Manufacturing Collection (page 13)

Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Tensioning the crosscut on a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. The process of tensioning involves hammering the saw face to alter the shape of

Grinding two metre saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. To produce a smooth finish to the saw blades, the faces are ground on giant revolving grinding stones

Heat treating a two metre saw blade, Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of heat-treating metal involves the heating up and rapid cooling of the metal

Checking finished castings at AT Green & Sons Ltd foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. To create the smooth finishes to a casting, it is machined

Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker pours molten steel from the furnace as a mould is filled in the gackground

Quality checking a casting for a pump, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. AT Green & Sons ran a foundry in Northfield Lane in Rotherham

General view of the foundry, AT Green & Sons Ltd, South Yorkshire, Rotherham, 1963. AT Green & Sons ran a foundry in Northfield Lane in Rotherham

A machinist quality checking a six foot circular saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A machinist from the Edgar Allen Steel Company quality checking a six foot circular saw blade after

Refrigerators being assembled at the GEC in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Refrigerators being assembled at the GEC factory in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Later to become Morphy Richards, the company transferred production from their Birmingham plant after the Second

Cement materials, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Cement materials, 1963. Lime and silica make up about 85% of the mass of cement and requires around 80 different operations requiring a large amount of heat and energy

A yardsman stacking pallets of bricks, Whitwick Brickworks, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1963. Stacking pallets of bricks with a Coventry Climax forklift truck

Loading a palletising machine with bricks, Whitwick Brickworks, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1963. A worker at the Whitwick Brickworks loading a palletising machine which is used to load the finished

Palletising machine at Whitwick Brickworks, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1963. Artist
Palletising machine at Whitwick Brickworks, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1963. A palletising machine which is used to load the finished brick onto pallets

The cooker assembly line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
The cooker assembly line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. The final stages of cooker asembly at the GEC plant in Swinton (near Rotherham)

Sheffield steel product: a Slack Sellars saw blade, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Sheffield steel product: a Slack Sellars saw blade, 1963. One of the products Sheffield was famous for was its high quality steels

Filling bags of animal feed, Spillers Animal foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1963. Bags of animal feed being filled from hoppers

Assembling trackwork in an ICI factory, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Assembling trackwork in an ICI factory, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Installation of trackwork in an ICI Plant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Installation of trackwork in an ICI Plant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Central control area of the dolomite plant, Steetley, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Artist
Central control area of the dolomite plant, Steetley, Nottinghamshire, 1963. A plant controller uses eye protection as he checks on the contents of the kiln in the central control area of

Vacuum absorbtion chamber, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. A technician with a vacuum absorbtion chamber, which is used in the production of tungsten carbide

Tungsten carbide furnace being loaded, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Tungsten carbide is a chemical compound containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms

Lab tachnician using a table top test furnace, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist
Lab tachnician using a table top test furnace, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. A technician at work in the laboratory at the Edgar Allen Steel Co

A lab tachnician with a Reichter Microscope at a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. A lab tachnician checks the quality of tungsten carbide with at the Edgar Allen Steel Co

Steelworks safety representative, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971

Steel worker, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist: Michael Walters
Steel worker, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. A close up of a manager from the Newton Chambers steel foundry in Chapeltown, near Sheffield

Testing the temperature of molten steel, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Steelworkers test the temperature of molten steel with an immersion pyrometer at the Park Gate Iron

Eectromagnet above steel ingots, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Hot iron ready for forging, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Steelworkers handle hot iron ready for forging. Chains support the iron and the forge can be seen in the foreground

Steel bars being cut to size at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The finished steel bars being cut to size and marked up for dispatch

Crack detection on steel bars at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A dye penetrant is poured onto the steel

Ultrasonic testing of steel, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. In part of the warehouse storing flat steel bars

Grinding steel bars at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Grinding steel bars at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The steel bars are ground to produce an accurate diameter on a Cincinnati grinding machine

Inspecting a large precision steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
Inspecting a large precision steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. A technician inspects a large steel casting at Edgar Allens Steel foundry in Sheffield

Control room at Manvers coal preparation plant, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Manvers was the largest industrial site in Europe at the time

Engineers fabricating a rail junction for the Crewe South Junction before delivery, 1977

Teeming (pouring) steel ingots, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

A petrochemical plant towering over residential housing, Baglan Bay, Wales, 1975. By the late 1960s British Petroleums (BP) plant at Baglan Bay, near Swansea

Enamelling a steel bath at Ideal Standard, Hull, Humberside, 1967. Established in 1954, Ideal Standard has been producing bathroom products in Hull for over 50 years

Extracting a steel bath from the furnace at Ideal Standard in Hull, Humberside, 1967. Established in 1954, Ideal Standard has been producing bathroom products in Hull for over 50 years

Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Photo for a press ad showing a selection of designers and tradesmen in white coats with shop floor workers to the rear

Worker using a cutting machine, Egdar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. A technician at work on a Taylor Hobson optical profile cutting machine that was used for the precision

Steelworker, Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist
Steelworker, Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. A steelworker lit by the glow of the furnace. George Newton

A steel pour at Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist
A steel pour at Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. George Newton and Thomas Chambers entered into a partnership in 1789 that would result in the founding of one of

Pouring iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. An iconic view of the T3 crucible pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit

Training in a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Training in a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker undergoing training on the controls for the new Kaldo furnace at Park Gate Iron & Steel Works near Rotherham

An engineer at work at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. An engineer using a precision depth guage to quality check a giant magnet casting

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