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Haslam Spinning CoJohn Haslam Cotton Spinning Co. Manchester - view at night with the windows illuminated. Date: 1920
Mosside Mine Flood / 1939A flood at the Mosside Mine, near Airdrie, Scotland, results in the deaths of three miners. Date: 22 September 1939
Oaks Colliery / 1866The spoil heaps are used to fill in the cupola shaft, to cut off the air supply and thus extinguish the fire raging below at the pit in Barnsley, England. Date: December 1866
Mining / South BulliSOUTH BULLI Members of the Australian Royal Commission into the coal mining dispute ready to go down the mine at South Bulli, New South Wales. Date: 1930s
George I / Kneller / HoubrakGEORGE I with three ladies symbolising industry, justice and something else - perhaps military glory ? Date: 1660 - 1727
Sir Boverton RedwoodSIR BOVERTON REDWOOD Chemist, whose work was particularly associated with the petroleum industry. Date: 1846 - 1919
COLLIERY LASSES / 1890 SColliery Lasses, probably in Lancashire. Date: 1890 s
Pit Bank Women / 1904Pit bank women, Wednesbury. Date: 1904
Algerian Carding WoolAn Algerian woman carding wool Date: 1906
Tin Plate Worker 1827A tin-plate worker making a variety of cullinary and other domestic utensils. Date: 1827
TANNER 1827" The art of the tanner consists in converting the gelatinous part of the skins of animals into the substance called leather by impregnating it with tannin". Date: 1827
Stocking Weaver 1827A stocking weaver at his loom. Date: 1827
Spinning 1827A woman spinning on a wheel outside the doorway of her cottage; her faithful dog sits beside her. Date: 1827
Soap Boilers 1827" The soap boiler makes the article called soap, which is composed of an oil and an alkaline salt, for the purpose of washing linen, the hands, and othe domestic operations". Date: 1827
Industry / Smith 1827" A smith is one who works on iron, and who from that metal manufactures a vast variety of articles useful in the arts of life, and of great importance to domestic comfort". Date: 1827
Industry / Rope 1827A rope maker reels out newly made rope across his garden with the help of an assistant operating a wheel at the other end. Date: 1827
SAWYER 1827A sawyer using a huge saw to cut through planks of wood. Date: 1827
POTTERS 1827Potters at work, using a manually-operated wheel. Date: 1827
Pin Maker 1827A woman uses a foot pedal to operate pin making machinery. Date: 1827
Pewterer 1827A pewterer hammering mugs, jugs, plates etc in his studio. Date: 1827
Industry / Paper 1827A paper maker measuring and cutting sheets of paper on a large guillotine. Date: 1827
Mechanical Power 1827A machinist demonstrates the scale of the new industrial machinery as he operates a huge vice. Date: 1827
Lacemaker 1827A lacemaker at work outside her cottage. Date: 1827
Louvre -Making Guns / 1870The manufacture of arms and ammunition in the large picture gallery of the newly constructed Louvre during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870
Saarbrucken Welding / 1876The welding shop in Saarbrucken Ironworks. Date: 1876
Artificial Flower MakingA group of women sit around a large table making artificial flowers, London. Date: 1882
Electrical gold finderExperiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892
Dutch Windmill 1960SA windmill in Holland. Date: 1966
Ice cart in London 1850Early morning delivery of ice on the back of horse and carts, candied in from chilling Wenham Lake, Norway and Sweden to London, for fishmongers
Matchmaking / Bells WorksWomen filling matchboxes at R. Bell & Co. Date: 1900
Basketmaker 1827A basket maker patiently weaves. A selection of his baskets hang above his head. Date: 1827
Merchant Checks GoodsA British merchant supervises a stock take of goods while his assistant jots down the details in a ledger with a quill pen. Date: 1827
Krupp: Smelting PlantKrupps factory, Essen: casting in the smelting plant Date: 1911
Krupp: Martinwerk IIIKrupps factory, Essen: casting process in Martinwerk III Date: 1911
Krupps Puddling ShopKrupps puddling shop in the southern works Date: 1911
Krupp: Steel RollingSteel manufacture at Krupps factory: continuous rolling work Date: 1911
Spinning / Egypt / WilkinsonSpinning and weaving in Egypt Date: circa 3000 BC
A German Shipyard KielInside a workshop at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel Date: 1900
Asphalt Mine, France - 3Asphalt mine at Avejan, Saint- Jean de Maruejols, Gard (France) - interior : making the briquettes Date: circa 1910
Taylors Calico LoomW G Taylors POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London Date: 1862
Tapestry Weaving NorwayA native Norwegian woman weaves a native Norwegian tapestry in her native Norwegian home Date: 1905
Dutch Potter C17A Dutch potter turns a pot on his wheel in his country workshop Date: 17th century
Dutch Coppersmith C17A Dutch coppersmith at work, while outdoors his colleagues are working on a huge copper object Date: 17th century
Sugar Plantation / DiderotShowing the function and layout of a sugar plantation in the French West Indies Date: circa 1760
Industry / Machines / SteamPumping engine at Buffalo USA Date: 1880
Spinning, Norwayby hand, at Sundalsoren Date: 1905
Weaving, DiderotHand-loom weaving in 18th century France Date: 1772
C18 WeaversA profile of the weavers loom : the spooler beside him is winding the skein of the woof onto quills Date: circa 1730