Lathe Collection

Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945)

Untitled (Industry; man working lathe), 1920s. Creator: AJ Wales
Untitled (Industry; man working lathe), 1920s

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship, 1865. Illustration representing...the enormous shaft for the paddles of a steam-ship

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865

Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864

Kabyle Turner at his Wheel; The Natives of Algeria, the Kabyle, the Arab, the Moor, and the Jew, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Les vaillans de l'Interieur; L'ouvrier tourneur Narcisse Magot, age de 80 ans, travaillant pour la defense nationale. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Tourneurs
Esquisse pour la galerie des Metiers de l'Hotel de Ville : Tourneurs, 1890. Turners

The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory, with 100-ton Testing Machine in the Foreground, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest), Showing the 150 H.P. Triple Expansion Experimental Steam Engine in the Background, 1890

The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking North-east), 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une travailleuse de l'usine de guerre, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Une jeune Parisienne travaillant a l'evidement du corps des projectiles, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862

In North Americans modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk in department store, reaming tools for transport on lathe machine, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Perspective of Lathe, 1860. Creator: Thomas Eakins
Perspective of Lathe, 1860

Bishop Hill: Woodturning Lathe, 1939. Creator: H. Langden Brown
Bishop Hill: Woodturning Lathe, 1939

The Biggest Lathe in the World, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Biggest Lathe in the World, 1917

The Blockmaker, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Edgar Melville Ward
The Blockmaker, late 19th-early 20th century

Learning His Trade, c1948. Creator: Unknown
Learning His Trade, c1948. From " Newnes Pictorial Knowledge Volume 3". [George Newnes Limited, London]

Geoffrey Baker with two other men in a workshop. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Date: Geoffrey Baker

Churchill lathe in use, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Lathe workshop area, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964 Artist
Lathe workshop area, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Machining a five foot roller on a lathe at Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the final process of achieving a perfectly smooth finish on the product

Roll turning at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist
Roll turning at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. A worker at Edgar Allens Steel founders with a roll turning lathe. These were used for the finishing of tool products

A busy foundry shop floor with lathes, Wombwell, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. This photograph shows the busy shop floor at Wombwell foundry

Girl munition workers at their lathes in a Scottish mill, c1914. By June 1917, roughly 80% of the weaponry and ammunition used by the British army during World War I was being made by munitionettes

Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia, 1828 (1956)

Tinman, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Tinman, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving

Cutlery, Watchmaking, Jewellery, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Cutlery-making, c1750s

Turning wood, 1754. Artist: I Hinton
Turning wood, 1754, taken from the New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences - Supplement (1754) by J Barlow

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