Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Annotated 1/2 inch scale model (1:24) of a compound beam pumping engine by Worthington-Simpson Ltd, 1881, originally built for the West Middlesex Waterworks, Hammersmith, London.

Specimen of telescoped cable on wood base, 1895-1931

Telecommunications

1895-1931

Specimen of dry core 1,000 pair, lead covered, six and a half pound telescoped GPO telephone cable, W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, probably Gravesend, Kent, 1895-1931

Gravesend May Queen

Photographs

(1967); 2013

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled ' Gravesend May Queen' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken in 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Gravesend Carnival

Photographs

(1967); 2013

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Gravesend Carnival' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken in 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Shop With Sign 'Lyons' Tea'

Photographs

c.1977

A colour transparency of 'Shop with a sign 'Lyons' Tea', Gravesend, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Interior of a sweet shop

Photographs

c.1977

A colour transparency of 'interior of a sweet shop', Gravesend, Photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Model of paddle-wheel with counterpoised floats

Marine Engines

1861

Model of a feathering paddle-wheel with counterpoised floats with balanced weights added to maintain a near vertical position, patented by William Tipple in 1861, Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.

Hand-coloured photograph in hanging/standing frame

Photographic Technology

70x60mm brass frame with ring for hanging; support leg missing. Contains oil-painted portrait of gentleman cut down from cabinet photograph by Robert Hider of Gravesend.

Gravesend May Queen

Photographs

1967

Vintage silver gelatin print entitled 'Gravesend May Queen' by Tony Ray-Jones, 1967. This was reproduced as plate 52 in Ray-Jones' posthumous book ''A Day Off - An English Journal' published in 1974.

Children's procession Gravesend

Photographs

1937-05

A printed image of Picture of children processing under a banner stating Ireland. Taken by unknown photographer in May 1937 Gravesend.

Fish Stall

Photographs

c. 1977

A colour transparency of a fish stall, Greavesend, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Interior of Sweet Shop and Tobacconist

Photographs

c.1977

A colour transparency of a sweet shop interior, Gravesend, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Micro-Cal Paper Micrometer, 1978

Papermaking

1978

Messmer, Micro-Cal paper micrometer, used for precise measurments, model no. 75004, 1978

Interior of Sweet Shop

Photographs

c.1977

A colour transparency of 'Interior of a sweet shop', Gravesend, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.