Factory Collection (page 62)

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

Ruins of Serre 1917
A ruined sugar factory in Serre near Ancre on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Testing Candidates for the Post of Milk Sourer at a Cream Cheese Factory. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Madeira Barrels - Madeira, Portugal
Wine production on the island of Madeira is of utmost importance to the Islands economy. Prince Henry the Navigator probably introduced the first vines to Madeira during initial colonisation of

Brickworks by the harbour at Baku, Azerbaijan

Welder using an Oxyacetylene Torch
A welder wearing protective clothing and mask welds metal uses an oxyacetylene torch as he works on the shell of a metal vehicle enclosure or train carriage section. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Paper is placed in the printing press
A printer at a print works removes a large printed page from the printing press. The sheet depicts food items, possibly for a recipe book or calendar. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Assembly of a Multi-cogged Machine
An engineer fits a cog to a piece of geared machinery, possibly an engine or heavy duty gearbox. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Locomotive construction in a large railway shed
A steam locomotive is moved across a large shed by means of a large crane arm with pulleys and chains. The lower section of the photograph shows a more complete locomotive

Lowering a large railway shaft
A large central rotational shaft is lowered into position by a team of railway engineers. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Print Works - The Cutting Machine
A worker at a printing works places a large stack of printed sheets into a cutting machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Sand-filled mould - Metalworking
A factory worker slides a sand-filled mould into position beneath an industrial molten-metal dispensing machine. The man has a tattoo on his forearm which reads True = Love and Mam = Dad

Assembling a Sign
A female factory worker assembles a sign as part of a production line for COTY Beauty House. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Female Production Line Worker
A young woman on a factory production line assembles an electronic device. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Assembling the wiring for a complex machine
An engineer inserts a thin wire into a section of the assemblage for a Kimball machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Bosses visit the factory floor
Four clearly rather important men (company directors?) visit, or possibly inspect, a printing works. The job at hand at the time of this photograph was the production of wrappers for Penguin

The factory floor of an electronics manufacturer
Men at work on the busy factory floor of an electronics company, assembling complicated-looking devices. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Preston wage dispute
George Cowell addresses an open air meeting of factory operatives in The Orchard, Preston, Lancashire, during the strike resulting from a wages dispute

Angus-Sanderson production
Article in the Illustrated London News, 24th January 1920, on The Combination of Excellence and Economy in Car Production with reference to the Angus-Sanderson car manufactured at the factory at

Women war workers, USA
Women working on armaments in America

U.s car factory converted to airplane production
The Willys-Morrow plant in Elmira, New York State: a car factory that was converted to airplane production. In spite of these conversions of industrial plant

Saltaire, Yorkshire
The factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!

Wax run down at Llandarcy
The wax run-down at the BP crude oil processing plant at Llandarcy, Swansea, Wales

Manchester
Factories at night on the Irwell at Manchester

Port Sunlight - the Bridge Inn
The Bridge Inn, Port Sunlight. Port Sunlight is a garden village which was founded in 1888 by Lever to house his soap factory workers

Izmir, Turkey - Tobacco Factory
Valonia Oak processing factory at Izmir, Turkey

View up Putney High Street, London
A photograph taken from the top of the tower of Putney Church (on the south bank of the Thames, London) looking up Putney High Street

Eger, Hungary. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings (including the northernmost Turkish minaret), and red and white wines

Shell Factory, World War I
An English Shell Factory during World War I

Grocery rations, World War I
Women making up grocery rations for soldiers during World War I

Munitions
A maid informs the mistress of the house that she is off to work in the munitions factory during World War One. The lady of the house retorts that she hopes she doesn t drop things there as

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