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Collision between two engines, Bay of Quinte Railway, ON, 1892

from Musée McCord Stewart Museum

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  • booksin said:
    Wow, that's amazing. This is a great collection of photos.
  • andrew.g said:
    Loving these photos
  • Shell65 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called FlickrLand Express, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • ebaldy said:
    Ouch
  • Caribb said:
    I wonder if one was standing still. The impact must have been pretty hard for the other to flip over backwards. Quite amazing.

Wrecked Airmail Plane

from Smithsonian Institution

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  • hobvias sudoneighm said:
    This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Just Plane Trouble

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  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Like the image above, a very rare and famous stamp was issued in 1918 -- with the aircraft upside down -- as a result of an "accident" at the Post Office ;-) See the Inverted 1918 'Jenny' Airmail Stamp, Block of Four (National Postal Museum) here.
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Lt. Torrey Webb at a happier event:

    "First day of Airmail Service, May 15, 1918" by Smithsonian
    First day of Airmail Service, May 15, 1918
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    According to the National Postal Museum, this is a description of this accident: "Although the JN-4 "Jenny" was most often used by the army airmail pilots, the service did experiment with another airplane. "Lieutenant Webb was asked to fly a Curtiss R-4 aircraft on June 6, 1918. Webb was to carry the mail from New York to Boston on a trial run to connect the two cities by air. Webb carried a passenger, mechanic Robert Heck, with him on the flight. "Lost because of bad weather during the trip, Lieutenant Webb landed in a pasture to get his bearings, then continued on to Franklin Park aviation field in Saugus, Massachusetts. On landing, the airplane hit a mudhole, flipping over. "Fortunately neither Webb nor his mechanic were injured. The airplane was repaired, and Webb returned to New York five days later with mail and another passenger, Boston's postmaster William Murray. Webb noted that weather wasn't much better on the way back. "Visibility was zero-zero, and I just skimmed over the telephone poles all the way." This airplane has been referred to as both a Curtiss R-4 and a Jenny JN-4 . I don't know if that is a contradiction or not.
  • thegreatlandoni said:
    I found this photo in a museum in Denver Colorado:

    An Aeroplane In World War One
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This is so busy I need a cup of Liptons tea!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • BultacoFan said:
    Great picture. If memory serves, I think the small bridge in the middle was able to swing to allow slightly taller boats and barges further up the river.
  • Fred Dean Snr. said:
    This is after 1882 when the widened and renamed ( Carlisle bridge) O'Connell Bridge was opened. The trams were fully electrified by 1901.
  • Wendy: said:
    Great to see masted ships opposite Customs House!
  • Fred Dean Snr. said:
    BultacoFan Butt Bridge 1897 - 1932
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Your many fans in Australia are disappointed you have not included the "uppsy downsy" version! : - (