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Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. The whole of the south side of the Dock, comprising nearly a mile of water frontage, will be devoted to the accommodation of timber

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul Ford, 1856. Creator: H. Crane

Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul Ford, 1856. Creator: H. Crane
Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul [sic] Ford, 1856....Evigtok...in Arksuk [Arsuk] Fiord, with the miners houses, smithy, store-house...and the lead ore being wheeled over the ice to the ship...the

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The workshop of James Watt at Heathfield, near Birmingham, as it was at his death in 1818, 1886

The workshop of James Watt at Heathfield, near Birmingham, as it was at his death in 1818, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The workshop of James Watt at Heathfield, near Birmingham, as it was at his death in 1818, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Interior of the Gallery of Machines at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, 1889. Creator: Louis Beroud

Interior of the Gallery of Machines at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, 1889. Creator: Louis Beroud
Interior of the Gallery of Machines at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, 1889

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England [in London], 1854. The quality and the water-mark of the...paper have in the new Note (now on the point of being issued to the public)

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hants. 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hants. 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hampshire, 1854. Processing paper used for banknotes. The building, the machinery, and, indeed, the entire premises

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. The machine-room of the firm of Holloway, Crowe, and Holloway, ...wholesale clothes manufacturers, Stroud, Gloucestershire...Here are twenty machines in work

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Un Patron (The lesson of the Apprentice), 1888. Creator: Buland, Jean-Eugène (1852-1926)

Un Patron (The lesson of the Apprentice), 1888. Creator: Buland, Jean-Eugène (1852-1926)
Un Patron (The lesson of the Apprentice), 1888. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The weavers, 1916 Creator: Arnold Genthe

The weavers, 1916 Creator: Arnold Genthe
The weavers, 1916

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The weavers, 1916 Creator: Arnold Genthe

The weavers, 1916 Creator: Arnold Genthe
The weavers, 1916

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: W.G. Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine, . Creator: Anonymous

W.G. Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine, . Creator: Anonymous
W.G. Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine. Private Collection

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Power Loom (System Schönherr), c. 1900. Creator: Anonymous

Power Loom (System Schönherr), c. 1900. Creator: Anonymous
Power Loom (System Schonherr), c. 1900. Private Collection

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Power Loom, 1900s. Creator: Anonymous

Power Loom, 1900s. Creator: Anonymous
Power Loom, 1900s. Private Collection

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. This new display [in the Exhibition of Agricultural Implements

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view... 1854

Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view under three spans of roof - from a photograph, 1854. Candle factory on Merseyside

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - from the Mersey, 1854

Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - from the Mersey, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - from the Mersey, 1854. Candle factory on Merseyside. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 the Company received a Prize Medal...another factory has been started at

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Experiment to determine the weight of the Earth. The apparatus consists of two astronomical clocks with compensation pendulums

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Mr. Airy['s] grand object was to arrive at the weight of our globe...it being necessary to know this before we can proceed to determine

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Metalworking in London during the Crimean War....preparation of engines of the Termagant, 620-horse power...To form the cranks on the shaft

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854

Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854. Metalworking in London during the Crimean War....the casting of the last of the four largest

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres

Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, an... industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854

Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, ...an industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War - extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War -...extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Diagram of...a Bread-Machine recently erected in Glasgow...One ton and a half of loaf bread, or a ton of biscuit

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Moving a Pair of Transept Ribs... 1850

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Moving a Pair of Transept Ribs... 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Moving a Pair of Transept Ribs, Framed Together, Previous to Hoisting, 1850. When the frame of double ribs is moved to its horizontal position above

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Fowler's New Subsoil Draining Plough, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Fowler's New Subsoil Draining Plough, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fowler's New Subsoil Draining Plough, 1850. An experimental trial of Fowler's Patent Draining Plough and Machinery took place...in a field at the back of Mr

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Agricultural show in London. Farming machinery on display included: Seed and Manure Drill, a Wheel Plough

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Reid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. Creator: Unknown

Reid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. Creator: Unknown
Reid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. The advantages aimed at by the...Loom are: enabling the weaver to attend with greater facility the weaving of four pieces at once

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. View of...the sash-bar painting apparatus...One of the sash-bars is occasionally passed between the brushes, to keep them clean

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. View of...the operations of punching bolt-holes in the bars of iron, and cutting off the ends by the shears

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850....the construction of drainage is shown

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84

Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84. Dyeing and printing of mass-produced textiles

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850

The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. View of...the stately trees for whose especial protection the transept was added to Mr

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Creator: Smyth

One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Creator: Smyth
One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Drying peat to make charcoal at Derrymullen, Kildare, Ireland....in the centre or main building are the furnaces, thirty-six in number

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. View of...a solid two-armed stout iron stock; to the end of each arm is attached an adze, 10½ inches long, and 4½ inches wide

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. The South Front of the "Industrial Palace" towards the Kensington-road...when completed

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mr. John Locke, M.P. for Honiton, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Mr. John Locke, M.P. for Honiton, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Mr. John Locke, M.P. for Honiton, 1850. Locke...studied engineering under the late Sir George Stephenson, and...acted as his principal assistant in the construction of the Liverpool

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. The progress of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition, next year

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Messrs. Beard. Mr. Kershaw's immediate connexion with Stockport commenced in 1842

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, [near Edinburgh, Scotland], 1850. View of the...Leviathan, as the vessel is called...lying alongside the east side of Granton Pier

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Visit of...Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park... 1850. Creator: Unknown

Visit of...Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Visit of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the "Parting Cheer", 1850

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, [Tyne & Wear], 1850. The entrance to the dock itself is 60 feet wide; the depth of water at the quays will be 20 feet

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co. - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Engraving of Woodford and Phillips's Spouting Wells from a photograph by Alexander S. Macrae, petroleum oilbroker

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862....one among the series of interesting machines exhibited by J. Harrison and Sons, of Blackburn

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Preston, Lancashire, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Preston, Lancashire, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Preston, Lancashire, 1862. The pure mountain air, and the full, strong sea-breeze, come laden with health to its people, and do their best to neutralise the effect of the smoke belched forth from



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