Factory Collection (page 61)

Checking blue woollen threads
A factory worker checks a machine rolling dark blue yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Balling up knitting yarn
The machine used to ball up knitting yarn ready for sale. Picture taken in the massive Darlington factory of Patons & Baldwins. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Operating a wool-winding machine
A woman operating and checking a huge wool winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was one of the largest manufacturers of knitting yarn in the UK between

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Folding raw wool into large bins
Folding rools of semi-processed wool into large tubs ready for transport to the next stage of processing at Patons & Baldwins Factory at Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

WW2 - Aircraft manufacture in Australia
The Australian aircraft manufacture industry during World War Two. It took the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 16 months to produce its first 100 Wirraway machines

Algiers - Grape Pressing by monks
Grape Pressing by monks at the Abbaye de Notre Dame de Staoueli - Algiers, Algeria

Spitfire Factory WWII
A woman making Spitfire parts on her machine in a Spitfire aircraft factory during World War II

Munitions Factory WWII
An enormous Naval gun being lowered into a heated tube for tempering at a munitions factory during World War II

Wartime Vauxhall Production
Military Bedford vehicles line the roads waiting for shipping from the Vauxhall Factory in Luton during World War II

War Effort WWII
A bomb making factory showing the production of bombs in the machine room during World War II

Home Guard WWII
A member of the Home Guard working as a Press Operator on a 250 ton press as part of the war effort on the home front during World War II

Royal visit to ammunition factory
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit an ammunition factory in Birmingham doing their bit for the war effort during World War II

A Spooner Travelling oven
A immense Spooner Travelling Oven - with the dough for loaves of white bread entering the immense baking oven section of the machine

New Worker - Fisher & Ludlows, Tipton
A photograph taken for an advertisement for the Daily Mirror of the type of New Worker the paper was trying to attract into its readership

A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls
An employee checks a machine which is collecting different coloured wool yarns onto large rolls at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Industrial Yarn Spinning
A factory worker attends to an enormous yarn spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

A printer checking a large proof
A printer checks a very large proof, hot off the press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Adding Dye to a printing machine
A factory worker adds red dye to a large piece of printing machinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Testing a Device
An engineer tests a small hydraulic device. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Factory control board
Technicians, wearing ear pieces, keep close watch on a factory control board, ensuring systems run correctly, power supply levels remain constant and automated processes operate correctly

Metal being tempered in a furnace prior to shaping
A metalworker tempers a piece of metal in a furnace, while another observes using a viewing plate to protect his eyes from the light emanating from the furnace core. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shaping metal plate in a large hydraulic press
Two factory workers remove a metal plate from a large industrial hydraulic press after shaping. The completely piece appears to be the bodywork for a road vehicle. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Cyan Separation at a printing works
A printer uses an electronic device to work on the negative image of the blue component of a printed page, known as the cyan separation. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Ryder car disc brake pad machine
A factory worker operates a Ryder disc brake pad machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Muller Automatic Cone-winder
A factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Checking a printing machine
A printer checks sheets of card coming through the press sytem. These card sheets bear the printed template for boxes of Cadbury Roses chocolates. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Pouring Molten Metal
A metalworker wearing protective eye goggles pours molten metal in to a mould from a huge crucible container, attached to an immense hook, into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Adjusting a mould for hydraulic press
A metalworker makes adjustments to a mould, to be used to shape a metal plate on a large industrial hydraulic press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Threads entering a weaving machine
A woman factory worker in blue uniform feeds light blue thread into a large piece of (possibly weaving?) machinery at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Molten Metal on a Production Line
A beautifully composed and lit photograph showing two metalworkers pouring hot molten metal into a series of moulds on a factory production line. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Metalworkers welding a railway carriage
Three metalworkers wearing protective masks weld large metal boxes together to form the shell of a railway carriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Banks of Winding machines for acrylic yarn
A seemingly never-ending bank of winding machines for acrylic yarns at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

A metalworker operating a drill
A wonderful photograph showing a metalworker operating a drill using all four of his limbs. The manufacturers craft in an industrial setting, attesting to years of experience

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The Worlds largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

A Machine Collects Woollen Thread on spools
A factory worker checks a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Factory technician at the control desk
A factory technician sits at the control desk for a variety of electronic systems in use at a factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Car Manufacturing - Complex hydraulic press
A complex hydraulic press is used to shape a piece of metal against a mould, possibly for a car. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Poster depicting the sorting of manganese ore
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting the sorting of manganese ore

Three Engineers and a large belt-drive
Three Turkish engineers stand proudly in front of a large piece of belt-driven machinery, possibly a generator

A Pottery Factory
Workers (and the manager or owner - at right) in a Turkish pottery and sand-casting factory

Shaping a car bonnet in a factory
A factory worker shapes the bonnet of a large goods vehicle in a factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Industrial metalworking
A factory worker uses a piece of precision shaping machinery to cut and level a thick metal block. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Rail butt welding - the sparks fly
A fantastic photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Assembling an undercarriage
A factory worker assembling the main section of a car undercarriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Two engineers using a measurement device
Two engineers use a precise measuring device to correctly ascertain the width of a circular metal ring. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Poster depicting Timber Stacking
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting an elephant stacking timber

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