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Metal Industry Collection

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Needle-making equipment, 1819

Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Steel Foundry, 1932. Creator: Armand Jamar

Steel Foundry, 1932. Creator: Armand Jamar
Steel Foundry, 1932

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Casting one of the plates for the great steam-hammer at Woolwich, 1872. Creator: Unknown

Casting one of the plates for the great steam-hammer at Woolwich, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Casting one of the plates for the great steam-hammer at Woolwich, 1872

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Statue of Mr. John Cockerill at Seraing, Belgium, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Statue of Mr. John Cockerill at Seraing, Belgium, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Mr. John Cockerill at Seraing, Belgium, 1871. The town of Seraing...contains 25, 000 inhabitants, all dependent on the great iron-smelting and engine-making works of Messrs

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Presentation of a testimonial to Mr

Presentation of a testimonial to Mr. W. F. Dixon, by the workpeople of James Dixon and Sons, Sheffield, 1870. Mr. W. F

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: casting a great cylinder for a marine steam-engine, 1865

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: View of Lima, the capital of Peru, 1864. Creator: Unknown

View of Lima, the capital of Peru, 1864. Creator: Unknown
View of Lima, the capital of Peru, 1864

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Interior of a Copper Foundry in Falun, 1781. Creator: Per Hillestrom

Interior of a Copper Foundry in Falun, 1781. Creator: Per Hillestrom
Interior of a Copper Foundry in Falun, 1781

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: In the Anchor-Forge at Söderfors. The Smiths Hard at Work. Creator: Per Hillestrom

In the Anchor-Forge at Söderfors. The Smiths Hard at Work. Creator: Per Hillestrom
In the Anchor-Forge at Soderfors. The Smiths Hard at Work, Unknown date

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13ème arrondissement : Vertus civiques

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13ème arrondissement : Vertus civiques
Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13eme arrondissement : Vertus civiques. 1878. Sketch for interior of reception hall for marriages. Civic virtues: blacksmith's forge

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville: Forgerons

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

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Fondeurs

Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Fondeurs
Esquisse pour la galerie des Metiers de l'Hotel de Ville : Fondeurs, 1890. Foundry workers

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Sketch for the salon des Sciences of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris: Fire

Sketch for the salon des Sciences of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris: Fire
Sketch for the salon des Sciences of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Fire, between 1889 and 1891. Metalworker at a furnace. (Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Le Feu)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Iron Ship Fitting at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1854

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs

Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Map of the Russian Empire showing the regions of the precious metals

Map of the Russian Empire showing the regions of the precious metals, 1890

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department

The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department of the Western Annexe, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder

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

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Progress of the International Exhibition building: the forge, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Progress of the International Exhibition building: the forge, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the International Exhibition building: the forge, [London], 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay

Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay
Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at the foundry of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Westminster-road, London, 1862

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Toning the Bell, 1874. Creator: Walter Shirlaw

Toning the Bell, 1874. Creator: Walter Shirlaw
Toning the Bell, 1874. Musicians in a foundry, helping the blacksmith tone a church bell

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E. R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co

Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E. R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co
Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co. Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Machinery Manufacturers, 1841-44

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Bell Foundry, Germany, ca. 1874. Creator: Walter Shirlaw

Bell Foundry, Germany, ca. 1874. Creator: Walter Shirlaw
Bell Foundry, Germany, ca. 1874

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1844

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: A Blacksmiths Shop, August 25, 1771. Creator: Richard Earlom

A Blacksmiths Shop, August 25, 1771. Creator: Richard Earlom
A Blacksmiths Shop, August 25, 1771

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The Making of Armours, from Hymmelwagen auff dem, wer wol lebt... 1517

The Making of Armours, from Hymmelwagen auff dem, wer wol lebt... 1517

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: [Factory Interior], ca. 1880. Creator: Louis Lafon

[Factory Interior], ca. 1880. Creator: Louis Lafon
[Factory Interior], ca. 1880

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The Forge. Creator: Leonard Defrance

