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GWR tank number 34 pictured with four men on the St Ives branch. Around 1905The image shows GWR number 34 pictured with two unnamed men, Charlie Gould the fireman standing on the running plate and the driver Nickie Curnow standing with his feeder (oil can)
GWR (4-4-0) Bulldog SWIFT (3350) with men posed in front. Between 1900-1912Image shows GWR (4-4-0) Bulldog SWIFT (3350) possibly at Truro station although the locality is unknown. Eight workers are posed in front of the locomotive
Airship over Truro, Cornwall. 1914 -1918By 1916, German U-boats were sinking many merchant vessels and Royal Navy warships in the English Channel. It was decided to use airships to combat them and a major airship station, RNAS Mullion
A Rover 12 with the Bishop of Truro at the wheel, Feock, Cornwall. Around 1922A Rover 12 motor car circa 1922 (registration number AF 4061) presented by the diocese to the Bishop of Truro who is sitting behind the wheel outside Lys Escop the Bishops palace
Buick motor car with four male passengers. Around 1912A Buick motor car carrying four male passengers. The number plate is only partially visible. There is a union jack flying on the bonnet of the car. Photographer: Unknown
Sunbeam Landaulet motor car, Cornwall. Around 191316/20hp 3/4 Sunbeam Landaulet painted French grey and blue. Registered 19 May 1913, plate number AF1061. Owned by W.C Stephens, Endsleigh, Roskear, Camborne. Shows young girl in driving seat
Hupmobile Tourer. Around 1913A Hupmobile Tourer motor car, with a horse mascot on the bonnet. There are three passengers and the driver wears a cap so is possibly a chauffeur. Photographer: T.H. Williams
Lorry carrying a large boiler through Truro, Cornwall. September 1926Lorry, registration number RL3792 carrying a large boiler by Ruston of Lincoln through Quay Street, Truro in September 1926
Bus outside the Red Lion Hotel Truro, Cornwall. 6th October 1919A Double-decker open-top bus (number plate B8534) on route from Penzance to London during the railway strike. The picture also shows Farrows Bank Ltd. which collapsed financially in 1920
Horse drawn vehicles, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1910Horse drawn vehicles, including the horse bus Princess, in Boscawen Street, outside the Red Lion Hotel. Looking east along the street
Market day in Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1910A view of Boscawen Street on market day with a long line of horse drawn buses and their coachmen waiting for passengers. The shop facades including the Exchange
Steam roller outside the Red Lion, Truro, Cornwall. October 1913Image showing an Aveling & Porter steam roller outside the Red Lion Inn on Boscawen Street in Truro. It is probably about to move the cabmans shelter
Portable steam engine breakdown. Wheal Rose, Scorrier, Cornwall. About 1910-1920The image shows a portable steam engine that could have been pulled by horses or a traction engine. However, this example is fitted with an eyed drawbar so it would have been pulled by a traction
R & J Lean furniture remover wagon outside Truro Railway Station, Cornwall. After 1893Great Western Railway agent R & J Lean, furniture remover waiting outside Truro Railway Station on a horse-drawn covered waggon. The business is listed in Kellys directory from 1893 to 1926
GWR 6-wheeled clerestory 3rd class coach No. 1692. Around 1912A Great Western Railway 6-wheeled clerestory 3rd class coach No. 1692. This particular coach was used in the Fowey strike in 1912
Workers in front of locomotive GWR 1307. Possibly around 1895A group of railway workers in front of the Great Western Railway engine 1307. The 2-4-2T engine was built by in 1895 by Kitson and Company and was withdrawn from service in 1926. Photographer: Unknown