Control Panel Collection

Train driver on an intercom, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Train driver on an intercom, South Yorkshire, 1964. A loco driver from the Park Gate Iron and Steel Company in Rotherham on an intercom in the cab of his diesel loco

Yacht Althea, engine room, between 1907 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Yacht Althea, engine room, between 1907 and 1915. Engine made by Standard Motor Construction Company; Witherbee Igniter Co. dials in amperes and volts

U.S.S. Oregon switchboard in dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. Oregon switchboard in dynamo room, between 1896 and 1901

First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935). Ringing Up " Uncle Sam"...the actual scene at the switchboard when London spoke to America by radio

Hump master in a Chicago and North Western railroad yard operating a signal... Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track

Minimoog Voyager synthesizer used by J Dilla, 2002-2005. Creator: Moog Music
A Minimoog Voyager, a monophonic analog synthesizer, owned by record producer and artist J Dilla. The synthesizer features a small keyboard set into a wooden frame beneath a control panel

The wireless transmission room at Croydon Aerodrome, south London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The wireless transmission room at Croydon Aerodrome, south London, 1928, (1935). A view of a wireless transmission room, whence contacts can be made with pilots in the air as to direction

Cockpit on board the Dornier flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Cockpit on board the Dornier flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Interior of the German Dornier flying boat produced by the Dornier company in the 1920s

Illuminated Diagram of Signals, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Illuminated Diagram of Signals, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Steelworks control room, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steelworks control centre, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. From the control room, which was located high above the mill floor

Oxygen control panel at the Park gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Production line control room, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. A controller checking a punch card which instructs him to made an adjustment to the food mix

Steelworks safety representative, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971

Laycock Commercial Brake testing unit with a Commer 10 ton tractor unit Sheffield, 1969
Laycock commercial brake testing unit, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1969. Laycock engineering manufactured a wide range of vehicle testing equipment from their base in Sheffield

Inside a futuristic space station, c1970s. Artist: NASA
Inside a futuristic space station, c1970s

An astronaut inside a NASA Command Module, 1970s. Artist: NASA
An astronaut inside a NASA Command Module, 1970s

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