Manufacture Collection (page 30)

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

Locomotive construction in a large railway shed
A steam locomotive is moved across a large shed by means of a large crane arm with pulleys and chains. The lower section of the photograph shows a more complete locomotive

Lowering a large railway shaft
A large central rotational shaft is lowered into position by a team of railway engineers. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Rack and Pinion Railway
A Blenkinsop rack rail and spur. Rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack

Mattress Making, Darenth Training Colony, Kent
Mattress making 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

Refugees making Munitions Cases, Earls Court, London
First World War refugees making munitions cases at the camp set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court, West London

Angus-Sanderson production
Article in the Illustrated London News, 24th January 1920, on The Combination of Excellence and Economy in Car Production with reference to the Angus-Sanderson car manufactured at the factory at

Women war workers, USA
Women working on armaments in America

U.s car factory converted to airplane production
The Willys-Morrow plant in Elmira, New York State: a car factory that was converted to airplane production. In spite of these conversions of industrial plant

Saltaire, Yorkshire
The factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!

Car Production Line Worker
A photograph of a car plant worker ( Dick Whittington) on the production line at Fords plant at Dagenham. A promotional photograph for the Daily Mirror. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Platts Spinning Machine
Cotton manufacture at the International Exhibition: Platts Self-Acting Mule or Cottonspinning machine

Dye / Aniline Blue
The manufacture of aniline blue dye

Edwardian Dressmaker
An Edwardian dressmaker, standing beside the pink silk dress she is in the process of making by hand

Violin Maker
A violin maker fixing the wooden front onto the main body of the instrument in his workshop

Crinoline Manufacture
Women in Germany making cage crinolines which are constructed around a wooden frame or template. Judging by the positions they adopt they are not wearing crinolines

Brick Making
Brick making: a wheelbarrow is used to transport moulded bricks while a pony turns a mixer to produce the clay, sand and water mixture

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Sugar Fill-House
Sugar is normally sold in the form of large loaves, shaped like dunces caps : these are prepared in the fill-house before baking in the oven

SUGAR OVEN
Household sugar is normally sold in the form of large loaves, shaped like dunces caps : these are prepared in the fill-house then baked in the oven

Straw Hats Drying
Hundreds of straw sun-hats being dried in the open air at a Luton factory

Dye / Aniline Red
The manufacture of aniline red dye

Dye / Methyaniline Violet
The manufacture of methyaniline violet dye

Ostrich Feathers / 1901
Ostrich feathers stored ready for use in the fashion industry

Making Crinolines
Crinoline production

Stitching Mens Shirts
Women stitching gentlemens linen shirts in Ireland

Edison Lamp Factory
The manufacture of Edisons lamps at Menlo Park, New Jersey

Silk Manufacture
Silk manufacture at Lullingstone silk farm, Kent, Britain

Silk / Finished Yarn
Silk manufacture, the finished yarn

Furniture Woods
Various types of furniture wood including mahogany, ash, walnut and rosewood

Hatmaking Machine
An interesting and intriguing hatmaking machine which is shown here in the process of flattening a hat brim

Vinolia Soap Laboratory
Soap manufacture in the laboratory at the Vinolia Companys works

Boy at Tailors Shop
A young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth

Hatmaking 1750
Hatmakers at work round their kettle - a workbench placed over a heated stove to make the materials easier to work

Stitching Fur Cloaks
Men at tables in a workshop surrounded by pelts stitch fur cloaks. A customer lays down his money & places his order. The fur could possibly be ermine

Cutting Cane, W. Indies
Workers in the West Indies cut sugar cane

Making Party Hats
A jolly group of young women making paper party hats

Ostrich Feather Making
The new feather fashion brought a rush of work to the workshops where they combed, curled, dressed and tinted the feathers ready for the milliners

Industry / Brickmaking
A machine used in the manufacture of bricks

Cruikshank / Regent Street
A fashionable London tailor measures a client

Shoemaker 1867 / Gift Book
A Victorian shoemaker/cobbler at work

Candlemaking / 19Thcentury
Man manufacturing drip candles

Industry / Pen Manufacture
Women at work in the pen grinding room

Mixing Acids Previous to Nitrating
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland

Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Avigliana, Italy

Dynamite at Nobel Works
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland

Rail / Manufacture
Constructing M Connells express locomotive for the London & North-Western Railway

SHOEMAKERs SHOP 1875
A shoemaker and shoe repairers shop and workshop, with two well-heeled lady customers admiring a display of shoes and boots

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