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Thursday, 11 February 2016

A view looking north of the upper locks of the Gatun Locks. In 1893, De Lesseps was arrested and convicted of fraud and maladministration, he died two years later age 89

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Signs warned motorists to exercise 'great caution' until The Devil's Elbow was bypassed in the 1960s

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Porters helping holidaymakers with their luggage at Waterloo Station, London, in 1913, just a year before the start of World War One

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Located south of the 2,198ft Cairnwell Pass, motorists were relieved when The Devil's Pass was bypassed

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A chemistry lesson in full flow in a mud-walled classroom, with a small board covered in equations

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A captivating residential hillside in Kabul is adorned by brightly coloured trees and foliage

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Sunday, 7 February 2016

Staff pushed burning embers off the cliff face in Yosemite National Park (pictured) before the practice was banned in 1968

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In January 1968, the National Park Service ordered the spectacle (shown) be discontinued due to the overwhelming number of visitors it attracted.

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The Grotte de Lascaux was discovered in 1940. It's a gallery of more than 600 paintings and 1,500 engravings that had lain hidden underground for more than 17,000 years.

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Crowds watch Queen Elizabeth II being driven along The Devil's Elbow to Balmoral by Prince Philip in 1967

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Crossing the Devil’s Elbow, in 1905

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1898 this Pic showing Indian Frontier Rising Wounded Sick Officers Men at RawalPindi Railway Station.

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Another Potrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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The founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Workers cast concrete arms and reflectors for lampposts at the construction site of the Gatun Locks between the Atlantic and the Pacific

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