Works Collection (#13)

6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon Merlin UR 1328
Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon, regn. UR 1328, number: 13156, Merlin. Built in 1928 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a compound steam engine

Foden Tractor Mighty Atom MJ 369
Foden Tractor, regn. MJ 369, number: 14078, Mighty Atom. Built in 1932 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1956

Foden D Type Tractor Victor DF 8187
Foden D Type Tractor regn. DF 8187, number: 13358, Victor. Built in 1929 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1956

Foden 6-ton Tractor The Dorset Wanderer HX 2197
Foden 6-ton Tractor, regn. HX 2197, number: 13832, The Dorset Wanderer. Built in 1930 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1956

Foden M Type Agricultural Tractor OFU 567
Foden M Type Agricultural Tractor, regn. OFU 567, number: 13730. Built in 1930 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 4 Nhp double cylinder steam engine. Date: 1956

Title page, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with an illustration to the poem The Twa Dogs. Date: 1866

General view of the works for the London, Chatham and Dover railway bridge at Blackfriars. Date: 1863

The works for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge at Blackfriars, London. Sinking a cylinder for one of the stone piers. Date: 1863

Mrs Salmons Waxworks in Fleet Street, London, the Madame Tussaud. Waxworks of Kings and Queens. There was a figure on crutches at the door and Old Mother Shipton, a witch from the 16th century

Goblin Tower, once called Pembertons Parlour, after a ropemaker whose works were once beneath the city walls at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1939

The buildings and smoking tower of a cement works in Great Britain. Date: 1950s

A cement factory at Grays, Essex, England, seen from the River Thames at high tide in the evening. Date: 1950s

View from St. Pauls Cathedral, looking north-west, with the Old Bailey and Holborn and Bloomsbury area beyond. Note the modern office blocks being built. Date: 1963

Interior view of under three spans of roof of Prices Candle Company, with their new substance of crude petroleum from Burma

Exterior of Prices Patent Candle Company, Bromborough Pool Works. Date: 1854

Lambeth Waterworks, supplying fresh water to parts of south London, photograph showing the pumping room. Date: 1900

Technicians Hands Date: 1954

Technologys Orbits Date: 1950

Daughter at Work Day Date: 1950

Duke and Duchess of York on footplate of Lord Nelson
The Duke and Duchess of York on footplate of Southern Railways latest engine Lord Nelson at the Railway works at Ashford, Kent on the occasion of their visit to lay the foundation stone of a new

Prince Albert visits the Beardmore Works
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) spent eight hours inspecting Glasgow Factories in December 1919, including a visit to William Beardmore and Company - a Scottish engineering

Prince Albert drilling - Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow
December 1919 - Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) visits the industrial suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland - pictured here drilling a boiler at the Hyde Park Locomotive Works. Date: 1919

Coronation LMS Railway Locomotive - 4-6-2 type (number 6220) designed by Mr W. A. Stainer at the Crewe works for the london Midland

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)

Advert for W &s Summerscales & Sons household machines 1888 Advert for W & S
Double page spread of a selection of Victorian free-standing machines for household use, available in W &s Summerscales & Sons catalogue, including The Colonial mangle, chain washer and Gardner

Northern railway at Kings Cross junction 1861
Junction of the Great Northern railway at Kings Cross with the Metropolitan railway. Date: 1861

Engine Works, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. London Brighton & South Coast Railway Date: 1950s

Bystander front cover, Bairnsfather cartoon, German shells
Alas! My poor brother Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the front cover of The Bystander showing a stereotypical German munitions worker pouring glycerine into a shell case and opining, Alas

A Corporal of the 1st / 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
A Corporal of the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry in full marching kit.Hommage du Capitaine Andre. Tres sympathique souvenir. (Very warm memories of Captain Andre)

The Illustrated London News at Milford Lane 1851
The Illustrated London News, a weekly news magazine, was published from 198 Strand on the corner with Milford Lane and as the paper expanded it acquired Milford House and other buildings in the lane

Progress on Tower Bridge, London 1890
Works at the new Tower Bridge, seen from the top of a shaft 100 ft high. Date: 1890

Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness 1865
Exterior of the Southern Outfall Works of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. This pumping station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, as part of Londons drainage scheme. Date: 1865

Engine House at the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works 1865
Visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) to open the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. Number of visitors in the engine room of the works

Road Works in Whitehall, London 1882
Originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London. In the foreground the men are preparing pitch or tar with their portable

Steam Boiler Making at Vulcan Foundry, Glasgow 1843
Construction of a large steam boiler for a boat at the Vulcan Foundry, Clyde, Glasgow. A large pair of bellows stands at the front of the scene. Date: 1843

Elkington & Co, Electro-Plate Works, Birmingham 1844 Elkington & Co
Scenes from Elkington & Co, Electro-Plate Works, Birmingham, woman worker, burnishing. Date: 1844

Kaolin manufacture of ceramics
Kaolin manufacture, near St. Austell in Cornwall, clay works with working water wheel. Date: 19th century

Crown Derby Works 1891
Royal Crown Derby works, former Derby Workhouse. Date: 1891

Steel Casting at Fitzalan Steel Works, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Interior of a steel casting at Fitzalan Steel Works, Sheffield. Two men draw crucibles of molten metal from furnaces. Two others pour the metal into moulds to produce ingots. Date: 1844

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

Thames Embankment Railway, construction 1870
Works on the Thames Embankment Railway, from Blackfriars Bridge. Date: 1870

Crewe Steelworks 1866
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Crewe Steelworks, in Cheshire. Date: 1866

Spinning machine or engine 1843
A steam-powered silk spinning machine or engine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1849
No. 1, Candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company: Spreading and stripping department. Date: 1849

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1861
Interior of candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company in Battersea, London. Date: 1861

Crosfields soap works, Warrington 1886
Various scenes in order of the interior and exterior of Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886

Press Printing, Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester 1843
Press-printing a repeating pattern onto a roll of calico cloth at Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester. Date: 1843

Block Printing, Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester 1843
Block-printing a design onto a length of calico cloth at Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester. Date: 1843

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