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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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Marple, Brabyns Lodge Military Hospital c1918
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Marple, Brabyns Lodge Military Hospital c1918
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Marple Bridge, …
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Marple viaduct and Peak Forest Canal aqueduct circa 1895
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Marple Viaduct & Aqueduct c1895
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Marple, bridges & train
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Roman, bridge, arch, archaeological
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Marple, Roman Bridge c1905
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Marple, Roman Bridge No 7
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Marple, Peak Forest Canal Lock c1895
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Marple, Peak Forest Canal Lock c1895
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Marple, Peak Forest Canal lock
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Marple, Peak Forest Canal c1895
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Marple, Peak Forest Canal c1895
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Marple, Old Toll House, Dan Bank c1904
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Marple, Old Toll House, Dan Bank c1904
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Marple, Old Toll House, Dan Bank
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Marple, Brabyns Lodge c1904
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Marple, Brabyns Lodge c1904
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Marple, Brabyns Lodge
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The dockside and cable operated incline railway at Portreath c1906
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Portreath, Dockside & Cable Railway c1906
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A passenger train heads over Calstock viaduct towards Bere Alston on the opening day of the line, 2nd March 1908. The locomotive is the PD&SWJR 0-6-0 tank 'A.S. Harris'.
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Calstock Viaduct Opening Day 2nd March 1908
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Calstock viaduct 1st train
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A Southern Railway train bound for Callington crosses Calstock viaduct circa 1930. The wagon lift can be seen on the left.
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Calstock Viaduct & Train c1930
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Calstock viaduct & train c1930
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Partially constructed Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway bridge over a lane at Calstock in 1907.
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Calstock, PDSWJR Road Overbridge Construction c1905
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A River Tamar paddle steamer heads past the partially built Calstock Viaduct in August 1905.
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1905
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A panoramic view of Calstock circa 1900, before the viaduct was built.
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Calstock General View c1900
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Calstock vw c1900
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Calstock Viaduct from the Devon Bank c1910
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Calstock Viaduct from the Devon Bank c1910
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Calstock viaduct fr Devon end
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Looking across the River Tamar in 1905, at the casting yard established to make the concrete blocks for building Calstock Viaduct
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1905
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Two River Tamar paddle steamers head upstream from Calstock in August 1907, with the nearly completed viaduct in the background.
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1907
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Calstock Viaduct under construction in 1906.
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1906
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Calstock Viaduct under construction in May 1906, with a steam powered floating derrick assisting in the work. Goss's boatyard can be seen behind.
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1906
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A view of Calstock Viaduct under construction in early 1907, looking down the River Tamar towards Plymouth. Goss's boatyard can be seen on the left.
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1907
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The River Tamar at Calstock in late 1907, with the nearly completed viaduct behind and the East Cornwall Mineral Railway quay and incline foot in the foreground
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Calstock Viaduct Construction 1907
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