Manufacturing Collection (page 35)

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

WW2 - Aircraft manufacture in Australia
The Australian aircraft manufacture industry during World War Two. It took the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 16 months to produce its first 100 Wirraway machines

A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls
An employee checks a machine which is collecting different coloured wool yarns onto large rolls at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Industrial Yarn Spinning
A factory worker attends to an enormous yarn spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

Adding Dye to a printing machine
A factory worker adds red dye to a large piece of printing machinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Metal being tempered in a furnace prior to shaping
A metalworker tempers a piece of metal in a furnace, while another observes using a viewing plate to protect his eyes from the light emanating from the furnace core. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shaping metal plate in a large hydraulic press
Two factory workers remove a metal plate from a large industrial hydraulic press after shaping. The completely piece appears to be the bodywork for a road vehicle. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Ryder car disc brake pad machine
A factory worker operates a Ryder disc brake pad machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Muller Automatic Cone-winder
A factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Pouring Molten Metal
A metalworker wearing protective eye goggles pours molten metal in to a mould from a huge crucible container, attached to an immense hook, into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten Metal on a Production Line
A beautifully composed and lit photograph showing two metalworkers pouring hot molten metal into a series of moulds on a factory production line. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Metalworkers welding a railway carriage
Three metalworkers wearing protective masks weld large metal boxes together to form the shell of a railway carriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Banks of Winding machines for acrylic yarn
A seemingly never-ending bank of winding machines for acrylic yarns at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

Installing an engine for a diesel locomotive
Three railway engineers install a large diesel engine onto the positioned wheel, axle and undercarriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The Worlds largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

A Machine Collects Woollen Thread on spools
A factory worker checks a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

An Immense Cloth Finishing Dryer
A factory worker uses an immense cloth finishing dryer, in a promotional photograph for Dalglish. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Factory technician at the control desk
A factory technician sits at the control desk for a variety of electronic systems in use at a factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Car Manufacturing - Complex hydraulic press
A complex hydraulic press is used to shape a piece of metal against a mould, possibly for a car. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Turkish rug manufacture
The manufacturing of Turkish carpets. Women sit at the base of a large loom, with the different coloured balls of wool hanging on an upper strut

A Pottery Factory
Workers (and the manager or owner - at right) in a Turkish pottery and sand-casting factory

Shaping a car bonnet in a factory
A factory worker shapes the bonnet of a large goods vehicle in a factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A Ryder disc brake pad machine in action in a car factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Industrial metalworking
A factory worker uses a piece of precision shaping machinery to cut and level a thick metal block. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Manufacturing a train wheel
A heavy welding machine used to combine layers of metal to make a large train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A Kimball Punched Card Machine
The punched cards manufactured by a Kimball machine were attached to merchandise and were used to provide machine-readable sales data. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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

MAB Mead Works, Carnwath Road, Fulham, London
Interior of the Metropolitan Asylum Boards Mead Works on Carnwath Road, Fulham, south west London, used for the building of ambulance bodies

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

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

Period musical instrument making
A company specialising in the production of period musical instruments. A man turns a piece of wood on a lathe which will eventually form part of a recorder

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

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

Manufacturing silk
Three Japanese women working at a loom manufacturing silk Date: Late 19th Century

Renault Motor Test Bench
A test bench on motors at the renault motor works

Renault Motor Works 1932
A line of cylinder block moulds await being filled with molten metal

Manufacturing Silk / 1950S
Manufacturing silk, Lullingstone silk farm, Kent

Spinning Cotton / China
A chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back

Cotton Balling / China
An old lady winds cotton into ballas, whilst a younger man polishes a crystal disk on a low bench. Their work in front of a modest homestead with a straw roof

Russia - Tula
Located 180 km south of Moscow, on a tributary of the Oka river : an important manufacturing town since the 18th century

Picking Cotton / Gunpowder
Picking cotton for gunpowder production in Turkmenistan during World War Two

Renault Assembly Lines
Interior of a Renault factory showing the assembly lines

Candlemaking / 19Thcentury
Man manufacturing drip candles

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