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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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A pair of narrowboats moored near King's Lock at Booth Lane, Middlewich, on the Trent & Mersey Canal circa 1950
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Trent & Mersey Canal, King's Lock, Middlewich c1950
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T&M Canal King'…
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A study of the Anderton Company narrowboat THAMES at Bottom Locks Runcorn, on the Trent & Mersey Canal circa 1908
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Trent & Mersey Canal, Anderton Co. Barge at Bottom Locks, Runcorn c1908
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T&M Canal Bottom Locks, Runcorn
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A view of an unidentified waterway & sailing barge c1930. Town centre location, possibly eastern England.
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Unidentified Waterway & Sailing Barge c1930
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Unidentified wa…
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The Hythe Military Canal at Seabrook circa 1908
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Hythe Canal at Seabrook c1908
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Hythe Canal at Seabrook
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A section of the Sankey Brook Navigation or St Helen's Canal at Earlestown circa 1906
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Sankey Brook Navigation near Earlestown c1906
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Sankey Nav, Earlestown
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Glamorganshire Canal, & Nantgarw Pottery
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Glamorganshire Canal, & Nantgarw Pottery
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Glam Canal & Nantgarw Pottery
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A burst on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Northwich circa 1906, caused by mining subsidence. North Staffordshire Railway boat No. 39 has been caught in the breach
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Trent & Mersey Canal, Canal Burst at Northwich c1906
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T&M Canal, Northwich, subsidence
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A view of Cromford from High Peak circa 1910, with the Cromford Canal running across the centre, crossing the River Derwent on Leawood Aqueduct
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Cromford & Cromford Canal from High Peak c1910
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Peak Forest, Cr…
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Canal derelict at this point by this date
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Glamorganshire Canal, Aberfan c1910
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Glam Canal Aberfan c1910
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The Shropshire Union Canal near Newport circa 1908
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Shropshire Union Canal near Newport c1908
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Shropshire U canal nr Newport
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Glamorganshire Canal, Cardiff North Road Lock
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Glamorganshire Canal, Cardiff North Road Lock
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Glam Canal, Car…
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A view of Ellesmere Port circa 1906
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Shropshire Union Canal, Ellesmere Port c1905
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Shropshire U, Ellesmere Port 1
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Prestwood Bridge on the Stourbridge Canal circa 1908
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Stourbridge Canal, Prestwood Bridge, nr Stourbridge c1908
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Stourbridge C, Prestwood bridge
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Middlewich Salt Works on the Trent & Mersey Canal circa 1906
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Trent & Mersey Canal, Middlewich Salt Works & Canal c1906
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T&M Canal Middlewich, salt works
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Monmouthshire Canal, Cwmcarn, Black Bridge
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Monmouthshire Canal, Cwmcarn, Black Bridge
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Mon Canal, Cwmcarn, Black Bridge
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Neath Canal Side, Aberdulais B
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Neath Canal Side, Aberdulais B
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Neath Canal Side, Aberdulais
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A view of the Taunton & Bridgwater Canal at Bridgwater circa 1910
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Taunton & Bridgwater Canal at Bridgwater c1910
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T&B Canal nr Bridgwater
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Swansea Canal & church, Pontardawe
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Swansea Canal & church, Pontardawe
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