Industrial Collection (page 2)

Blacksmiths outside their forge
A superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade

The Potteries EPW045337
FAIRFIELD POTTERY, Slippery Lane, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The heart of the potteries with a series of kilns, towers and workshops producing all kinds of ceramics

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

Daimler Dart SP250s on car transporter for delivery 1960. Creator: Unknown
Daimler Dart SP250s on car transporter for delivery 1960

A China Clay Pit, Leswidden, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1920 or 1924. This painting shows the harsh, labour-intensive working conditions of a china clay pit

The Clay Pit, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1923. View of Leswidden China Clay Works near St Just. This painting shows the harsh, labour-intensive working conditions of a china clay pit

R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Snows were one of the many coal merchants operating in the South Yorkshire area, selling locally mined coal

Bridges on the Tyne
The handsome bridges connecting Gateshead and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Great Tyne Bridge arches over Stephensons High Level Bridge, a double-decker built in 1846

Ships at Tilbury Docks
Four P&O ships at Tilbury Docks, London: (from left to right) Chitral (painted black); Strathnaver ; Strathaird ; Himalaya

Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963. Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board (NCB) and work began in 1954

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

Merrimac Hat Factory, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
Merrimac Hat Factory, on the Merrimac River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937

Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South Wales
View of the Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South Wales. Date: 1935

Consett Steel Works FF98_00247
Consett Steel Works, County Durham, 1945-80. Eric de Mare (1910-2002) cellulose acetate negative. Steel-making dominated Consett for 140 years from 1840, and the steelworks, employing 6

Port Sunlight BL14041_027
LEVER BROTHERS SUNLIGHT SOAP WORKS, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside. Interior view. Workers packing soap boxes. Photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co. in April 1897

China Clay works, Cornwall EAC281617
ST AUSTELL, Cornwall. Aerial photograph showing the China Clay works. Photographed in 1974. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Diagram of Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine, Carburettor Date: 1942

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

Ironbridge Power Station DP248795
Ironbridge Power Station, Buildwas Road, Telford, Shropshire. Cooling towers, flood-lit, night-time shot. November 2015

Death to World Imperialism, poster, 1919. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Death to World Imperialism, poster, 1919. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs

Egypt Mill DP137154
Egypt Mill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. General view of mill. South West Textile Mills

England, Northumberland, Electricity Pylons
England, Northumberland, Seaton Delaval. Electricity Pylons carrying electricity through Southern Northumberland

Ipswich Docks
A fine impression of the busy Docks at Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

Electricity pylons
National Grid pylons in dawn mist

Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South Wales
Two miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales

Haulier and assistant, Baldwins Level, South Wales
A haulier and his assistant, with a pit pony pulling a truck, at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool, South Wales

Miner riding drams, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner riding a journey of drams (coal trucks) at Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Date: 1910

Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912
Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk. The soldiers (together with a contingent from the Shropshire Light Infantry and some police)

Chelsea Bridge a001461
CHELSEA BRIDGE, Battersea, London. A view looking south east towards Chelsea Bridge with Battersea Power Station beyond (the buildings fourth chimney was added later)

Birkenhead in 1920 EPW004029
BIRKENHEAD, Merseyside, August 1920. Aerial view. Prominent in the foreground are Queens Buildings with St James Church on its roundabout and Corporation Street

Fulwell Mill
Tower windmill. c1821, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. IoE 391534

Advert, A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Glasgow
Advert for A & J Main, Structural Engineers, Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

England. London. The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton. Great
The Crystal Palace. Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London for Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865). Victoria and Albert Museum

View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall
View at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s

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

Collieries at Treeton, Fence and Orgreave near Rotherham
Fence Colliery closed for coal production in 1904.Treeton Colliery closed in December 1990.Orgreave Colliery closed in October 1981

Swindon Works 29656_008
Swindon works site, Wiltshire. Formerly the Great Western Railway Works, it now houses the STEAM museum, the headquarters for the National Trust

Hinkley Point 27466_007
Hinkley Point A Nuclear Power Station, Somerset. The two main buildings each housed Magnox reactors. The power station was shut down in 1999 and is currently being decommissioned

Didcot Power Station 27708_010
Didcot Power Station, Oxfordshire. Aerial view from June 2013, after decomissioning. SU5191/9

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Cooling towers and pylons DP157352
Didcot A Power Station, Power Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7HA. North west natural draft cooling towers and an electricity pylon

Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_011A
Cammell Laird & Co shipyard, Birkenhead. Exterior view across the outer basin looking towards a ferry moored outside the Cammell Laird buildings

Fresh Air from the Potteries
" Fresh Air from the Potteries" A sarcastic caption accompanying a fine photograph of the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)

Wales / Ystradgynlais
Ystradgynlais, in the Swansea Valley, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1950s

Lancashire Cotton Barge
Barges loaded with bales of raw cotton, destined for the cotton mills, Leeds - Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

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"Unveiling the Beauty in Industrial Landscapes: From Battersea Power Station to Consett Steel Works" The iconic silhouette of Battersea Power Station stands tall against the London skyline, a testament to the city's industrial heritage. (Battersea Power Station a077607) Step back in time with an enchanting glimpse of Butlers Wharf circa 1910, where bustling activity and maritime trade defined this historic industrial hotspot. (Butlers Wharf c. 1910 BB87_09668) Didcot Power Station dominates the horizon, its towering chimneys billowing smoke as it generates electricity for countless homes and businesses. (Didcot Power Station 27604_016) Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the visionary engineer himself, stands proudly before the launching chains of his masterpiece - the Great Eastern ship that revolutionized transatlantic travel forever. Explore Australia's vast landscapes through this intricate map, showcasing not only its natural wonders but also its thriving industries that fuel its economy and progress. A display of JCB Extradig diggers in a sprawling field highlights modern machinery at work, exemplifying how industry continues to shape our world today. Journey back to Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in 1920; witness skilled craftsmen constructing mighty vessels that would navigate oceans and connect nations worldwide. (Barrow-in-Furness shipyard 1920 EPW004064) Consett Steel Works emerges from clouds of steam and sparks fly as molten metal is transformed into beams that will support bridges and buildings across Britain. (Consett Steel Works a98_06557) A pylon line stretches across Norfolk's countryside like silent sentinels carrying power from generation plants to homes – connecting communities along their path. (Pylon line Norfolk UK)