Images Dated 29th February 2008

Bazalgette, The Thames Embankment, 1867 (litho)

GHL293398 Bazalgette, The Thames Embankment, 1867 (litho) by English School, (19th century); London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info.: Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-91) was one of the great English civil engineers of the Victorian era, his major achievement was the creation of a sewer network for central London, which helped relieve the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the clean-up of the River Thames; Chief engineer of the London Metropolitan Board of Works; cross-section; ); A© London Metropolitan Archives ; English, out of copyright

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Idle Pit

A man looks over a fence to the deserted Gorki pit near Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, south Wales, during a strike over pay by 100, 000 miners, 9th March 1944. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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80061843, Coal Mine, Coal Mining, Diry 16263, Fence, J149371801

India, Agra, Arch in Agra fort

Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Agra, India. The fort is also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its much more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled palatial city. It is the most important fort in India. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here. It contained the largest state treasury and mint. It was visited by foreign ambassadors, travellers and the highest dignitaries who participated in the making of history in India

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