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Early Aviation

Historic images of aviation from the earliest days of powered flight, including Louis Bleriot and all Bleriot-type planes, box kites, Farmans, early Aviation Meetings and accidents.

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Glamorganshire Canal, North Road Lock & Barge
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Glamorganshire Canal, North Road Lock & Barge
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Glam Canal, N Road Lock & Barge
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Wigan Pier on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal circa 1935
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan Pier c1935
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L&L Canal Wigan Pier & boats
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Bow hauling a wide beam barge on the River Wey at Weybridge circa 1905
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River Wey, Weybridge, Bow Hauling c1905
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R Wey, Weybridge, Bow hauling
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Glamorganshire Canal, Melingriffith Tin Works
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Glamorganshire Canal, Melingriffith Tin Works
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Glam Canal, Mel…
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Weaver Navigation, Winsford Dock Yard circa 1908
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Weaver Navigation, Winsford Dock Yard c1908
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Weaver Nav, Winsford boat yard
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Vale of Neath Railway bridge in foreground
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Glamorganshire Canal, Three Bridges Merthyr
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Glam Canal, Thr…
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A Humber keel passes through a swing bridge on the Aire & Calder Navigation near Hull circa 1908
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Aire & Calder Navigation near Hull c1908
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A&CN nr Hull, Humber keel
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A view on the Aire & Calder Navigation at Goole circa 1925
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Aire & Calder Navigation, Goole c1925
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Goole, canal & docks
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Canal
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Glamorganshire Canal, Tongwynlais Lock
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Glam Canal, Tongwynlais Lock
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A busy scene at Froghall Wharf, the terminus of the Caldon Canal, circa 1908
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Caldon Canal, Froghall Wharf c1908
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Caldon Canal, Froghall wharf
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Weedon LNWR goods yard alongside the Grand Union Canal circa 1910. This was a railway/canal transhipment point.
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Grand Union Canal, Weedon Railway Goods Yard & Wharf c1910
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GU Canal, Weedon goods yard
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Lock 20 at Newport on the Shropshire Union Canal, circa 1935
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Shropshire Union Canal, Newport Lock c1935
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Shropshire U, Newport lock
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Wheelers Bridge on the Droitwich Canal, circa 1925
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Droitwich Canal, Wheelers Bridge, c1925
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The Grand Junction Canal at Fenny Stratford circa 1905
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Grand Junction Canal at Fenny Stratford c1905
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GJ Canal, Fenny Stratford
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Coasting vessels under construction at Selby shipyard on the River Ouse circa 1925
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River Ouse, Selby Shipyard c1925
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Selby shipyard
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Cantley Sugar Factory on the River Yare circa 1925
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River Yare, Cantley Sugar Factory c1925
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R Yare, Cantley sugar factory 1
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An old bridge at Ford, on the line of the derelict Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, circa 1905
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Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, Ford, Old Bridge c1905
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Kirtlington Lock and Mill on the Oxford Canal circa 1905
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Oxford Canal, Kirtlington Lock & Mill c1905
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Newport Wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal circa 1910, with a laden narrowboat passing through Lock 20.
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Shropshire Union Canal, Newport Lock & Wharf c1910
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