Manufacturing Collection (#14)

Manvers coal preparation plant, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Manvers processed the coal from several of the surrounding pits, turning it into coke

Testing temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Testing the temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker tests the temperature of molten steel with an imersion pyrometer

Charging a furnace, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Molten steel being poured into rail trucks at the Stanton Steelworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. The blast furnace at the steelworks

Packing section, International Harvester tractor factory, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1966. Partly assembled tractors being packed for export

Steelworker at Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1964. An operator is seen using a scarfing gun to remove in imperfections from a steel casting

Steelworkers at Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1964. Removing the defects from the surface of a casting with a scarfing gun

Construction of deep sea inspection chambers, Markham & Co, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 1966. A welder at work on a deep sea inspection chamber being built for the North Sea oil industry

A range of Stanley hand tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
A range of Stanley hand tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. A range of tools including planes and spoke shaves. Stanley were

A malting drum prior to intallation in a brewery in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, May 1966. Malting drums were used in beer production with germination of the barley took place as the drum revolved

Teeming (pouring) molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten being teemed into ingots

Molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten steel runs into a vessel prior to being teemed into ingots

A blast furnace at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. The company had been involved in the production of steel on the site since 1823

Working on a Drillmax machine, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964
Engineer working on a Drillmax machine, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The finished products can be seen in the foreground

Cutting steel rods to length, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Tilghman electric arc furnace, Keyser Ellison steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Rear view of a newly installed arc furnace

Arc furnace in a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Arc furnace in a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. The photograph was taken for the company which produced the refractory linings for the furnace to show the heat

Students training at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A group of mechanical engineering students receiving training

Pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming iron into ingots, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker in the process of teeming (pouring) molten iron into ingots

Crack detection on round bars, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker uses a spray gun to apply a fluid which will shaw any cracks whch may exist in the bar

Straightening round bars, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker from J Beardshaw & Sons in Sheffield uses a straightening machine on a round bar

Rolling steel, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of rolling steel involves running the steel bar through rollers to produce, in this case, a thinner steel bar

Casting a pole magnet, the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Group of small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Group of small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. To promote the capability of producing small castings in addition to their larger heavy castings

Pouring small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Pouring small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Molten steel can be seen cooling in the moulds after being poured

Immigrant workers on the cooker production line at the GEC, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1962. Due to a shortage of available workers for the production lines at their cooker

Cooker production line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist
Cooker production line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. The final stages of cooker assembly at the GEC plant in Swinton (near Rotherham)

The exterior of Spillers Animal Foods mill, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. Artist
The exterior of Spillers Animal Foods mill, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. The Union Flag flies above the recently completed mill

Using an industrial drill during the fabrication of a ball mill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. An engineer using an industrial drill during the fabrication of a ball mill at the Edgar Allen Steel

A British Reema ball mill prior to installation, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. At the Edgar Allen Steel Company in Sheffield

Rolling mill, Neepsend, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Rolling mill, Neepsend, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Engineers from AT Green & Son in Rotherham make the final adjustments to a Rolling mill they have installed in the Neepsend Rolling Mills in

Continuous bandsaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Heat treating hacksaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of heat-treating metal involves the heating up and rapid cooling of the metal

Tensioning circular saws at Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, 1963. Artist
Tensioning circular saws at Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. In order for a circular saw to run true at speed, the saw blade should be slightly convex

Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Tensioning the crosscut on a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. The process of tensioning involves hammering the saw face to alter the shape of

Grinding two metre saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. To produce a smooth finish to the saw blades, the faces are ground on giant revolving grinding stones

Heat treating a two metre saw blade, Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of heat-treating metal involves the heating up and rapid cooling of the metal

Checking finished castings at AT Green & Sons Ltd foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. To create the smooth finishes to a casting, it is machined

Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker pours molten steel from the furnace as a mould is filled in the gackground

Quality checking a casting for a pump, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. AT Green & Sons ran a foundry in Northfield Lane in Rotherham

General view of the foundry, AT Green & Sons Ltd, South Yorkshire, Rotherham, 1963. AT Green & Sons ran a foundry in Northfield Lane in Rotherham

A machinist quality checking a six foot circular saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A machinist from the Edgar Allen Steel Company quality checking a six foot circular saw blade after

Refrigerators being assembled at the GEC in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Refrigerators being assembled at the GEC factory in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Later to become Morphy Richards, the company transferred production from their Birmingham plant after the Second

Cement materials, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Cement materials, 1963. Lime and silica make up about 85% of the mass of cement and requires around 80 different operations requiring a large amount of heat and energy

A yardsman stacking pallets of bricks, Whitwick Brickworks, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1963. Stacking pallets of bricks with a Coventry Climax forklift truck

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