Transport - Road

A selection of images showing different forms of road transport

Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company Limited, Alma Street, Coventry, West Midlands The interior of the carriage tyre shop showing employees at work. All the workers are dressed in their everyday clothes and wearing aprons to protect them. These jobs were skilled, indoor jobs rather than manual labour and this is reflected in the clothing.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Donkey and Trap, Bochym Manor, Cury, Cornwall A view of two ladies and a child in a trap being pulled by a donkey.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Horse and Trap, Buckinghamshire The man in this picture is probably the groom, while the woman with the gun probably the lady of the house. The picture may be located in Ilmer, White Leaf or Monks Risborough.	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Kennington Gate, South Lambeth, Greater London A toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road. The toll was abolished on 18th November 1865. Tolls were originally collected by the Turnpike Trusts set up in the 18th century to improve roads. Toll houses like this were built on the edges of towns and many still stand today.
Add to My Favourites Mr Tony Day L.R.P.S. Source English Heritage.NMR Milestone, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath & North East Somerset This milestone was put in place in the mid 18th century for the Bath Turnpike Trust. Turnpike trusts were set up locally to improve roads and then charge people to use them. The milestone has a small cast iron plate that says "To/Bath/3" . Read official list description.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Titbits' Delivery Van, London Titbits magazine used their delivery van to advertise on, saving money on costly fixed noticeboards in London. This 1922 edition had a competition to win a house, a car and £1,000 cash.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Holborn Viaduct, Camden, London The construction of Holborn Viaduct, looking west. It connected Holborn Street with Newgate Street and was completed in 1869. The hoarding in the foreground advertises the newly-opened St Pancras Station, which opened in 1868.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR A motor cab and driver, London This early cab was evidently based on the design of the horse-drawn hansom cab. The motor car was developed independently by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz in the 1880s. This picture was probably taken in the 1890s and the car would have been a rare site at the time. The cab shown may be a Bersey electric cab, introduced to London in 1897.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Victoria Station, Victoria Street, Westminster, London Early motor buses on the forecourt of Victoria Station.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Rotherhithe, London The construction of the Rotherhithe road tunnel under the River Thames between Rotherhithe and Shadwell was begun in 1904 under the direction of Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, and completed in 1908. It was excavated using a Greathead-Moir shield. Air locks allowed the work to proceed under pressure
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire These workmen with a steamroller appear to be laying tarmac to repair the road. They also appear to be covering over tramlines. This was generally done when trams stopped running because the metal lines could cause cyclists to have accidents.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Car lift at Mitchell's Motors, Wardour Street, Westminster, Greater London A chaffeur sits in an early Rolls Royce car in the car lift at the Mitchell Motor Company in Wardour Street. Lifts are still used in preference to ramps where space is at a premium.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Taxis outside the AA offices at Fanum House, Whitch Motor cars, each with the banner 'We are enlisting for War', are lined up outside the Automobile Association Company's head office at Fanum House, Whitcomb Road. They are ready to take a band of Road Scouts to enlist while a crowd gathers to cheer.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Mercedes Motor Showroom, 12 Saville Row, Westminst A Mercedes car parked in front of the Mercedes Showroom at number 12 Saville Row, London. The German-based firm began to produce cars in the late 1890s.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk The Marine Parade runs behind the beach and is crowded with tourists. All of them are wearing much more formal clothing than modern tourists would. The first building on the left is number 17. This was the town's sea baths and was built in 1759. These were small, individual, baths filled with water pumped from the sea rather than a swimming pool. The trams ran between the two piers and into the town. The first tram in Yarmouth ran in 1902.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Omnibus at Cross Lanes, Cury, Cornwall A view of the bus with an open drivers compartment at the front. The conductor can be seen at the back of the bus in a white coat with his ticket machine over his shoulder.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Fire engine at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire View of the Blenheim Palace fire engine with two firemen who were probably members of the Palace staff.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire General view of mobile unit of riflemen. Their guns are attached to their bicycles.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Wolseley Tool and Motor Company Garage, Westminste This garage in York Street, Westminster, was photographed in 1913. Early cars were exclusive to the well off, and so the early garages tended to be in up market areas. The first factories making motor cars were built in the United States in about 1900. The first mass produced car was the Oldsmobile, which was first built in 1902.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Delivery lorries at Smithfield Market, City of London Smithfield has been the site of a market since the Middle Ages, originally selling horses, cattle and pigs. In 1851-66 Horace Jones constructed a new market which opened in 1868 as the London Central Meat Market. Here, delivery drivers and vans for Danish Bacon pose for the camera.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Claremont, Hastings, East Sussex A party of holidaymakers climb into a line of open-topped charabancs, presumably going for an outing or returning home.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Rowntree's Depot, Oldham Road, Manchester From the late 19th century several new industries impinged on York, most notably the railways and the production of chocolate. However, the excellent road, rail and water routes from and to Manchester made it a more efficient area than York from which to distribute goods.
Add to My Favourites Mr Brendan Oxlade LRPS. Source English Heritage.NMR Entrance to Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool, Merseyside This is the main entrance to the original, Queensway tunnel. The 2 mile tunnel was built in 1925-34. The engineers were Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie with Herbert J. Rowse as architect. The entrance in Old Haymarket is built from Portland stone. It was originally a symmetrical design which has been hidden by later alterations to the layout. The entrance was designed in an Art Deco style. The walls were designed to look sleek and smooth to suggest speed and efficiency. There are two lodges in the form of triumphal arches to the left and right of the entrance with Art Deco ornamentation in an Egyptian style. One of the original green toll booths can just be seen to the right, behind road signs. Read official list description.	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Widnes Transporter Bridge, Cheshire A view of cars being transported across the River Mersey. The bridge was built in 1905.