Vauxhall Gallery

Handbill for balloon race, Green brothers

Handbill advertising a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother in two balloons, taking place from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, to celebrate the Queen's birthday.
13 August 1835

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Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st

Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st. Poster shows balloonist Charles Green on horseback suspended from an ascending balloon to advertise balloon ascensions in Vauxhall Gardens, London. Date between 1820 and 1840

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Water Storage Tank at Vauxhall Motors Plant, Dunstable

A Horton Ellipsoidal Steel water storage tank (which can hold 500,000 gallons), built by Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company Limited of Motherwell, Scotland - on site at the Dunstable works of Vauxhall Motors. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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