Machinery Collection (page 16)

Forging a Blade, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

The Foundry at Swindon Works, c1917
The Foundry at Swindon Works. On the right is seen a cyclinder casting suspended by a travelling crane, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams

Scene in a Boiler-shop, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Bessemers Steel-converting Apparatus, c1917
Bessemers Steel-converting Apparatus - aa Converters; b, hydraulic ram for revolving converter; c, ram to lift platform carrying ladle; d, crane; e, gear for revolving platform; f, hoods to chimneys

An Electroplating Outfit, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Sand-blasting Gear Wheels, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Section of Blast Furnace, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Removing Biscuits from Oven, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

A Weaving-shed, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

General View of Spinning-room, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Diagram of the Jacquard Loom, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

A Biscuit Oven filled with Seggars s. a are the flues, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Diagram of Hand-loom, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

The Candle-moulding Room, c1917
The Candle-moulding Room. The candles have been forced up into the clamps, and the attendant is filling up the troughs with a fresh supply of melted wax. c1917

Fixing Spout on a Teapot, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Stamping Blocks of Soap, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

A Wax Taper-making Plant, 1917
A Wax Taper-making Plant. - A is the trough of melted wax through which the cotton strands are drawn, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams

Diagrams illustrating the preparation of Rags and Esparto Grass for Paper-making, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Forward Engine-Room of the Empress of Britain, with control platform, 1936
In the Forward Engine-Room of the Empress of Britain, showing the control platform, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878, railway machinery room of English manufacture, Hall of the Campus Martius, vintage engraving

Steam train engine, Westinhause brake system

Axle wheels of a steam train engine

Engine of a steam train, inside of the smoke box

Engine of a steam train, door of the smoke box

Stoker putting coal to a steam train engine

Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand

Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Men using a car lifting hoist at Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932. Men use the hoist to position trucks under tram car number 1584

Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932
Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, Greenwich, London, 1932. Workshop with men using machinery to make or repair parts for trams

Nurse using a steriliser in the bathroom at Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse using a steriliser in the bathroom at Chaucer LCC Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911

Interior of engine the house at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, London, 1894
Interior of the engine house at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, Erith, London, 1894. View of the inside of the sewage works with pipe system and pumps, attended by a workman

Women using spinning wheels, Bethnal Green, London, 1908
Women using spinning wheels, 13 Archer Street, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Archer Street was once sited at the south end of Pott Street, off the east end of Bethnal Green Road

Male munitions workers in Engineering Shop, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1915. Men working at benches with belt driven machinery

Female munitions workers, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915
Female munitions workers, mechanical engineering workshop, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915

Farmfield Reformatory for Female Inebriates, Horley, Surrey, 1910. Women are supervised as they work in the weaving and spinning rooms at the establishment

Corset making class, Bloomsbury Trade School for Girls, London, 1911. Two girls work on sewing machines while the rest of the class and the teacher are hand sewing

Dressmaking class, Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1907. A girl in the centre works on a sewing machine, while two girls behind her work on dresses on dummies

Tailoring class, Barrett Street Trade School for Girls, London, 1915. Girls seated round a long table sewing. One girl is measuring a jacket on a dummy, while another is at a sewing machine

Steam machine, New Road, Islington, London, 1808. Artist: John Claude Nattes
Steam machine, New Road, Islington, London, 1808. New Road was built to link the City with the western suburbs of London. In 1857 it was re-named Pentonville Road

Coining press and dies from the Tower of London, 1800

Excavation work for the north pier and tidal dam at Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1864. The new Blackfriars Bridge was designed by Joseph cubitt and opened in 1869

Demolition work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge from the Surrey shore, London, 1864. The first Blackfriars Bridge built by Robert Mylne in the 1760s was replaced by a new crossing designed by

Ward Beadle in civic costume, holding a staff, at a Wardmote Inquest, 1805. Artist
Ward Beadle in civic costume, holding a staff, at a Wardmote Inquest, 1805. Two further Beadles stand in the distance with two figures operating weighing machinery

Pudding seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Pudding seller, 1760. Street seller sprinkling a pudding as he walks along; his barrow is attached to him by straps, leaving his hands free

Potter at work, Cries of London, (c1819?). Artist: John Thomas Smith
Potter at work, (c1819?). Man throwing a pot on a wheel, watched by a child seated on an upturned bowl who is operating the wheel. From Cries of London, (c1819?)

Woman Reading a Letter, c1864-1930. Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
Woman Reading a Letter, c1864-1930. A woman seated in a wood panelled room; to her left is a sewing machine

Knives to Grind!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones
Knives to Grind! A knife grinder with his machine. From Cries of London, c1840

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