Metals Collection

Scunthorpe Iron Works
Iron-smelting works at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder Severin
Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Metal Reactions
The chemical and physical reactions of certain metals

Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - founded in 1851 by Bernard Lauth and B. F. Jones. Date: circa 1903

Consett Ironworks
Consett Iron Works, county Durham - a spectacular sight at night. Note the railway for transporting the coal in the foreground

Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France
A Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

Washing & Steel Mill
A washing line and an old man and children in the back garden of a house backing onto the Steward & Lloyds steel mill, Corby, Northamptonshire, England. Date: late 1960s

Bank / Klondike / Gold / 1898
Weighing gold at the bank in Klondike, Canada

Industry / Metals / Steel
A modern steelworks - iron running out of the blast furnaces in which iron ore has been blasted to yield molten pig-iron

Longwy Steelworks, France
An overhead view of the rolling mills at Longwy Steelworks in France

Freemason seal of the 19th century with different symbols as the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
A copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869

Copper Works
The Bristol Company copper works, near Swansea, Wales

Govan Ironworks, Glasgow
Charging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow

Creusot Steelworks / C1885
Visiting the Creusot steelworks

Forging Press
The steelworks of John Brown & Co, Sheffield, Yorkshire : the 6000 ton forging press

Klondike Gold Rush
THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH - the stream of prospectors making their way across the Chilcot Pass on their way to the diggings

CORNISH TIN ORE DRESSERS
Cornish ore-dressers. Date: 1869

TIN MINE CORNWALL
Overview of a tin mine in Carclaze, Cornwall

MINES / FALUN, SWEDEN
Iron mine at Falun, Sweden Date: 1830s

Industry / Metals
Tin mine at Portreath, Cornwall

Iron Founder 1827
Founding molten iron straight from the furnace into a mould

Longwy Steelworks, France
The plate mill at Longwy Steelworks in Frnace

Birmingham Ironworks
Ironworks at Birmingham - tapping a furnace and running the molten metal into pigs

Roan Antelope Copper Mine, Luanshya, Zambia, Africa. The deposits were discovered in 1902, but their full extent was not understood until 1926. Date: circa 1930s

DENMARK. Alborg. Lindholm Hoje Viking Cemetery. Burial site and settlement of Iron Age and Viking Age. 5th-11th c. Grave of man in form of stone ship. Iron Age. Architecture

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). Metals and church objects taken for smelting. Photography

A prospector - illustration to The Trail of Gold [W C Tuttle]

Workers in foundry pouring molten metal
Metal foundry workers pour molten metal from a ladle into moulds. Date: circa 1950s

Gold bricks on display, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada
Gold bricks on display from the Klondike gold rush, Bank of British North America, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada. Date: late 1890s

Advert for Brookes Soap 1890 Advert for Brookes Soap 1890
Women polishing all the metal wear, so much that she can see her reflection. Date: 1890

INDUSTRY / METALS / IRON
Three young men struggle and strain to push a rail truck full of iron ore uphill as part of their Labour Service training. Date: 1930s

Coal and metals mining
Diagram of the exterior and interior of a Metalliferous mine. Date: 1859

Prospectors camp at Pegleg and Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1853

Panning for gold at Thompsons Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1853

Two fortune seekers, one man shovelling up washed up dirty water into a cradle, another man pouring water while rocking it all the time

Smelting Plant Date: 1950

The Naval Steelworks of Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
The Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France. The Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et dHomecourt (FAMH)

Foundry or casting-house at Butterley Iron-works 1845
Furnace at the foundry at Butterley Iron-works in Derbyshire. Date: 1845

SUMMERLEA IRONWORKS
Coal wagons at night outside the blast furnaces at Summerlea Ironworks in Glasgow Date: circa 1870

INDIAN IRONWORKERS
Metalworkers in a bazaar in Delhi, India, hammering out fine ironwork, including railings and window grills etc. Date: 1930s

IRONWORKER 1930S
A metalworker in his workshop puts the finishing touches to an iron basket fire grate. Date: 1930s

CRAFTING WROUGHT IRON
A craftsman in a workshop using an acetylene torch to soften an iron rail to make decorative wrought iron pieces Date: 1930s

METAL WORKER 1960S
A young man welds metal with a blow torch Date: 1960s

WORKMEN PREPARING SCRAP
Workmen preparing scrap metal for the furnace. Date: c.1930

GOLD PANNING / NEW GRENADA
Indians in New Grenada search for gold. Date: late 19th century

BOTALLACK TIN MINE / 1853
The Botallack Tin Mine, Cornwall (close to Lands End). Date: 1853

BOTALLACK TIN MINE
The Prince and Princess of Wales descend on the lift at the Botallack Mine, Cornwall. Date: 1865

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