The Forge. Creator: Leonard Defrance
The Forge

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Metalworkers, Styria, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown

Metalworkers, Styria, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Metalworkers, Styria, Austria, c1935. Factory workers using an industrial hammer to shape steel. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Forging the Anchor, 1892. Creator: Unknown

Forging the Anchor, 1892. Creator: Unknown
Forging the Anchor, 1892. Scene in a foundry, men hammering a ships anchor. After a painting in the Colchester and Ipswich Museums Collection. From " Modern Art Monographs"

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Fiskars ironworks, 1830-1839. Creator: Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Fiskars ironworks, 1830-1839. Creator: Pehr Adolf Kruskopf
Fiskars ironworks, 1830-1839. The village of Fiskars in Finland is the site of the former Fiskars Bruk ironworks, which was founded in 1649 and gave rise to the company Fiskars

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Interior of the old workshop at Hellebæk, 1859. Creator: Constantin Hansen

Interior of the old workshop at Hellebæk, 1859. Creator: Constantin Hansen
Interior of the old workshop at Hellebaek, 1859

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century. Artist: Jean Baptiste Henri Durand Brager

A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century. Artist: Jean Baptiste Henri Durand Brager
A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Blast furnaces, Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Company, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, 1890

Blast furnaces, Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Company, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, 1890. A charge being taken to the top of a furnace on a railway

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Making Armour for the Knights of Old, c1934

Making Armour for the Knights of Old, c1934. Illustration showing an armourers workshop containing a forge and anvil, and pieces of armour

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Work in an Iron Foundry and Smithy During The Period of the Middle Ages, c1934

Work in an Iron Foundry and Smithy During The Period of the Middle Ages, c1934. Illlustration showing iron founding and tool-making

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Shoe Lane, London, c1806. Artist: William Henry Pyne

Shoe Lane, London, c1806. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Interior view of Russell, Pontifex and Goldwins copper and brass works at nos 46-48 Shoe Lane, London, 1806, showing the men at work

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Money making; stamping and milling the disks and weighing the finished coins, 20th century

Money making; stamping and milling the disks and weighing the finished coins, 20th century

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Money making; cutting strips of silver into disks, 20th century

Money making; cutting strips of silver into disks, 20th century. The cutting machine stamps out a double row of disks

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century. Artist

Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century. Artist
Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Making money; pots of liquid metal being handled in the melting room, 20th century

Making money; pots of liquid metal being handled in the melting room, 20th century

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Deutsch Paters box baler crushing scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist

Deutsch Paters box baler crushing scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Deutsch Paters box baler crushing scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Linderman Aleta cutting jaws, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Linderman Aleta cutting jaws, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Linderman Aleta cutting jaws, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Linderman box baler crushing scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963

Linderman box baler crushing scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. The machine baled the scrap in The Edgar Allen Steel Cos Rotherham yard before it was sent to their Sheffield foundry for melting

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Scrapyard worker, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Scrapyard worker, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Scrapyard worker, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Forge in action at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Forge in action at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Close-up of a forge being worked at Edgar Allens foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962

Close-up of a forge being worked at Edgar Allens foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters

Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Edgar Allens of Sheffield used this plant in Rotherham to recycle scrap from their main facility in Sheffield

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Trapiche or Mill Used at the Lavaderos or Gold Washings, c1826, (1911)

Trapiche or Mill Used at the Lavaderos or Gold Washings, c1826, (1911). From Chile, by G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A. F.R.G.S. [T. Fisher Terrace, London, 1911]

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Cancha De Beneficiar, or Mode of Amalgamation of Gold and Silver, c1826, (1911)

Cancha De Beneficiar, or Mode of Amalgamation of Gold and Silver, c1826, (1911). From Chile, by G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A. F.R.G.S. [T. Fisher Terrace, London, 1911]

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Furnace Used In The Smelling of Copper, c1826, (1911)

