Iron Collection (page 32)

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

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

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

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

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

Grand facade of the Co-op central drapery department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1961. The facade of the building featured cast iron curtain walling

Smithy, North of England Lead Mining Museum, Killhope, Weardale, Durham. The museum is on the site of the Old Park Head Lead Mine, located near the source of the Wear

Bonawe Iron Furnace, Taynuilt, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in 1753, this foundry processed iron ore brought by sea from Furness in Cumbria using charcoal produced from the abundant local

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

The Armour of Tsar Boris Godunov. Found in the Collection of State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

Woman Ironing. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Woman Ironing. Found in the collection of Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, 1880. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, 1880. Eiffels (1832-1923) most historic and best-known work is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Paris Exposition of 1889

The Great Eastern, 1937. From The Story of Navigation. [The Imperial Tobacco Co. (Of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd, , 1937]

Viaducto do Cha, 1895. Artist: Paulo Kowalsky
Viaducto do Cha, 1895. Viaducto do Cha is a viaduct of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was the first viaduct built in the city, and was instigated by Jules Martin, a French immigrant to the city

Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. Artist: Hood & Co. Ltd
Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Ram Crushed In Her Iron Side, 1902. The Battle of Lissa took place on 20th July 1866, in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa

Plan of iron fence and brick walls, Miles Brewton House, Charleston, South Carolina, 1926. Artist: Albert Simons
Plan of iron fence and brick walls, Miles Brewton House, Charleston, South Carolina, 1926. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLIV [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1926]

The Blacksmith lets his Iron grow cold attending to the Taylors News, 1772

Caricatures of Members of the National Conference at Frankfort and of the Prussian Kreuz-Zeitung Party in 1849. From The Worlds History, Volume VIII, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt

Magnet that lifts 46 tons, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

The Eiffel Tower under construction, Paris, c1888. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in

Iron Gates All Souls, Oxford, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

The Castle and Ross Fountain, Edinburgh, 1924-1926. Artist: Alfred Hind Robinson
The Castle and Ross Fountain, Edinburgh, 1924-1926. The ancient stronghold of Castle Rock, an outcrop of volcanic rock, has been fortified since 900 AD

Mitre Court by the Temple, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Mitre Court by the Temple, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Wought-iron gates, Buckingham Palace, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Wought-iron gates, Buckingham Palace, London, 1926-1927. These gates were part of the 1913 restoration of Buckingham Palace

Steelworks, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Steelworks, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Coal and iron production, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Coal and iron production, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

A maid ironing, 18th century. Artist: George Morland
A maid ironing, 18th century

Prince Alberts Studio, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as an artist, with Queen Victoria. Illustration from Punch or The London Charivari, Volume V, (London, 1843)

Example of Half-Tone Illustration for a Trade Catalogue, c1903. Artist: Andrea & Sleigh Ltd
Example of Half-Tone Illustration for a Trade Catalogue, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Spearhead from Homblieres, Aisne, France, 1893. A print from The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-Saxons by Baron D de Baye, Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1893

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

Iron bridge at Sunderland, 1886. The Wearmouth Bridge was the longest single span cast iron bridge in the world when it opened in 1796

Old Iron Fair on the Boulevard Richard Lenoir, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Old Iron Fair on the Boulevard Richard Lenoir, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Section view of batteries in the ironclad frigate Alexandra, (c1880). A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

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)

Iron ship, Messrs Samudas yard, Isle of Dogs, London, c1880
Iron ship in frame on the stocks, Messrs Samudas yard, Isle of Dogs, London, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)

Running the molten iron into the pigs, c1880. Iron foundry. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

The Hereford Screen, 19th century. Artist: John Burley Waring
The Hereford Screen, 19th century. The screen was designed for Hereford Cathedral in 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott and made by Skidmores Art Manufactory Company, Coventry

Wrought Iron Grilles, 19th century. Artist: John Burley Waring
Wrought Iron Grilles, 19th century. By Benham & Sons, London

Cast Iron Panel from Mulheim, Germany, 19th century. Artist: John Burley Waring
Cast Iron Panel from Mulheim, Germany, 19th century

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

The Queen visiting a Cornish Iron Mine, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victoria is shown round a mine. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

View of the iron bridge over the river Severn, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 19th century. Artist: W & J Walker
View of the iron bridge over the river Severn, Coalbrook Dale, Shropshire, 19th century. The development of coke smelting in Coalbrookdale by Abraham Darby I

Decarburisation of pig iron in a Bessemer converter, 1900. Artist: Gehrke
Decarburisation of pig iron in a Bessemer converter, 1900

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)

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