Machine Collection (#51)

Bar cutting machine, plan, front and side elevations and detail Date: 1848

Large paring machine 2ft 6 in stroke, front, back and side elevations Date: 1849

Steam hercules, plan and side elevation Date: 1846

Steam hercules, rough pencil sketch Date: 1846

Steam hercules, side elevation Date: 1846

Design for a steam hammer forge for wrought iron ordnance of the largest description, side elevation

Machine for cutting the key grooves on railway axles, front and side elevations

Stamp hammer for Mr Walton, front and side elevations and details

Foundation for 30 cwt steam hammer, plan, front elevation and details Date: 1856

Vaudeville Theatre, New York
Building, Automatic Vaudeville & interiors (48 East 14th Street). Interior of the Automatic Vaudeville theatre, 48 East 14th Street, N.Y.C. showing amusements

Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton
The so-called Cripples Choir at the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children

Plate rolling machine and workers at a Sunderland shipyard
A team of men feed a sheet of metal through a rolling machine at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

Industrial lacemaking machine, Nottingham
An industrial lacemaking machine at Messrs Pratt, Hurst & Co Ltd, Nottingham, with two men at work

Tea merchants cutting and mixing machine, London
Workers with a tea merchants cutting and mixing machine at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London

Female wool weaving operators, Yorkshire
Female wool weaving operators tend their machines at a Yorkshire factory

Applegath vertical printing press
The Illustrated London News being printed at the Great Exhibition on the patented Applegath (often mis-spelled Applegarth) vertical printing-press

First Steps for the Future Pilot
An ingenious device for teaching beginners the rudiments of controlling an aeroplane in 1931. The little machine which flies in a strong draught of air ejected from the cylinder on the left

Carving a block, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A pattern maker carving a block in the machine shop at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The gear wheel is a wooden pattern to be cast later in the foundry

Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A steam Blondin winder, abandoned above Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. There is a pile of broken slate in front of it

Coal screening machine, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a jigger or coal screening machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Man operating haulage equipment, South Wales
A man operating haulage equipment in a mine in South Wales

Women sewing in a factory
Women sit at work at a long bank of sewing machines in what appears to be a clothing factory or workshop

Crushing bones, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Inmates crushing bones at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Part of a room to let, East End of London
Interior of a house in the East End of London where the demand for cheap accommodation was such that even a part of a room might be sub-let as indicated by the notice on the window

Three machine guns on display
Three machine guns on their tripods on display in front of a shed during the First World War

Old steam engine still in use
An old steam engine, puffing away in a field, still in use for something or other

Jumping woman at a gravel pit
A middle aged woman in a flowery dress jumping for joy, near a gravel pit. What has made her so happy is anyones guess!

The Park Hospital, Hither Green, London
Kitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Met Police officer in a London park
A Metropolitan Police officer on duty in a London park holds up his right hand to stop a motorist. He is holding a small machine in his left hand, possibly used for measuring speed of travel

Introduction robot / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Social amenities. The penny-in-the-slot introduction machine for introducing strangers to one another in the park

Maxim and his machine gun
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) and his machine gun, as featured in an interview with him in The Sketch

Vive St Eloi (1 / 2)
VIVE SAINT-ELOI ! Saint Eloi (Eligius) is the patron of metalworkers (1/2)

Clayton & Shuttleworths Compound Steam Engine
Clayton & Shuttleworths Compound Undertype Steam Engine and Boiler. Clayton & Shuttleworth was an engineering company located at Stamp End Works, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Grading Walnuts - California, USA
Grading Walnuts with a grading machine - California, USA

People from Archangel with their Singer Sewing Machine
People from Archangel, Russia with their Singer Sewing Machine in their tent - a seemingly improbable scene, but you never know!

Couple from Cyrene, Libya with their Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Greece using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine

Lady from Londonderry using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Londonderry, Northern Ireland using a Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Turkestan using a Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Edinburgh using a Singer Sewing Machine

A Woman from Boulogne using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Woman from Boulogne, France using a Singer Sewing Machine

Hatmakers from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine

Lady from Wurtemburg using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Wurtemburg, Germany using a Singer Sewing Machine

Two Women from Normandy using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Women from Normandy, France using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: circa 1897

Lady from Lerwick using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Lady from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, using a Singer Sewing Machine

German machine gunners WWI
German machine gunners on the Western Front during World War I

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