Iron And Steel Industry Gallery

Also as soldiers of work: SA men in the front line, 1938

Also as Soldiers of Work: SA Men in the Front Line, 1938. Founded in c1919, the Sturmabteilung (SA) was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party. Its members were known as the Brownshirts because of the colour of their uniforms. The SA played an important part in Hitler's rise to power in Germany but its significance was effectively ended when its leaders were killed in the Night of the Long Knives in 1934, with the rival Schutzstaffel (SS) taking over its role. From Geschichte der SA (History of the SA) by Wilhelm Rehm, published by Franz Eher Nachf, 1938

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Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1866

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, 1866. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890). It took the human effort out of the process of forging wrought iron and steel to form engine and machine parts, as well as substantially reducing production costs. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

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Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883)

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