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Society munition-workers, lady volunteers making shells, WW1A double page spread from The Sketch magazine showing several pictures to report on the involvement of high-born and titled women in the national drive for increasing munitions manufacture during
Swan pens advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Swan Pens, with photographs showing part of the factory in Weston Street, Bermondsey, South East London and a portion of the turning shop with men at work. Date: 1914
French shells used on Land and Sea WWIIn Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells
Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939
Making Dummy Guns at BirminghamFor bayonet practice and other aspects of training, recruits to the new army during the First World War were supplied with dummy guns
Training men in munition work, WW1Men of the later Derby groups being trained in munition work. The Derby groups were men who had attested before the end of 1915, putting themselves forward for joining up if required
Assembling fuses 1916Munition workers in World War One, packing fuse heads. 1916
A Theatre for War Workers, WW1Interior view of a picture and variety theatre built by the firm Messrs. Vickers, Ltd, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness in order to provide recreation for their workers during the First World War
Birmingham working in war timeA page of sketches by Helen McKie showing Birmingham as a hive of industry during the First World War, showing female munitions workers in a national shell factory
By-products developed from coal by G. H. DavisThe enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944
German plants raided by Allied bombing, by G. H. DavisRaided by Allied bomber operations during the Second World War: Germanys principal aircraft and component plants, and what they manufacture. Date: 1944
Advert for the General Electric Company 1944Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944
Buick and Western-Mott Motor Car Factories, USANoon-hour at the Buick and Western-Mott Factories, Industrial Avenue, Flint, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1910
Ford Motor Company Assembly Line Date: circa 1920
Troops protecting Britains gunpowder factories 1914The War crisis at home: precautionary measures at our military stores. Police protection at the gunpowder factories at Waltham Abbey and Woolwich London. 1914
Hampden bombers in aircraft factory, WWIIHampden bombers well advanced on the production line in a British aircraft factory in November 1939. Date: 1939
Handley Page bombers in production, WWIIBig Handley Page bombers in various stages of construction. In the foreground may be seen rear wing sections being added to the main spar of the wing spread
Queen Elizabeth meets a bride-to-be, WWIIWhile touring a busy army clothing factory, Queen Elizabeth meets Miss Edith Nichols, a bride-to-be who talked to the Queen while wearing her wedding dress with orange blossom in her hair. Date: 1939
Winter greatcoats being made in army clothing factory, WWIIA great effort being made to get a big supply of greatcoats finished quickly so that no men may be caught by winters grip without them
King George VI visits a Royal Ordnance factory, WWIIKing George VI being given a tour of inspection of a Royal Ordnance factory and seeing at first-hand the immense effort being put in to produce arms, in this case anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns
Advert for The General Electric Company 1943A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War
The woman behind the gun 1916Ministering angels to the ministry of munitions. Making spiral scrolls with a vertical milling machine. Date: 1916
High explosive shells ready for the final process at CreusotAfter having passed through all the series of foundry operations at Creusot, from the initial stage, when as a rough ingot of steel, the metal is received at the factory
High explosives being manufactured at Creusot Works, FrancePhotograph showing shells being manufactured at the Creusot Works, the Krupp, France. Date: 1915
Industry IndicatorsSmoking chimneys, indicators of industry! Date: 1930s
Smoke over HalifaxAn industrial landscape, showing smoke over Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1960s
Japan - The Arsenal at Osaka. The caption for this card is rather charming: " Sound of the Various engines are rolling at the Osaka Arsenal." Date: circa 1910s
KRUPP, Alfred (1812-1887). German industrialist of iron and steel. Engraving
Spain (1884). Fombuena Mill. Engraving
Chants Royaux sur la conception (15th c. ). PrintingChants Royaux sur la conception (15th c.). Printing. Miniature Painting
France (1903). Coal mine. Engraving
The Toledo Steam Car, (London, 1879)
United States (s. XIX). Econom�PlantaciUnited States (s. XIX). Econom� Plantaci e algod n el Mississippi. Litograf� Litography
Loom with several pieces of clothing to be designed, 18th century. Engraving
Folch, Albiand Co, Industrial Alcohol ManufacturersFolch, Albi and Co, Industrial Alcohol Manufacturers. Barcelona, 19th century. Engraving
Spain (20th century). Economy (1957). SEAT car models at the Zona Franca factory (Barcelona)
United Kingdom (19th c. ). Liverpool. International" United Kingdom (19th c.). Liverpool. International Exhibition of Navigation, Trade and Industry. " The Illustrated London News"."
Main door of Barclays Pub in London. Published" Main door of Barclays Pub in London. Published in " The Pictorial Gallery of Arts". Engraving."
RENAULT, Louis (1877-1944). French engineer and industrialist
France (18th c. ). National Manufacture of meltFrance (18th c.). National Manufacture of melt steel, according to the process followed in the Sheffield factories. Etching
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Aftermath of a factory fire, Fire Force Area 34, WW2National Fire Service firefighters from the former Middlesex Fire Brigade (integrated into the London Region), damping down following a serious fire at the Old Jam Factory in Sipson Road
Electroplating FactoryWalker & Hall, electroplating factory, Sheffield 1885 Date: 1885
Cotton Mill 1906
Hilden Flax Mills, Lisburn, Ireland, 1876 Date: 1876
Manganese OreEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, sorting manganese ore Date: 1927-1933
Steel ManufacturingEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Steel Manufacturing in the UK Date: 1927-1933
New Zealand Dairy productsEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Dairy Factory, New Zealand Date: 1927-1933
