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Haulier and assistant, Baldwins Level, South WalesA haulier and his assistant, with a pit pony pulling a truck, at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool, South Wales
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944
Map of Australia, showing her natural and industrial resources. 20th century
Display of JCB Extradig diggers in a fieldDisplay of bright yellow JCB Extradig Sitemaster diggers in a field, with a Turbo 4x4 underneath. Date: circa 1980s
Singer Sewing Machines - factory in Clydebank, Scotland. 1932
Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
Scunthorpe Iron WorksIron-smelting works at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Tate & Lyle RefineryA coastal barge sailing by the famous Tate and Lyle sugar refinery works, Plaistow Wharf, off Silvertown, North Woolwich, east London
Liverpool DocksThe Princes Half-tide Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, showing a steam ship pulling an industrial barge
Coal miners in shaft lift, South WalesSeveral coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales
Battersea Power StationThe chimneys of Battersea Power Station, view across the River Thames, from Chelsea Reach, London
Building Diesel Locomotives in SwindonEngineers nearing completion on the first of 35 2, 700 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives built at the Swindon Works for the Western Region
Preston Docks, LancashireA wonderful photograph showing the Bardic Ferry unloading British Road Services trucks while docked at the quayside in Preston, Lancashire. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Wallsend, TynesideHouses and factories with cranes on the skyline in Wallsend, Tyneside
Miners Coming to WorkWelsh men and women mineworkers coming to work in the early morning
Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South WalesTwo miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales
Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk. The soldiers (together with a contingent from the Shropshire Light Infantry and some police)
Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planningAn advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities
Bridges on the TyneThe handsome bridges connecting Gateshead and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Great Tyne Bridge arches over Stephensons High Level Bridge, a double-decker built in 1846
Pool of London / ShippingA busy scene on the river Thames in the Pool of London between London Bridge and Tower Bridge; a ship (Cyprian Prince ?) is moored at the riverside
Ships at Tilbury DocksFour P&O ships at Tilbury Docks, London: (from left to right) Chitral (painted black); Strathnaver ; Strathaird ; Himalaya
The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder SeverinPeder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Merrimac Hat Factory, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USAMerrimac Hat Factory, on the Merrimac River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937
Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South WalesView of the Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South Wales. Date: 1935
Diagram of Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine, Carburettor Date: 1942
Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, KirkcaldyAdvert for Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Manufacturers of Floor Cloth, Linoleum and Cork Carpet, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 1905
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, LondonThe Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs
Ipswich DocksA fine impression of the busy Docks at Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s
Miner riding drams, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA miner riding a journey of drams (coal trucks) at Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Date: 1910
Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, GlasgowAdvert for A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
England. London. The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton. GreatThe Crystal Palace. Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London for Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865). Victoria and Albert Museum
View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, CornwallView at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s
Mixing treated asbestos fibre, Heath Robinson machineEfficient plant for the successful mixing of treated asbestos fibre with cement. A drawing done by William Heath Robinson for Turners Asbestos Cement Co
Patent double action grinder for asbestos by Heath RobinsonA patent double-action grinder for mashing asbestos fibre - a drawing done for Turners Asbestos Cement Co by William Heath Robinson, renowned for his machines and convoluted contraptions. Date: c.1925
Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheelShaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999
Fresh Air from the Potteries" Fresh Air from the Potteries" A sarcastic caption accompanying a fine photograph of the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)
Wales / YstradgynlaisYstradgynlais, in the Swansea Valley, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1950s
Lancashire Cotton BargeBarges loaded with bales of raw cotton, destined for the cotton mills, Leeds - Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s
Coal miner filling truck, South Wales mineA coal miner (Billy Hurland) filling a dram (coal truck) at Baldwins Level (nicknamed Clog and Legging) in a coalmine near Pontypool in South Wales
Franco-British Exhibition, London - UnityFranco-British Exhibition, White City, Shepherds Bush, London - Unity. The main focus of the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908 was to celebrate the Entente Cordiale
Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s
General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USAGeneral Electric Company buildings at Schenectady, New York State, USA
Aerial view of Forest Gate Hospital, East LondonAn aerial view of the Forest Gate Hospital, London E7. The hospital was originally opened in 1854 by the Whitechapel Union as an industrial school for 800 children
Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, NottinghamshireView of Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire. The colliery closed in 1967, but the surviving headstock and winding house, and vertical steam engine of 1873
Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South WalesThree men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales
Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North WalesA man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales
Blacksmiths outside their forgeA superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade