Work Men Collection (page 3)

Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
Detail of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The tomb was sculpted by Richard Westmacott for the first Lord

Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View through an open window of derelict slate workings in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. When an industry dies, the area dies too, and only the pollution is left

Slate milestone near Penmachno, North Wales
A slate milestone, probably early 19th century, near Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

House with decorative slate tiling, North Wales
View of the front of a house with decorative slate tiling, somewhere in North Wales. The house is double-fronted, but appears to be either terraced or semi-detached

Derelict building, slate quarrying area, North Wales
View of a derelict building in a slate quarrying area of North Wales. The roof of this house has several tiles (probably made of slate) missing

Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on the roof of an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales
A slate covered bungalow in Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The town of Porthmadog developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England

Cherubs on Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
A detail of cherubs splitting slate on the bas relief of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of a slate quarry, North Wales
The remains of a slate quarry in North Wales, with a mountain of slate waste, railway earthworks, retaining walls and walkways

Slate used on office building, Slate Wharf, Caernarfon
Terracotta, yellow brick and Caernarfon slate used on an office building on Slate Wharf in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the remains of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The National Slate Museum is nearby

Workmens Train
Passengers pass the time as they travel on the workmens train

Three workmen stop for a cup of tea on a snowy day
Three workmen stop for a welcome cup of tea on a snowy winters day. (2 of 2)

The Unemployed and the Workhouse, satirical postcard
Two workmen are digging a hole outside a workhouse. A dishevelled tramp figure asks them why they are working when the workhouse would give them a home for free

Workmen put telegraph cables, Syria
Workmen installing telegraph cables in Aleppo, Syria

Industrial furnaces
Workmen in front of two Meldrum Brothers patent furnaces, manufactured in Manchester. The furnaces may be " destructors", for the purpose of burning town refuse

Men painting the side of a large boat
Three workmen sit on suspended planks and paint the hull of a large steamship. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Workmen digging in the cellar of Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of workmen digging in the cellar of Borley Rectory. HPG/1/3/7 (vii)

Poster advertising a Trade Exhibition in Basel, Switzerland, from 15 to 29 April 1917. Four workmen and a woman hold items of their trade

Civil engineering project
An unidentified civil engineering project, with water gushing out of two large pipes

Sinking an Artesian Well, Union Workhouse, Aylsham, Norfolk
The firm of F.H. Buckingham sinking an artesian well at Aylsham Union workhouse in 1923. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham

Manchester Ship Canal - Creating a new dock
Workmen operate a temporary pulley-based device used in the process of the construction of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal

Titanic propeller shaft fitting
A framed photograph of the RMS Titanic propeller shaft being fitted at the Harland and Woolf yard in Belfast in 1911

Scrivelsby Hall, Lincolnshire
Workmen with pieces of armour in the grounds of Scrivelsby Hall (or Court), Lincolnshire

The new Houses of Parliament: Central Hall
Workmen sculpturing the bosses on the groined roof of the central hall in the new Palace of Westminster

Mr Churchill rung down by a Suffragettes bell
A photograph of Winston Churchill addressing a meeting of workmen at a factory. Ms Molony, an Irish Suffragist, arrived in a carriage and attempted to drown the speakers voice with a bell

Laying Pavements in London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of workmen laying pavement in a London street, c.1877. The men appear to be preparing an asphalt or glue substance, with which to lay the wooden paving blocks

The Nave of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1852
Engraving showing the nave of St. Pauls Cathedral, with preparations for the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington well underway, 1852

Raising the Great Bell into the Tower of St. Pauls Cathedra
Engraving showing three stages in the raising of a new Great Bell into the tower of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, in 1882. At left, the bell is shown within the South-west tower doorway

Rioting Miners - 4
The gendarmerie oppose the striking workmen of Seraing as renewed outbreaks inflame the minng districts

Roman pavement in Cannon Street
A Roman tesselated pavement discovered by workmen at a depth of 12 feet from the surface. The pavement, made up of tiles of red tesserae was without pattern

Paris Warehouse
Les bains de Julien, Paris, used as a warehouse by a wine merchant : workmen are cleaning and repairing wine barrels

Mitcham Fair 1930S
Workmen getting the roundabouts ready at Mitcham Fair, Surrey, England

Cornish Coal Lorry
Cornish coalmen unloading coal from their lorry onto a ship before it sets sail from the harbour with its cargo of China clay

Factory Exterior
Workmen in overalls and flat caps, one sitting in a car, in the yard of a factory

The Skerryvore Lighthouse, off Argyllshire, 1844
Engraving of the Skerryvore lighthouse, 1844. Built between 1836 and 1843, with 6000 tons of granite, the lighthouse entered service on 1st February 1844

Steam navvy used to make the new dock at Swansea. By the late nineteenth century, chores traditionally done by workmen were being performed by steam engines

Mt Cenis Tunnel Opens
Workmen cheer as the first locomotive passes through the Mont Cenis railway tunnel beneath the Alps between France and Italy

Racial / Russia / Workmen
A group of railway workmen

Fitting shop at the Grand junction railway works
The fitting shop at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe. Repairs of locomotive engines and the completion of new engines

Bridge Building America
Construction on an unnamed bridge, probably in New York. Workmen putting a cross beam into place

Sharing the Newspaper
- Will you oblige me with the paper after you, sir ? - Sir, I am excessively sorry, but its engaged by the gentleman in black

Eating in China
Chinese workmen (hauliers on canal) stop for their mid-day meal

Rice in China - 1
Weeding the Rice - the Master overlooking the Workmen

Street / Waterloo Bridge
Heavy traffic congestion across Waterloo Bridge, mainly caused by roadworks

Mixing Concrete
Workmen mixing concrete in a cement mixer. The cement and sand are put into a hod, which the travels up rails and is tipped into the revolving mixer

Group of Workmen C1910
A group of workmen in their Sunday best, but with their workday tools -- possibly on a works outing

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