Drilling Collection

Boring in the Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Boring in the Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Drilling a Well, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Drilling a Well, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. One of Nathan Gough's four-horse vertical high-pressure engines is used for giving motion to the drilling

Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads, c1903

The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. The collection of tools first met with on entering the annexe is that of Mr. Whitworth

A class in drilling, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A class in drilling, (1899?)

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant... Long Beach, Calif
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting... Manchester, Conn. 1942. Creator: William Rittase
The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision

An employee in the drill-press section of North Americans huge machine... Inglewood, Calif
An employee in the drill-press section of North Americans huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif

Drilling horizontal stabilizers... this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville... Tennessee, 1943. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee " Vengeance" dive bomber

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville... working on a "Vengeance"dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a " Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The tool in the image might be a rivet gun

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. a woman is in the control... 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

A carpenter at the TVAs new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A carpenter at the TVAs new Douglas dam on the French Broad River, Tenn. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1, 682 feet ong, with a 31, 600-acre reservoir area extending 43 miles upstream

Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA), 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA)

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. 1941?. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

Possibly: Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting. Bonner County, Idaho]

Shows method of pulling tomarack stump, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shows method of pulling tomarack stump. Drilling hole for dynamite with auger. Box holds powder, fuse caps, wire. Bonner County, Idaho

Brace - For Drilling, c. 1940. Creator: Davids De Vault
Brace - For Drilling, c. 1940

Gold Is Where You Find It, 1934. Creator: Tyrone Comfort
Gold Is Where You Find It, 1934

The Head Ache, February 12, 1819. February 12, 1819. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Head Ache, February 12, 1819. After Captain Frederick Marryat

Women Workers and the War... First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Women Workers and the War: drilling and assembling operations on fuses, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). From " The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby

A Greathead Shield: Excavating a Tube Tunnel, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A Greathead Shield: Excavating a Tube Tunnel, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

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

Gold. - Drlling Blast Holes, S. Africa, 1928. From Players Cigarettes - Products of the World: A Series of 50 [John Player & Sons, London, 1928]

Trephination, 1593. Using an elevator to remove a piece of bone from the skull. Trephination as a therapeutic or magico-religious procedure dates back to Neolithic times

Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Soviet Poster, 1930

Germain Sommeillers compressed air rock drill used in excavation of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1874
Germain Sommeillers compressed air rock drill used in the excavation of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1874. The Mont Cenis Tunnel was built between 1857

St Joseph the Carpenter, c1640. Artist: Georges de la Tour
St Joseph the Carpenter, c1640. St Joseph, husband of Mary and parental guardian of Jesus, at work assisted by a child holding a candle

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand.n.d

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