Factory Worker Collection (#5)

Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. One of the canteens which operated in various parts of the works

Steel H girders being stacked for distribution, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The Park Gate Iron and Steel Company was founded in 1823

Two stages of moulding a steel casting, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Two stages of moulding a steel casting, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Rotherham has a great tradition of steel production. This image was taken at AT Green & Son Ltd who are no longer in business

The British engineer, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
The British engineer, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. The epitome of the British engineer from a bygone age. This photograph

GEC electrical goods assembly plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. The end of the fridge assembly line can be seen in the foreground, where the fridges are being packed for dispatch

Teeming iron at Wombwell foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Teeming iron at Wombwell foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the process of pouring the molten metal to create the ingots. The foundry remained in operation until the 1980s

A busy foundry shop floor with lathes, Wombwell, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. This photograph shows the busy shop floor at Wombwell foundry

Three workers from Edgar Allens handle a red hot billet, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bags being filled at the Spillers Animal Foods plant, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. The factory was located alongside the River Trent in Gainsborough and sited alongside agricultural land

West Indian workers at the GEC, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
West Indian workers at the GEC, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1962. A shortage of available labour in the early 1960s meant that West Indian workers had to be brought in

ICI powder works team in front of the Safety League board, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1962. The works location in Denaby in South Yorkshire was chosen for its isolation

Women from the ICI powder works in a group photograph, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist
Women from the ICI powder works in a group photograph, South Yorkshire, 1962. The mixture of headscalves and hairstyles of the day present an interesting variety

Detonator production, ICI plant, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1962. Detonators were produced on the site for 70 years until the mid 1960s

The final stages of cooker assembly at the GEC plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. The GEC, which was formed in 1900, first acquired a factory in Swinton, near Rotherham

Toolholder turning a giant roller, Edgar Allens, Sheffield, 1964
Toolholder turning a giant roller, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker turning an A 2.5 metre roller. The roller is machined to create the smooth edges

Assembling a bubble chamber at the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, 1964. Artist
Assembling a bubble chamber at the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. The bubble chamber was invented in 1952 by Donald A Glaser

Fridge assembly at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Fridge assembly at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. Fridges roll off the end of the production line at the General Electric Co in Swinton (South Yorkshire)

Fridge assembly line at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. The assembly lines at the GEC factory (later to become Morphy Richards)

Packing bacon rashers, Danish Bacon Company, Selby, North Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Packing bacon rashers, Danish Bacon Company, Selby, North Yorkshire, 1964. After the meat has been sliced on the bacon slicing machine, the rashers are packed into cellophane bags for delivery

Bacon slicing machine, Danish Bacon Company, Selby, North Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Bacon slicing machine, Danish Bacon Company, Selby, North Yorkshire, 1964. A female operator using a bacon slicing machine at Danish Bacons depot in Selby

Lowering galvanised heat exchangers, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. An employee of the Edgar Allen steel foundry directs the operator of the overhead crane as a load of

Fabricating a giant extractor fan, the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Jowitt & Rogers factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1963. Jowitt & Rodgers Co is an abrasive manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the USA

Packing punches, Footprint Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

A spring hammer turning drill bits, Footprint Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

The Cotton Famine: Distribution of Clothes to Operatives, Manchester, 1904
The Cotton Famine: Distribution of Clothes to Operatives, Manchester, c1862, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

War effort, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
War effort, 1941. A man working in an aircraft factory smooths propeller blades with a sanding machine. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Making Fryotype Printing Metal in the London Foundry, 1919. Frys Metal Foundrys establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. Artist: Hood & Co. Ltd
Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Selecting the Cigar Wrappers, Havana, Cuba, c1910

One of the cigar manufacturing departments at Salmon and Gluckstein, Ltd, London, c1870s (1903). Salmon & Gluckstein was a British tobacco company

Marking soap for hotels, clubs, etc, Edward Cook and Co Ltd, London, c1903 (1903). Edward Cook and Co registered on 18 October 1898, in the business of soap making for hotels, clubs and households

Nimble Assistants at the military post office in London, which dealt with the huge quantity of mail for the various battle fronts, c1916, (1935)

Lector reading to cigar rollers, Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba, 1910s
Lector reading to cigar rollers, Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba. Readers are a traditional feature of Cuban cigar factories where the reader, often someone with radio experience, reads the news

Reader in Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba, c1910s
Reader in Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba. Readers are a traditional feature of Cuban cigar factories where the reader, often someone with radio experience, reads the news

Medieval glassworks, c1300 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sheet metal workers at a aeroplane factory, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Woman working in the silk industry, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Female factory worker, Moscow, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Le Chemineau, c1870-1920 (1924). Artist: Jean Francois Raffaelli
Le Chemineau, c1870-1920 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. Artist: Dominique Jouvet-Magron
La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Artist: J Carter
Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Scene in a Victorian textiles factory with looms powered by steam

Workers at the entrance of a Billancourt factory, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Workers at the entrance of a Billancourt factory, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Block printers at work, c1880. Using blocks to print fabric. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Various pottery processes, c1880. The thrower, the turner, the biscuit oven, printing, and ornamenting. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I

The slip-house, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Central hall of the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Great hall in Messrs Marshalls flax mill, Leeds, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

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