Iron And Steel Industry Collection (page 6)

Lowering galvanised heat exchangers, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. An employee of the Edgar Allen steel foundry directs the operator of the overhead crane as a load of

Continuous sharpening of longsaw blades, Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The blades run on a continous conveyor system as they have yet to be cut into the appropriate lengths

Fabricating a giant extractor fan, the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. Artist
240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. A newspaper cutting from 1839 telling of the 240 possible variations on the way to spell scissors

Coils of steel wire, Tinsley Wire Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1972

Soaking pits with red hot steel ingots, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist
Soaking pits with red hot steel ingots, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Radio interview of schoolboys on a factory visit, Stanley Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Packing punches, Footprint Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

A spring hammer turning drill bits, Footprint Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Plant cafeteria, National Tube Co, Riverside Works, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Steel-Edgar Thomson Works, 1909. Artist: Joseph Pennell
Steel-Edgar Thomson Works, 1908. From The Studio Volume 47. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

6000-ton forging press, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Steel manufactures of Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1866. Artist: M Jackson
Steel manufactures of Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1866. The Hull, or workshop, of the razor grinder, with the use of the fan. A print from The Illustrated London News, 20 January 1866

Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1866. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

Sketch of a rolling mill, c1500-1510 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Sketch of a rolling mill, c1500-1510 (1954). Codex Atlanticus, 2r. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

Bessemer process for manufacturing steel, 1936. Artist: Fox
Bessemer process for manufacturing steel, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

The Foundry, c1880-1882. Artist: W Manfield
The Foundry, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). Artist: Roberts
Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

Section of a Blast Furnace, Showing its Food, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Rolling steel rails, c1880. Artist: Roberts
Rolling steel rails, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

The Bessemer process for the mass-production of steel, c1880. Artist: CJB
The Bessemer process for the mass-production of steel, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Iron manufacture, 19th century. Iron rolling machine, external view of a blast furnace, and sectional elevation of Schneiders blast furnace

James Nasmyths steam hammer, 1900. Artist: E Zimmer
James Nasmyths steam hammer, 1900. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

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

Lysva iron foundry, Russia, 1900s. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist, (1900). In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Sir Henry Bessemer, 19th century English engineer, (1900). Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel

Smelting iron furnace, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Smelting iron furnace, pig iron mould, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Forging mill, furnace, ground moulding, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

The front cover of Le Pays de France, 5 August 1915. Molten steel pouring in Creusot, France

Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. In 1917 and 1918, Krupp produced seven Paris Guns, huge artillery pieces designed to fire shells at Paris from over 80 miles away

British Iron Companys Works at Corngraves, near Halesowen, West Midlands, c1835. Corngraves, or Corngreaves, lies 7 miles south-west of Birmingham and 5 miles south of Dudley

Henry Bessemer, British engineer and inventor, 19th century. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for the invention of a method of converting pig iron into steel

Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, c1830. Artist: HW Bond
Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, c1830. This scene is on the river Severn a few miles from Ironbridge

Bird s-eye view of Krupps works, Essen, Germany, 1876. In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Alfred Krupp, German industrialist and armaments manufacturer, 1886. In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Steam hammer being used in an ironworks, France, 1867

Steel works c1925

Blast furnaces, South Wales, 1885. The pollution being generated during the production of iron and steel at Siemens Iron and Steel Works, Landore

Industrial laboratory at Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1900. Thomas Firth & Sons Ltd was founded c1840 by Mark Firth

Interior, Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1890. Twelve men, each with a work station facing a window, hand-cutting files from blanks of crucible steel

Tapping a blast furnace and casting iron into pigs, c1900. From The Marvels of Metals by FM Holmes. (London, c1900)

Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales, c1780, (c1830). This shows the works by moonlight. The buildings on the left are probably puddling furnaces, those on the right blast furnaces

Blast furnaces, Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Company, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, 1890. A charge being taken to the top of a furnace on a railway

Blast furnaces at the Phoenix Iron and Bridge Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA, 1873

Rolling mills, Saint-Jacques works, Chatillon-Commentry Company, France, 1894. Men are wearing leggings and heavy leather aprons to protect them from contact with hot metal

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