Machines Collection (page 14)

Linen Processing Machine
Italian machines for the softening and treatment of hemp Date: circa 1850

LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pump
The Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828

Daily Telegraph Machine Room, newspaper printing 1930s Date: 1930s

Arkwrights spinning machine
Richard Arkwrights 1776 specification for devices to prepare silk and cotton for a spinning machine Date: 1776

Moorheads improved graduated magnetic machines. Man showing two women a machine designed to send a magnetic force through the body to cure illness. Date c1848

Interior of the Gallery of Machines, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date 1889

Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date between 1887 and 1889

Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 e 5 h. Exposition de l aerostat et des machines.... Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867

The shores of old England

Domestic sewing machines. Fashions for the fall of 1873. Date c1873

Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form of propulsion. Date between 1885 and 1904

Interior view of the Gallery of Machines, Exposition universelle internationale de 1889, Paris, France. Date 1889

Farmers cutting he corn horse-drawn harvesters
Farmers cutting he corn with horse-drawn harvesting machines. Date: 1904

Wire-drawing Machines at Birmingham Wire Works
Wire-drawing machines at the Birmingham Wire Works. Men wind large coils of wire which are then piled up on the floor. Date: 1844

Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (2 / 2)
Lille, France - After the liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. A Factory missing all of its machinery - carried off by the invading German army to use for their own ends

Sewing demonstration
A woman demonstrates a sewing machine, Landskrona 1951 Date: 1951

Automatic train ticket machine, 1904
A novel idea introduced in 1904 of an automatic booking clerk available at Homerton railway station in East London, enabling early morning workmen to buy a train ticket for 2d by putting money in

A butter factory in Canada. The card states that the butter produced was in high favour on the British market. Date: circa 1930s

Singer Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine Seller demonstates Singer electrical sewing machine, Sweden 1960s. Date: 1960s

On the Sands
Summer day at the beach Circa 1880

Pfaff sewing machines advert
Advertisment for Pfaff sewing machines, beginning of 1900s. Date: 1900s

Houghton Water Mill
Children fishing in the River Ouse, beside Houghton Mill, a large 18th century timber water mill, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. (A Youth Hostel at the time). Date: 18th century

Jack & Jill Windmills
Two landmark windmills, known as Jack and Jill, at Clayton, Sussex. Jack is the tall black tower mill and Jill, built in Brighton in 1821, was dragged here by oxen. Date: early 19th century

Southwold, Suffolk - view of the beach
A lovely view of Southwold, Suffolk - the beach with bathing machines Date: circa 1908

Indian Street Tailors
Indian street tailors with their sewing machines. Date: 1930s

JILL WINDMILL
Jill one of two windmills, fondly known as Jack and Jill, Clayton, Sussex. Jill was built in Brighton in 1821 and dragged to Clayton by Oxen. Date: 1930s

Machine Tool Press
A smart young worker, wearing spectacles and a waistcoat, operating a machine tool presss. Date: 1950s

Greek Windmill
A typical windmill in Greece, with equally typical town of whitewashed or painted houses in the valley below. Date: early 1930s

Heswall Windmill
The remains of the old windmill at Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Tube Ticket Machines
London underground tube ticket machines, in the days when you could travel for only 30p = bargain! Date: 1978

London Windmill
London? Yes, a windmill in a rural setting, on Cornwall Road, Brixton Hill, South London. It lost its sails in 1864, but is now working again - refitted with a gas engine! Date: built 1816

Gibraltar Mill, Essex
Winter snow at Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex, England. Built as a smock mill c. 1704-5 (during the Siege of Gibraltar), then raised as a tower mill in the 1750s. Date: 18th century

Windmill in France 18Th
A windmill in 18th century France. A couple and their dog are having a rest before heading home with their flour bags. Date: Circa 1760

Windmill in 18th C
A windmill in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Italian Munitions Factory - Naples
Finishing Shop for an Italian Munitions Factory - Naples, Italy. Date: circa 1915

The Leas Lifts, Folkestone, Kent. The Folkestone cliff lift is a water balanced funicular opened in 1885. This proved so popular three further lifts were added. circa 1910s

Bather afraid to take a dip - Comic postcard
Comic Postcard from the Racing Illustrated series - " A poor display of Form" - this bather is certainly refusing the first jump!!! Date: 1903

Engraving designs on glass
Engraving initials onto glass goblets using an engraving machine. Date: circa 19th century

Roberts and Coppocks Improvement in Looms for Weaving
Technical drawing of an invention, patented in 1855, by Roberts and Coppock, consisting of an improved arrangement of parts for letting the yarn off the warp beam in a weaving loom

Perrys Improved Printing Machine
Technical drawing showing an invention of Mr T. J Perry of the Lozells, Birmingham and comprises a method of constructing the moveable types used in cylinder printing

Steam Whipping Engine by J. Scott Russell and Co
Technical drawing depicting a patent Steam Whipping Machine constructed by Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co. of Millwall and used to load and discharge cargo on screw collier ships. Date: 1856

Sewing Machine Truck
A truck constructed specially to carry sewing machines, one of hundreds of varieties of trucks and trolleys available in Slingsbys Patent Trucks List. 1910

Farningham Little Boys Home, Tailors Shop
Boys equipped with needles, sewing machines, and a flat iron, learn tailoring at the Home for Little Boys at Farningham in Kent

Baby Incubators - Crystal Palace - Child Life Section Date: circa 1908

Making Handbags
Men and women working together in a factory, making handbags with sewing machines. Date: early 1930s

Guns Factory 18th C
Machines to make 18th century guns. Date: Circa 1760

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