Factories Collection

Adverts, five Scottish businesses
Adverts for R E Walker, Reid & Co Limited, Albany Works, Dunfermline, Inglis & Co, textile manufacturers, Dunfermline, Andrew Reid & Co, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Hay and Robertson

Wallsend, Tyneside
Houses and factories with cranes on the skyline in Wallsend, Tyneside

German propaganda poster, WW1
German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918

A Factoryscape in the Potteries, (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent

Mixing treated asbestos fibre, Heath Robinson machine
Efficient plant for the successful mixing of treated asbestos fibre with cement. A drawing done by William Heath Robinson for Turners Asbestos Cement Co

Patent double action grinder for asbestos by Heath Robinson
A patent double-action grinder for mashing asbestos fibre - a drawing done for Turners Asbestos Cement Co by William Heath Robinson, renowned for his machines and convoluted contraptions. Date: c.1925

Bryant and May Match Factory
Girls feeding a machine at the Bryant & May match factory, in Bow, East London, at the time a tax on matches was being discussed in the budget. Date: 1916

Iron Works / Corby / Photo
Smoke billowing out of the Iron Works, Corby, Northamptonshire

Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Kirkcaldy
Advert for Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Manufacturers of Floor Cloth, Linoleum and Cork Carpet, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 1905

The Ovaltine Factory and Farms, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: circa 1940s

Wilkinson Yarn factory at Copley Mills, Stalybridge, 1908 Date: 1908

Bryant & May Matchworks
Bryant & Mays match factory, Fairfield Works. Date: 1878

Overtime at a Christmas cracker factory by William Heath Rob
Colour illustration by William Heath Robinson depicting one of his usual contraptions designed to solve the increase in demand for Christmas crackers during the forthcoming festive season

Old Barbancourt rum factory, established in 1765, Laboule, Haiti, West Indies, Central America

General view of the new Rolls Royce factory in East Kilbride, Scotland June 1954

1966 Lotus Europa Series 1 prototype in factory. Creator: Unknown
1966 Lotus Europa Series 1 prototype in factory

Copper pot stills, Laphroaig Whisky Distillery, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Women of Britain - World War Two poster
World War Two poster encouraging the women of Britain to answer the call and go and work in the munitions factories

Cadburys advertisement, 1954
Advert for the Birmingham confectionary firm, Cadburys showing a young couple taking a tour of the companys Factory in a Garden at Bournville

Female munitions workers. By Fortunio Matania
As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased

Cadburys / From Above
Cadbury s; a birds eye view of the Bournville Works and the workers homes

Smoke of the Potteries
The pall of smoke from the factories of the Potteries - the six towns of Staffordshire where the ceramic industry is located. Date: early 20th century

Factory at Paisley
Bird s-eye view of Messrs J and J Clarks Anchor Thread works at Paisley, 11 km west of Glasgow, Scotland. They are still Britains leading threadmakers

Oldbury Factories
A West Midlands town known for its manufacture of iron and steel tubes, chemical and engineering products - hence such an out put of smoke !

Factory Workers 1930S
Factory workers leaving the engineering and ship repairing factories of R. & H. Green and Silley Weir Ltd

Redmayne & Isherwood
Redmayne and Isherwood, cotton and engine waste, Blackburn. Date: 1920

Lotus Europa S1 prototype 1st bodyshell 1966

Saltaire / Exterior View
SALTAIRE WORKS - exterior view

Cotton Dye Works
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Cotton Dye Works Date: 1927-1933

Industry / Burton on Trent
The industrial landscape at Burton on Trent

Arkwrights Mill / Derby
An exterior view of Arkwrights Cotton Mill, Cromford, Derby

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill in Lancashire: power loom weaving- man and woman tend machine

Industrial Landscape
Factory smoke at Dowlais, South Wales

Women workers, World War I
British women aeroplane workers in the Midlands, acetylene welding frame lugs for planes during World War I

Singer Factory / Postcard
Workers leaving the Singer factory, makers of the famous sewing machine

Saltaire / Exterior View
SALTAIRE WORKS - exterior view

Maling pottery works, women applying transfers ahead of forthcoming royal coronation of King Edward VIII, September 1936

Street fighting in Stalingrad
Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street

Advert for Redcliffe Crown Galvanized Iron 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, Redcliffe Crown, galvanized corrugated iron sheets for roofs. 1888

Women workers, World War I
Women workers packing fuse heads in the Coventry Ordnance Works during World War I

H J Heinz factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
View from Troy Hill of the H J Heinz factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1911

Patriotic poster, Buy British, keep the home fires burning
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and keep the home fires burning. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Beaming Deartment at Regent Cotton Mill owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited, in Failsworth, Manchester, Circa 1935. The mill opened in 1906, closing 1958

Aston Martin Closes. Aston Martin, the firm that has made cars for Prince Charles, the shah of Iran - and 007 agent James Bond, is going bust

Industrial Leeds 1885
Industrial aspect of Leeds from Richmond Hill. Date: 1885

The Hudson Motor Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: 1910s

Kershaw Cotton Mills
John Kershaw Cotton Mills, Bolton, Lancs. Date: 1920

Lloyd Georges Munition Girls
Front cover of a book describing womens experiences in a munitions factory during the First World War with a detailed account by an anonymous female shell-maker

