Factory Collection (#51)

Teeming (pouring) molten iron at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Profile cutting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Profile cutting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Two engineers check the results of a profile cutter at the Yorkshire Engine Company

Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Arc furnace in operation, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Arc furnace in operation, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steel worker, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Inspecting a bubble chamber casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Female workers sharpening saw blades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. This process enables a curve to be created on the steel plate

Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A female worker works with a sharpening machine

Female workers sharpening saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bandsaws being sharpened at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Medical care at a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Medical care at a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A doctor undertakes a routine test on an employee in the infirmary at the Brightside Heating & Engineering Works

Finished steel in a warehouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Finished steel in a warehouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Rolled steel ready for dispatch in the steel warehouse at the Brightside Heating & Engineering works in Sheffield

Furnace feeding in the Steel City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Teeming iron in the Steel City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the process of pouring the molten metal to create the ingots

Lab technician at a steelworks in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Laboratories were essential for checking the quality of the raw materials

Pouring a small casting at Edgar Allens Steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Pattern for a giant magnet casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Control cabin at Brightside Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The steel can be seen being rolled in the background

Pole magnet casting from above, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A view of a pole magnet casting from above with men working on the casting

Group portrait of workers, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Quality checking a giant saw blade, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is a good example of the kind of specialist tools that were being produced in Sheffield at

A group of foundry staff with technical drawings, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Foundry management and workers gather around some drawings at Edgar Allens steel foundry

Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The hot steel is pressed between the two dies to form one part

Forge in action at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Impression die forging pounds or presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

Close-up of a forge being worked at Edgar Allens foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962

Loading a steam wagon with scrap at a steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Lab technician with a slide rule, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Before the invention of cheap electronic calculators, slide rules had to be used to work out formulae

Laboratory, Edgar Allen Steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Both raw materials and the finished products had to be tested to ensure the quality that Sheffield steel was known for

Edgar Allen steel foundry, Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist
Edgar Allen steel foundry, Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Work is being carried out on a dragline bucket on the right of the photograph whilst a giant counterweight hangs above

Constructing a dragline bucket, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Dragline buckets are used extensively in quarrying and also for dredging

Packing drill bits and pneumatic bits at a steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962
Packing drill bits and pneumatic bits, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. During the 1960s, Sheffield steel was known throughout the world for its quality

Locomotives being assembled at the Thomas Hill factory, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, c1960s. The company made locomotives for the National Coal Board and for customers at home and abroad

International Harvester tractor factory, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist
International Harvester tractor factory, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1966. International Harvester operated a plant on Wheatley Hall Road from 1930

Newly refurbished reception, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966
Newly refurbished reception, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966. At the time the company received many important visitors from around the world

Loading area at the Danish Bacon company, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist
Loading area at the Danish Bacon company, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1968. The Danish Bacon Company ran a depot from its Kilnhurst site until it moved to larger premises nearly 50 years later

Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. To enable the temperature of molten steel to be taken, an immersion pyrometer has to be used

Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Molten metal being poured from a Kaldo furnace into a vessel

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

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