Chimney Collection

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

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

Surreal study, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Surreal study, 1952. Illustration for a poem by TS Eliot. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. A general view of the colliery taken during refurbishment work in 1961

Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist
Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. The pit was originally sunk in 1876 to a depth of 382 yards

Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in 1930, mining tin and copper from beneath the sea bed

Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Artist: Alexei Radakov
Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Industrial polltion, Sheffield, Yorkshire, c1925. Factory chimneys pouring out polluted smoke

The Royal Anchor, Liphook, Hampshire, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Anchor, Liphook, Hampshire, 1936. The Royal Anchor hotel, 18th century coaching inn on the London to Portsmouth road

The potteries, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
The potteries, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Rozelle Gates, on the road to Burns Cottage, Ayr, Ayrshire, 1913. From the Caledonia series of postcards

The Landore Siemens steel works, c1880
The Landore Siemens steelworks, c1880. View of the factory in South Wales. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

Saltaire works, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk. He is best remembered as the builder of Saltaire Mill near Bradford, Yorkshire

Gas lighting apparatus at Royal Mint, London, 1819. Artist: Friedrich Accum
Gas lighting apparatus at Royal Mint, London. l: Retort. 2: Purifier. 3: Tar cistern. 4: Gas meter. From Frederick Accum Coal Gas, London, 1819. Aquatint

Sketches from New York: a lager beer brewery at Guttenberg, on the Hudson River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New York: a lager beer brewery at Guttenberg, on the Hudson River, 1864. 'The Teutonic population of New York [and] the neighbouring Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Jersey City

The new Sèvres porcelain manufactory in the park of St. Cloud: bird's eye view of...workshops, 1864
The new Sevres porcelain manufactory in the park of St. Cloud [in France]: bird's eye view of the workshops, 1864. '1. Ovens for baking the porcelain; 2. Mill-rooms; 3

The International Exhibition: clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: architectural clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. 'The encaustic pavement in the centre is...in colour red, black, and cream-yellow

The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley: trench cut to the Dearne and the Dove Canal for the purpose of flooding the pit, 1862

The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. 'Instantly a dense column of black smoke sprang from the cupola, like a gigantic tower, towards heaven

St. Thomas's Hospital, Surrey Gardens, 1862. Creator: T. H. W
St. Thomas's Hospital, Surrey Gardens, [London], 1862. 'The following decided opinion has been expressed by a leading medical journal

View of the railroad, city of Vladimir, Klyazma River, and water-meadows, 1911.

View of Bahia from the Public Gardens, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
View of Bahia from the Public Gardens, 1864. 'The domed edifice shown on the right is the church of the Benedictine convent; the opera-house appears near the middle of the view; the arsenal

The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Lancashire Textile workers. 'The Carder's business is to see that machinery is kept in perfect working order...The Jack Tenter

The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Chancellor of the Exchequer and future prime minister William Ewart Gladstone speaking to the crowd

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. 'This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll' obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

New Year greeting with farm, 1897-1898. Creator: Sina Mesdag van Houten
New Year greeting with farm, 1897-1898

Residence of Ellery James, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Residence of Ellery James, between 1911 and 1942

The Waffle-Baker's Shop at Djurgården. Creator: Elias Martin
The Waffle-Baker's Shop at Djurgarden, Unknown date

Leaves from a Sketch-Book - Bits of Kent: Shoreham, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Leaves from a Sketch-Book - Bits of Kent: Shoreham, 1876. Down the steep and winding village street, as I loiter awaiting the train from Sevenoaks

Cigar Smokers, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Cigar Smokers, mid 19th century. Miller sets the scene of this comical sketch with this caption: "Lady of the mansion gives strict orders that there is to be no drinking or smoking at her

Corner Of Duke Street & High Street (#39), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Corner Of Duke Street & High Street (#39), Printed 1900

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Plate: Table XXXIII(d). A popular illustrated textbook for children

The Prince Consort's Model Farm at Osborne, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Prince Consort's Model Farm at Osborne, 1858....for more perfect arrangement in all the details and necessary requirements of an agriculturist's homestall the traveller in this or any

The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s

Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen, 1908. Artist: Othon Friesz
Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen, 1908. State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow

The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639. Creator: Cornelis de Man
The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639. Other Title(s): A Whale-Oil Factory of the Nordic or Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island at the north end of Spitzbergen (Svalbard)

Farmhouse near Helvoirt, 1814-1816. Creator: Pieter Barbiers
Farmhouse near Helvoirt, 1814-1816

Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908. Creator: William H. Jackson
Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908

Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mills, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: William H. Jackson
Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mills, Buffalo, N.Y. c.between 1910 and 1920. "Milwaukee of Buffalo" on cargo ship; "Cornell" on tugboat

Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: William H. Jackson
Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925

View of the Rossmarkt in Frankfurt am Main, 1745-1775. Creator: Anon
View of the RossMarkt in Frankfurt am Main, 1745-1775. An avenue with chestnut trees and on the right the St. Katharinen-Kirche

Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken
Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, 1802. Technical drawing of a steam engine: four elevations

Country inn with horse and wagon, 1640-1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Country inn with horse and wagon, 1640-1649

New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
New Aqueduct at Trieste - the Machine Rooms, 1856. Of late years, in consequence of the extension of its suburbs and the increase of its population from ten to sixty thousand

The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Disaster at a coalmine on the South Yorkshire Railway, belonging to Taylor and Co....a fearful explosion occurred

Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Sightseers after a mining disaster. Every train to-day has brought a large number of "excursionists

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