Machine Collection (page 54)

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

Machine gun post, Queant line 1918
A large reinforced concrete machine gun post in the Queant Line on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Lewis gunners 1918
British Lewis gunners of the 12th Royal Scots wearing box respirators in action in a front line trench during a gas attack on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1918

Auriol Wood 1918
A gap in the barbed wire through which Australian troops advanced to capture a row of machine gun posts near Auriol Wood on the Western Front in France during World War I in September 1918

First Vickers Maxim gun, 1915
The first Vickers-Maxim machine gun, being fired from the breastwork at Rue de Bois by a soldier of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 19th Brigade on the Western Front in France during

Captured German trench 1915
Captured German trench seen from a machine gun emplacement near Loos on the Western Front in France during World War I on 28th September 1915

Nesle 1918
Men of the 20th British Division and the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road, in the Nesle sector of the Somme region

Machine gunners 1916
British machine gunners using a Vickers Gun and wearing their gas masks, near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme

Vickers Machine Gun
Soldiers filling the water jacket on a Vickers Machine Gun on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Canadian soldiers 1916
Canadian soldiers testing a Vickers machine gun

Battle of Menin Road
Soldiers with a machine gun at the Battle of Menin Road during World War I. Note the soldier admiring himself in a German officers cap

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

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

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

Sewing Class, Darenth Training Colony, Kent
Sewing class at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing Darenth

Printing Machine Operator checks a proof
A printing machine operator checks proofs, as they leave the press. A fine study in concentration. 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

Measuring the current of a large electronic device
A man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Oiling the machine
A man oils a complex piece of machinery with extreme care, using a small oilcan. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Vertical Projector at a print works
A technician uses a vertical projector at Lund Humphries printing firm. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Education, girls, needlework
A young girl sits at a Singer sewing machine to hem a skirt during a needlework lesson at school

Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944

Preliminary preparation for a road surface
A mechanical steam-powered digger by the M.M Barrat brothers is used to break the ground in preparation for a road to be constructed

Manchester Ship Canal - Creating a new dock
Workmen operate a temporary pulley-based device used in the process of the construction of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal

An early Egyptian Private Banker
Pop in and speak to your own personal banker at Egypts first fully staffed cash machine doorway! A wonderful postcard depicting a money changer seated in front of his unlocked safe alongside piles of

French machine-gunners 1916
French machine-gunners, Aisne, on the French front during World War I in 1916

French machine-gunner 1916
French machine-gunner of the 10th Army with a CSRG Chauchat machine gun in the Somme area on the French front during World War I in August 1916

95th Para
British paratrouper from 95th Para - involved in the first stage of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of France on June 6th 1944

Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team
A British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944

Trench digging 1916
Excavating machine for digging trenches near Grivillers, Somme on the French front during World War I in June 1916

Winston Churcill Holding a Sub-Machine Gun

The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1 / 2)
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1/2) - The Hot Air treatment (Greville System). A remarkable collection of health paraphenalia!

London Central YMCA Gymnasium
The London Central YMCA Gymnasium with a wide variety of athletic training and gymnastic apparatus

British machine gun post 1918
British machine gun post at night traversing the German communications trenches at Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918

Private of the 2nd Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) - Normandy 1944. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Two seaside stunts
The new Aero-Bathing Machine: A remarkable invention to assist those who - hesitate upon the brink. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

Cloth production - Factory Workers
Women factory workers manning a sheet-weaving machine at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington. The company, principally produced knitting wool

Factory employee checks large Spinning Machine
A lady factory worker checks an immense spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Captain H. Furber, of the 3rd Batt. Welsh Regiment, experiment in dog traction for machine guns

The Gramme Electricity Machine and Light, 1878
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen viewing the Gramme electricity generator and several images showing the electric lamps used with the generator, 1878

Galloping a machine gun into action: A French Dragoon Mitrailleuse section dashing forward under fire

German machine guns on temporary mountains for use against war planes

Indian machine gunners mobilize
Indian troops taking their maxim machine guns to the firing line in world war one

Kultur: The Drilling Machine for Military Beginners by Heath
Three raw recruits are put through their paces on the training ground with the help of a machine which reduces them to mere puppets

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