Manufacturing Collection

Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The iconic view of the two Blast Furnaces that stood on the Park Gate Iron and steel company site near Rotherham

The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). The Oxford Garage in Oxford where British motor manufacturer and philanthropist William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) started his business

Map of industrial Britain in 1881, 1906. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Wool sorters, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn

Glass Blowers of Murano, 1886. Creator: Charles Frederic Ulrich
Glass Blowers of Murano, 1886

Hammersmith Carpet Weaving at Merton Abbey Works, . Creator: Unknown
Hammersmith Carpet Weaving at Merton Abbey Works, late 19th century. Female weaver at a loom at Merton Abbey Mills in south London

Saltaire works, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk. He is best remembered as the builder of Saltaire Mill near Bradford, Yorkshire

New Lanark Mills, Scotland, c1815. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills and housing. Educational facilities were provided, as well as the worlds first day nursery

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

The Cotton Famine: box at Bristol for subscriptions to the distressed operatives fund, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: box at Bristol for subscriptions to the distressed operatives fund, 1862. Donations for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

R.W. Wooley, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
R.W. Wooley, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Robert Wickliffe Woolley (1871-1958) who served as Director of the U.S. Mint (1915-1916).

The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard, Mottram, near Manchester, 1862. Unemployed mill workers. Engraving of a photograph by Mr. Gothard

The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Meals for unemployed Lancashire mill workers

Blast furnaces at the Satkinskii factory, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Blast furnaces at the Satkinskii factory, 1910.

The Cotton Famine: distributing tickets for bread, soup, meat, meal, coal etc, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: distributing tickets for bread, soup, meat, meal, coal etc, at the office of a district provident society, Manchester, 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The Cotton Famine: school for mill operatives at Mr. Stirling's mill...Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: school for mill operatives at Mr. Stirling's mill, Lower Mosley-street, Manchester, 1862. Literacy classes for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

The Cotton Famine: provision-shop...Manchester and Salford Provident Society, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: provision-shop where goods are obtained for tickets issued by the Manchester and Salford Provident Society, 1862. Unemployment in Lancashire

The Cotton Famine: the Manchester and Salford Provident Society distributing clothing, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: the Manchester and Salford Provident Society distributing clothing, 1862. Charitable donations for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

The Cotton Famine: operatives reading the latest news from America in Camp-field free library, 1862 Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: operatives reading the latest news from America in Camp-field free library, Manchester, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers reading newspaper accounts of the American

The Cotton Famine: the Society of Friends' soup-kitchen...Lower Moseley-street, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: the Society of Friends' soup-kitchen, Ball-street, Lower Moseley-street, Manchester, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers queue for food

The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Lancashire Textile workers. 'The Carder's business is to see that machinery is kept in perfect working order...The Jack Tenter

Cotton from India: a cotton convoy - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton from India: a cotton convoy proceeding from Rewah towards the Ganges - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. '...a small convoy of solid wooden-wheeled carts, pad bullocks

The Cotton Famine: meeting of the central relief committee...Manchester townhall..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: meeting of the central relief committee in the mayor's parlour at the Manchester townhall - Earl Derby in the chair, 1862

Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore early in the morning, 1862. Boats en route to '...Calcutta, for the purpose of shipping the cotton to Europe

The Cotton Famine: waiting-room at the district provident institution, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: waiting-room at the district provident institution, Manchester, 1862. View of '...the antechamber to the kitchen...Here the distribution [of soup to unemployed Lancashire

The Cotton Famine: making up parcels of clothing at the industrial institution, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: making up parcels of clothing at the industrial institution, Manchester, 1862. 'Our Artist has made a sketch of that portion of the building where the bales are received in

The Cotton Famine: receiving clothes at Bridewell Hospital...for the distressed operatives, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: receiving clothes at Bridewell Hospital, London, for the distressed operatives, 1862. '[In Lancashire]

The Cotton Famine: distributing coal at the Castle-field old coal-wharf, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: distributing coal at the Castle-field old coal-wharf, Manchester, 1862. Charity for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

The Cotton Famine: shop for mill-hands at Mr. Birley's mill, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: shop for mill-hands at Mr. Birley's mill, Manchester, 1862. Charity for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers. 'Mr

The Cotton Famine: dwellings of Manchester operatives, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: dwellings of Manchester operatives, 1862. Starvation and destitution among unemployed Lancashire textiles workers. 'No

The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester...Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester and Salford Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

The Punjaub Exhibition Building at Lahore, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Punjaub Exhibition Building at Lahore, [India], 1864. 'An exhibition of the products, manufactures and arts of the Punjaub is about to be held...The building is of brickwork...with two small

Molding of an artistic casting, Kasli Iron Works, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Molding of an artistic casting, Kasli Iron Works, 1910. People at Work: Production of Artistic Casting. Founded in 1747, the Kasli Iron Works

Joining shop for the production of scabbards at the Zlatoust plant, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Joining shop for the production of scabbards at the Zlatoust plant, 1910.

'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Creator: Francis Picabia
'Drawing of Francis Picabia', c1930. Francis Picabia's early works were in the Impressionist style. After 1912 he developed a style of abstract cubism with orphic elements which

Merrimack River at Manchester, N.H. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Merrimack River at Manchester, N.H. between 1900 and 1920

Emblematic Group of Figures, by Mr. John Thomas, over the Principal Entrance of the Leeds... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Emblematic Group of Figures, by Mr. John Thomas, over the Principal Entrance of the Leeds Townhall, 1858. Bas-relief by...Mr. Thomas of London, the sculptor of the Houses of Parliament

Span of Railway Bridge for India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Span of Railway Bridge for India, 1858....the Keeal and Huttohur Bridges...have just been constructed for the East Indian Railway Company by Messrs

Jubilee of the Railway Locomotive Factory Works at Crewe, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Jubilee of the Railway Locomotive Factory Works at Crewe, 1876....Crewe has been created and is maintained wholly by the work of manufacturing and repairing locomotive engines for the [London

Iron Pot and Pan Foundry at Kawaguchi, 1879. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Iron Pot and Pan Foundry at Kawaguchi, 1879

Single Leaf from Mantiq al-tayr by Farid al-din `Atta, late 9th century AH/AD 15th century. Creator: Bihzad
Single Leaf from Mantiq al-tayr by Farid al-din `Atta, late 9th century AH/AD 15th century. This Timurid leaf depicting a funeral procession, Walters W.678

Stefan Schlick, (1487-1526), c17th century. Creator: David Frumerie
Stefan Schlick, (1487-1526), c17th century

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