as it drills tirelessly beneath the ocean's surface. Ancient Techniques Unveiled: Marvel at trepanation depicted in 14th-century artwork—a practice that involved drilling holes in skulls for medical purposes or spiritual rituals. Twilight on Texas' Oil Frontier: Experience the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Oil Derrick against a stunning dusk sky in Midland, Texas—an emblematic sight representing America's drilling prowess. The Birth of Prosperity: Transport yourself to c1906 when Spindletop oil pool near Beaumont, Texas erupted with a gusher—ushering in an era of unprecedented wealth and transforming global energy markets forever. Drilling Rigs Amidst Serenity: Discover Kilgore's churchyard adorned with drilling rigs—a juxtaposition between human ingenuity and nature's tranquility—in Kilgore, Texas USA. Chillingar Chronicles: Observe an oil well at Chillingar as it punctures through rock formations deep below ground level—symbolizing mankind's relentless pursuit for energy resources worldwide. Aerial Symphony on Union Platform: Take flight above Erewan field as you witness an expansive aerial view capturing Union oil platform amidst vast blue waters—an engineering marvel supporting our insatiable thirst for fossil fuels. Sowing Future Harvests.