Newark Abbey Thames Lighter at Teddington Canal Scene with Barges The Lock--Glowing effect of Sunlight. From Lord de Tableys Collection Newark Castle Newwark Abbey on the Vey

RAF workshops WWII
A man working on a lathe in an RAF aircraft workshop during World War II

Industrial panorama, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, early 1900s

General scenes outside the Ford paint, trim and assembly plant in Dagenham, Essex as new Ford cars roll off the production line. 16th November 1960

South Durham Steel from the companys south works, West Hartlepool, North East England, 16th August 1960. Molten slag metal cascades down from tilted furnace

Workers at William Pretty and sons Ltd in Ipswich sitting at their Singer machines putting in the elastic bands in underwear November 1935

Nylon yarn enough to make ten thousand pairs of stocking is being used to make tow ropes for British tugs. Our picture shows Margaret Carr from Portabelle in Edinburgh

New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new "Revolutionary"
New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new " Revolutionary" cricket bat in production at the Gray-Nicholis factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex. April 1975 75-1953-004

New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new "Revolutionary"
New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new " Revolutionary" cricket bat in production at the Gray-Nicholis factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex. April 1975 75-1953-001

New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new "Revolutionary"
New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new " Revolutionary" cricket bat in production at the Gray-Nicholis factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex. April 1975 75-1953-007

New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new "Revolutionary"
New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new " Revolutionary" cricket bat in production at the Gray-Nicholis factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex. April 1975 75-1953-002

New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new "Revolutionary"
New Cricket bat. Ted Jolly 62. The new " Revolutionary" cricket bat in production at the Gray-Nicholis factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex. April 1975 75-1953

General view of Dundee, Scotland, showing numerous factories and tall chimneys. Date: 20th century

Buddha statues dry in the hot sun of a Phitsanulok Buddha statue factory

Factories of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Top left: Cabinet works at Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. Centre top: Factory at Glasgow, Scotland. Top right: Factory at South Bend, Indiana, USA

Etruria Factories
General industrial view of Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was here that Josiah Wedgwood opened his famous pottery factory in 1769, which closed in 1950 Date: 1960s

Plum Bottling / France
Charles Clarks plum bottling factory, Bordeaux

A petro-chemical plant at Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman making umbrellas with brown paper at the Umbrella factory at Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Highly decorated facade of the Abu Simbel alabaster factory, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Thomas Lombes / Silk Mill
Sir Thomas Lombes Silk Mill, Derby

A northern mill town in England, early 1900s

Lancashire Spinning Mill Victorian period

GAF N-22S Searchmaster L VH-HTG
Government Aircraft Factories N-22S Searchmaster L VH-HTG (msn N22S-160). Date: circa 1988

Government Aircraft Factories N. 22B Nomad VH-UVE
Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) N.22B Nomad VH-UVE (msn N22B-133, RTAF - 46121), of the Royal Thai Air Force, before delivery. Date: 1982

Advert, J & A D Grimond, Weavers and Spinners, Dundee
Advert for J & A D Grimond Ltd, Weavers and Spinners, Bow Bridge and Maxwelltown, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Victoria Cycle Company, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Advert for the Victoria Cycle Company Limited, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, manufacturer of motorcycles and bicycles. 1905

The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, Manchester
Advertising showcard, The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, Manchester. Date: circa 1900

Patriotic poster, Team Spirit, Buy British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- It is the Team Spirit that gets there. Buy British and pass your wages to another member of the British team

Birmingham factory worker Edith Hill of 74 Boulton Road, Handsworth, at work setting cutting tools for machines which bore Ant-Aircraft shells at a factory in the West Midlands during the Second

Workers arrive for their shift at the new Rolls Royce factory in East Kilbride, Scotland November 1953

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"Factories: The Heartbeat of Industry and Innovation" Step into the world of factories, where dreams are turned into reality. From the bustling production lines to the skilled workers, these industrial powerhouses have shaped our society in countless ways. In 1898, Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd in Kirkcaldy stood as a testament to Scottish craftsmanship and ingenuity. Meanwhile, a German propaganda poster during World War I showcased how factories became symbols of national pride and strength. The Bryant & May Matchworks in Wallsend, Tyneside illuminated lives with their fiery sparks while providing employment opportunities for many. A factoryscape in the Potteries captured the essence of an era when ceramics reigned supreme. June 1954 marked a milestone as Rolls Royce opened its new factory in East Kilbride, Scotland - a testament to British engineering excellence. And who can forget William Heath Rob's whimsical depiction of overtime at a Christmas cracker factory? It reminds us that even amidst hard work, joy can be found. Traveling across continents brings us to Laboule in Haiti's West Indies where the old Barbancourt rum factory has been crafting spirits since 1765 – preserving tradition through generations. However, not all aspects were glamorous; some were hazardous like mixing treated asbestos fiber using Heath Robinson machines or patent double action grinders designed by him specifically for asbestos processing. Yet amidst it all lies beauty - an unknown creator captured this sentiment perfectly with a photograph showcasing the sleek lines of the 1966 Lotus Europa Series 1 prototype within its factory walls and can more than just buildings; they represent progress and innovation throughout history. They embody dedication and perseverance from those who worked tirelessly behind their walls. So let us celebrate these hubs of creativity that have shaped our world and continue to push boundaries every day.