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Industry Collection (page 95)

Background imageIndustry Collection: Haslam Spinning Co

Haslam Spinning Co
John Haslam Cotton Spinning Co. Manchester - view at night with the windows illuminated. Date: 1920

Background imageIndustry Collection: Mosside Mine Flood / 1939

Mosside Mine Flood / 1939
A flood at the Mosside Mine, near Airdrie, Scotland, results in the deaths of three miners. Date: 22 September 1939

Background imageIndustry Collection: Oaks Colliery / 1866

Oaks Colliery / 1866
The 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: Mining / South Bulli

Mining / South Bulli
SOUTH 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: George I / Kneller / Houbrak

George I / Kneller / Houbrak
GEORGE I with three ladies symbolising industry, justice and something else - perhaps military glory ? Date: 1660 - 1727

Background imageIndustry Collection: Sir Boverton Redwood

Sir Boverton Redwood
SIR BOVERTON REDWOOD Chemist, whose work was particularly associated with the petroleum industry. Date: 1846 - 1919

Background imageIndustry Collection: COLLIERY LASSES / 1890 S

COLLIERY LASSES / 1890 S
Colliery Lasses, probably in Lancashire. Date: 1890 s

Background imageIndustry Collection: Pit Bank Women / 1904

Pit Bank Women / 1904
Pit bank women, Wednesbury. Date: 1904

Background imageIndustry Collection: Algerian Carding Wool

Algerian Carding Wool
An Algerian woman carding wool Date: 1906

Background imageIndustry Collection: Tin Plate Worker 1827

Tin Plate Worker 1827
A tin-plate worker making a variety of cullinary and other domestic utensils. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: TANNER 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: Stocking Weaver 1827

Stocking Weaver 1827
A stocking weaver at his loom. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Spinning 1827

Spinning 1827
A woman spinning on a wheel outside the doorway of her cottage; her faithful dog sits beside her. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Soap Boilers 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: Industry / Smith 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: Industry / Rope 1827

Industry / Rope 1827
A 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

Background imageIndustry Collection: SAWYER 1827

SAWYER 1827
A sawyer using a huge saw to cut through planks of wood. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: POTTERS 1827

POTTERS 1827
Potters at work, using a manually-operated wheel. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Pin Maker 1827

Pin Maker 1827
A woman uses a foot pedal to operate pin making machinery. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Pewterer 1827

Pewterer 1827
A pewterer hammering mugs, jugs, plates etc in his studio. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Industry / Paper 1827

Industry / Paper 1827
A paper maker measuring and cutting sheets of paper on a large guillotine. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Mechanical Power 1827

Mechanical Power 1827
A machinist demonstrates the scale of the new industrial machinery as he operates a huge vice. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Lacemaker 1827

Lacemaker 1827
A lacemaker at work outside her cottage. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Louvre -Making Guns / 1870

Louvre -Making Guns / 1870
The manufacture of arms and ammunition in the large picture gallery of the newly constructed Louvre during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870

Background imageIndustry Collection: Saarbrucken Welding / 1876

Saarbrucken Welding / 1876
The welding shop in Saarbrucken Ironworks. Date: 1876

Background imageIndustry Collection: Artificial Flower Making

Artificial Flower Making
A group of women sit around a large table making artificial flowers, London. Date: 1882

Background imageIndustry Collection: Electrical gold finder

Electrical gold finder
Experiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892

Background imageIndustry Collection: Dutch Windmill 1960S

Dutch Windmill 1960S
A windmill in Holland. Date: 1966

Background imageIndustry Collection: Ice cart in London 1850

Ice cart in London 1850
Early morning delivery of ice on the back of horse and carts, candied in from chilling Wenham Lake, Norway and Sweden to London, for fishmongers

Background imageIndustry Collection: Matchmaking / Bells Works

Matchmaking / Bells Works
Women filling matchboxes at R. Bell & Co. Date: 1900

Background imageIndustry Collection: Basketmaker 1827

Basketmaker 1827
A basket maker patiently weaves. A selection of his baskets hang above his head. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Merchant Checks Goods

Merchant Checks Goods
A British merchant supervises a stock take of goods while his assistant jots down the details in a ledger with a quill pen. Date: 1827

Background imageIndustry Collection: Krupp: Smelting Plant

Krupp: Smelting Plant
Krupps factory, Essen: casting in the smelting plant Date: 1911

Background imageIndustry Collection: Krupp: Martinwerk III

Krupp: Martinwerk III
Krupps factory, Essen: casting process in Martinwerk III Date: 1911

Background imageIndustry Collection: Krupps Puddling Shop

Krupps Puddling Shop
Krupps puddling shop in the southern works Date: 1911

Background imageIndustry Collection: Krupp: Steel Rolling

Krupp: Steel Rolling
Steel manufacture at Krupps factory: continuous rolling work Date: 1911

Background imageIndustry Collection: Spinning / Egypt / Wilkinson

Spinning / Egypt / Wilkinson
Spinning and weaving in Egypt Date: circa 3000 BC

Background imageIndustry Collection: A German Shipyard Kiel

A German Shipyard Kiel
Inside a workshop at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel Date: 1900

Background imageIndustry Collection: Asphalt Mine, France - 3

Asphalt Mine, France - 3
Asphalt mine at Avejan, Saint- Jean de Maruejols, Gard (France) - interior : making the briquettes Date: circa 1910

Background imageIndustry Collection: Taylors Calico Loom

Taylors Calico Loom
W G Taylors POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London Date: 1862

Background imageIndustry Collection: Tapestry Weaving Norway

Tapestry Weaving Norway
A native Norwegian woman weaves a native Norwegian tapestry in her native Norwegian home Date: 1905

Background imageIndustry Collection: Dutch Potter C17

Dutch Potter C17
A Dutch potter turns a pot on his wheel in his country workshop Date: 17th century

Background imageIndustry Collection: Dutch Coppersmith C17

Dutch Coppersmith C17
A Dutch coppersmith at work, while outdoors his colleagues are working on a huge copper object Date: 17th century

Background imageIndustry Collection: Sugar Plantation / Diderot

Sugar Plantation / Diderot
Showing the function and layout of a sugar plantation in the French West Indies Date: circa 1760

Background imageIndustry Collection: Industry / Machines / Steam

Industry / Machines / Steam
Pumping engine at Buffalo USA Date: 1880

Background imageIndustry Collection: Spinning, Norway

Spinning, Norway
by hand, at Sundalsoren Date: 1905

Background imageIndustry Collection: Weaving, Diderot

Weaving, Diderot
Hand-loom weaving in 18th century France Date: 1772

Background imageIndustry Collection: C18 Weavers

C18 Weavers
A profile of the weavers loom : the spooler beside him is winding the skein of the woof onto quills Date: circa 1730



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