stoker

19 photos tagged stoker, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

1898

2017

26% of these photos are geotagged.

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The last upload was September 2020.

Lieutenant Eric Mathers (1895-1918) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Sergeant Robert Burr (1894-1918) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private William Henry Charlton (1900-1918) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private William Lee (1896-1917) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private Christopher Selvidge (1894-1916) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private Tom Batty (1897-1924) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private Joseph Henry Morley (1894-1917) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private Harry Moody (1876-1917) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private Harry Duggleby (1891-1916) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Private John William Clements (1880-1914) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Stoker Clarence Eric Plaxton (1892-1916) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Sergeant Major James Barr (1881-1916) from East Riding Archives uploaded September 2020
Belfast: 'Evolution of Lighting: Ireland'. Gas Works, mechanical stoker and drawer from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2019
Worker standing next to a newly installed boiler at the Brisbane Electric Supply Co. Power Station in Brisbane, ca. 1898 from State Library of Queensland uploaded February 2018
Crop duster plane over Imperial Valley farms, May 1972 from U.S. National Archives uploaded May 2012

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7 older comments, and then…
Niall McAuley said:
Gas lighting was not new in 1900, electricity was already replacing it.
Niall McAuley said:
The innovation here is a machine which stokes the boiler instead of having men with shovels do it.
Fred Dean Snr. said:
Belfast Gasworks was built on Ormeau Road, between 1887 and 1893. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtjBjgHkAAM
DannyM8 said:
Robots taking jobs in 1900 - the headlines do not change!!
Niall McAuley said:
Wikipedia article on the Mechanical Stoker