Furnace Used In The Smelling of Copper, c1826, (1911). From Chile, by G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A. F.R.G.S. [T. Fisher Terrace, London, 1911]

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Advertisement for the Women Metal Workers company in London, 1901

Advertisement for the Women Metal Workers company in London, 1901. Illustration from The Connoisseur, (December 1901)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Tinman, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman

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

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Section of a Blast Furnace, Showing its Food, c1880

Section of a Blast Furnace, Showing its Food, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The Bessemer process for the mass-production of steel, c1880. Artist: CJB

The Bessemer process for the mass-production of steel, c1880. Artist: CJB
The Bessemer process for the mass-production of steel, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The blast furnaces at Summerlea by night, c1880. Artist: WD Scott-Moncrieff

The blast furnaces at Summerlea by night, c1880. Artist: WD Scott-Moncrieff
The blast furnaces at Summerlea by night, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Smelting iron furnace, 1751-1777

Smelting iron furnace, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Smelting iron furnace, pig iron mould, 1751-1777

Smelting iron furnace, pig iron mould, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Forging mill, furnace, ground moulding, 1751-1777

Forging mill, furnace, ground moulding, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Metal gilders, 1751-1777

Metal gilders, 1751-1777
Gilder, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Preparation of copper and silver to be alloyed for production of coins, 1683

Preparation of copper and silver to be alloyed for production of coins, 1683. Copper is melted (1) while an apprentice (9) soaks birch twigs in water

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: The Iron Founder, Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1821

The Iron Founder, Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1821. Metal worker ladling molten metal drawn off from the furnace on the left into a mould created by a pattern pressed into damp sand

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Iron foundry, 1802

Iron foundry, 1802. At top are two views of a furnace, on the right showing the operation of the bellows which supplied the draught and, on the left, smelted metal being poured into moulds

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Henri Etienne St Claire Deville, 19th century French chemist, (c1955)

Henri Etienne St Claire Deville, 19th century French chemist, (c1955). In 1854 Deville (1818-1881) discovered the process for obtaining pure aluminium by reducing aluminium chloride with sodium

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Women washing the precious metal platinum from alluvial gravels, Urals, Russia, 1916

Women washing the precious metal platinum from alluvial gravels, Urals, Russia, 1916

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment, 1683

Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment, 1683. 1) Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Washing ore to extract gold, 1683

Washing ore to extract gold, 1683. Water is fed into a sieve containing crushed ore. The solution containing ore in suspension is fed along collecting pans, often lined with dark woollen cloth

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Carglaze tin mine, near St Austell, Cornwall, England, c1825, (1837)

Carglaze tin mine, near St Austell, Cornwall, England, c1825, (1837)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Dalcoath copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, c1830

Dalcoath copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, c1830. View of the mine showing engine houses and Bolling Maidens who broke ore into small pieces. The mine later also produced tin

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Tin mine between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall, c1860

Tin mine between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall, c1860

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Smelting of ores (gold, silver, copper and lead), 1556

Smelting of ores (gold, silver, copper and lead), 1556. A workman beats clay to make lute to line a furnace. On the floor are various tools needed during the smelting process

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Lead smelting, 1556

Lead smelting, 1556. From De re metallica by Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace, 1556

Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace, 1556. The Foreman consumed quantities of butter to avoid being poisoned (to prevent absorption of lead in the stomach)

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Blast furnaces, South Wales, 1885

Blast furnaces, South Wales, 1885

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Industrial laboratory at Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1900

Industrial laboratory at Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1900

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Interior, Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1890

Interior, Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1890. Twelve men, each with a work station facing a window, hand-cutting files from blanks of crucible steel

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Needle making workshop, 1751-1780

Needle making workshop, 1751-1780

Background imageMetal Industry Collection: Tapping a blast furnace and casting iron into pigs, c1900

Tapping a blast furnace and casting iron into pigs, c1900. From The Marvels of Metals by FM Holmes. (London, c1900)



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