Scunthorpe Iron WorksIron-smelting works at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder SeverinPeder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Metal ReactionsThe chemical and physical reactions of certain metals
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJones & Laughlin Steel Works, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - founded in 1851 by Bernard Lauth and B. F. Jones. Date: circa 1903
Consett IronworksConsett Iron Works, county Durham - a spectacular sight at night. Note the railway for transporting the coal in the foreground
Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, FranceA Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron
Washing & Steel MillA 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 / 1898Weighing gold at the bank in Klondike, Canada
Industry / Metals / SteelA modern steelworks - iron running out of the blast furnaces in which iron ore has been blasted to yield molten pig-iron
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, CornwallA copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869
Copper WorksThe Bristol Company copper works, near Swansea, Wales
Govan Ironworks, GlasgowCharging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow
Creusot Steelworks / C1885Visiting the Creusot steelworks
Forging PressThe steelworks of John Brown & Co, Sheffield, Yorkshire : the 6000 ton forging press
Industry / MetalsTin mine at Portreath, Cornwall
Klondike Gold RushTHE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH - the stream of prospectors making their way across the Chilcot Pass on their way to the diggings
CORNISH TIN ORE DRESSERSCornish ore-dressers. Date: 1869
TIN MINE CORNWALLOverview of a tin mine in Carclaze, Cornwall
MINES / FALUN, SWEDENIron mine at Falun, Sweden Date: 1830s
Iron Founder 1827Founding molten iron straight from the furnace into a mould
Longwy Steelworks, FranceThe plate mill at Longwy Steelworks in Frnace
Birmingham IronworksIronworks 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 metalMetal foundry workers pour molten metal from a ladle into moulds. Date: circa 1950s
Gold bricks on display, Dawson City, Yukon, NW CanadaGold 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 1890Women polishing all the metal wear, so much that she can see her reflection. Date: 1890
INDUSTRY / METALS / IRONThree 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 miningDiagram 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, FranceThe 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 1845Furnace at the foundry at Butterley Iron-works in Derbyshire. Date: 1845
SUMMERLEA IRONWORKSCoal wagons at night outside the blast furnaces at Summerlea Ironworks in Glasgow Date: circa 1870
INDIAN IRONWORKERSMetalworkers in a bazaar in Delhi, India, hammering out fine ironwork, including railings and window grills etc. Date: 1930s
IRONWORKER 1930SA metalworker in his workshop puts the finishing touches to an iron basket fire grate. Date: 1930s
CRAFTING WROUGHT IRONA craftsman in a workshop using an acetylene torch to soften an iron rail to make decorative wrought iron pieces Date: 1930s
METAL WORKER 1960SA young man welds metal with a blow torch Date: 1960s
WORKMEN PREPARING SCRAPWorkmen preparing scrap metal for the furnace. Date: c.1930
GOLD PANNING / NEW GRENADAIndians in New Grenada search for gold. Date: late 19th century
BOTALLACK TIN MINE / 1853The Botallack Tin Mine, Cornwall (close to Lands End). Date: 1853
BOTALLACK TIN MINEThe Prince and Princess of Wales descend on the lift at the Botallack Mine, Cornwall. Date: 1865
Denison Gold-Mines 1888Gold prospectors washing and testing tailings at Denison mines. Date: 1888
