Mould Collection (page 4)

Stripping a steel casting, Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Steelworkers remove the mould from a steel casting, (in this case a five foot roller). This process is known as stripping

Pattern making for a steel mould, Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Pattern making for a steel mould, Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Engineers work from detailed technical drawings to create patterns

Moulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Moulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steel worker uses a wooden pattern to create a mould for a steel casting

Casting a 1 in 14 rail crossing, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

1 in 14 rail crossing, mould and pattern, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Pattern making for a rail junction, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. The pattern was made by hand from wood

Pouring a small casting at Edgar Allens Steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

At Work in the Foundry. Making Wax Moulds of the Pages, 1917. A photograph of the Illustrated London News and the Sketch office. From The British Printer Vol. XXIV. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co

Pressers at work, c1880. Workers making bottles. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

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

Confectioners, moulds, 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

The Sforza Monument, c1488-1493. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
The Sforza Monument, c1488-1493. Top: study, c1488-1490, from the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England; bottom right: Two Sketches of Moulds for Casting a Prancing Horse

Melting house at the Paris mint, 1892. Pouring gold into moulds to form standard ingots

Tapping a blast furnace and running molten iron into the pigs, c1885

Casting the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift)

Casting a mortar at Grissells Regents Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855. A Nasmyth safety ladle (invented 1838) is being used. From The Illustrated London News, December 29 1855

Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC
Detail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Artists reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age, 1889. In the left background metal is being heated in a furnace, while at the right molten metal is being poured into a mould

Casting cannon, 1751-1780. Drying clay patterns which would be used to produce a mould into which molten metal would be run. From Denis Diderots Encyclopedie. (Paris, 1751-1780)

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