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Making the bodies for Model T Fords, 1915. Factory workers on the production line completing upholstery for the seats. A sack of stuffing lies on the floor
Talbot factory, London, c1935. Cars on the production line at the Talbot factory in Barlby Road, Kensington
Chevrolet assembly line. Two plant workers check the wheels
Aluminium belt, Wolseley foundry, 1920s
The Daimler chassis shop, c1911-c1914. A Daimler, suspended from the ceiling, being transported across the factory floor
Arthur Mulliner's coachbuilding works, Northampton, c1923. Workers on the production line at the factory; Mulliner's provided coachwork for Rolls Royce cars
Morris Cowley paint shop, 1920s
Interior of the Calcott car factory, Coventry, Warwickshire, April, 1921. The production line, and workers, showing the car at various stages
Chevrolet 490 cars on production line, c1920. A long line of the cars, apparently completed. The Chevrolet 490 was designed to challenge the Model T Ford for its share of the market
Ford factory, Dagenham, Essex, 1937. 22 hp Ford V8 Saloons being driven off the production line
Citroen production line, France, c1922. Men busy working on the B2 model
Interior of the Norton factory, showing the production line, 1929
The Austin car factory at Longbridge, Birmingham, 1913
Wolseley factory, Birmingham, c1921. 6 cl chassis on the production line at Adderley Park
Assembly line of the Morris Bullnose, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1925
Daimler factory, 1950s. Production line turning out Daimler cars
Citroen Production line, 1960. Producing Citroen DS 19s and Citroen ID 19s
Ford Escort production line, 1973. A line of Ford Escorts with their bonnets up
The panelling department at the Morris factory, 1925. A line of factory workers pruducing the panelling for the Morris Coupé
Ford production line, Genk factory, Belgium, early 1960s. The first cars on the production line at the factory, watched by Ford management
The Vintage of Médoc: cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau d'EstournelThe Vintage of Medoc: cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau d'Estournel, 1871. The vine-growing district of Medoc, near Bordeaux in France
The device that winds the yarn off bobbins to form the warp of the web: warping-frames, 1909. The Romance of Cotton: Cottage to Great Factory'
Casting a steam-engine Corliss cylinder - 62 inches in diameterThe Modern Mechanical Hercules: How We Harness Steam - Casting a steam-engine Corliss cylinder - 62 inches in diameter, 6-feet stroke, 1909
The cigarette-maker: rolling, 1909. Creator: UnknownThe Very Fragrant Weed: Sixty Years of Cigarette Smoking: The cigarette-maker: rolling, 1909....with the introduction of the cigarette...condemnation of tobacco began to wane
The making of the engines that drive cotton-mills: one of the erecting-shopsThe Modern Mechanical Hercules: How We Harness Steam - - The making of the engines that drive cotton-mills: one of the erecting-shops, 1909
The making of the engines that drive cotton-mills: one of the machine-shopsThe Modern Mechanical Hercules: How We Harness Steam - The making of the engines that drive cotton-mills: one of the machine-shops, 1909
The cigarette-maker: cutting, 1909. Creator: UnknownThe Very Fragrant Weed: Sixty Years of Cigarette Smoking: The cigarette-maker: cutting, 1909....with the introduction of the cigarette...condemnation of tobacco began to wane
Three thousand horse-power: two great triple-expansion engines, 1909. Creator: UnknownThe Modern Mechanical Hercules: How We Harness Steam - Three thousand horse-power: two great triple-expansion engines, 1909
That which "makes the wheels go round": a large engine in an Indian jute-factoryThe Modern Mechanical Hercules: How We Harness Steam - That which "makes the wheels go round": a large engine in an Indian jute-factory, 1909
The cigarette-maker: filling, 1909. Creator: UnknownThe Very Fragrant Weed: Sixty Years of Cigarette Smoking: The cigarette-maker: filling, 1909....with the introduction of the cigarette...condemnation of tobacco began to wane
Women working in the Royal Army Clothing Factory, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933)
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Large Machine-Shop and TurneryPenn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864....a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creator: Frederick Burr OpperCartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889
Fisher's Patent Label Manufactury, 1857. Creator: UnknownFisher's Patent Label Manufactury, 1857
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women operating Union Special sewing machines
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA
Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. USA. First World War: women using circular knitting machines to produce socks for sailors
The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: UnknownThe Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England [in London], 1854
The Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hants. 1854. Creator: UnknownThe Bank-Note Paper-Mill, Laverstoke, Hampshire, 1854. Processing paper used for banknotes
Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: UnknownSteam Sewing-Machines, 1854
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Creator: Charles William SheeresMare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, an
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Creator: UnknownAmmunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: UnknownAmmunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862....one among the series of interesting machines exhibited by J. Harrison and Sons, of Blackburn
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes
Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: UnknownManufacture 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
Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W ThomasFinishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862
Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair dept
Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas
Grading and packing onions, Rice County, Minnesota, 1939. Creator: Arthur Rothstein[Grading and packing onions, Rice County, Minnesota]
In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes in twenty-five pound sacks for the chain store trade. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
Grading potatoes, preparing for shipment, cold, rainy morning, end of harvesting season. Potatoes have been stored in this growers cellar. Ten miles south of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa", Japan, c. 1772
Filling Cartridges at the United States Arsenal, at Watertown, Massachusetts (Harpers Weekly, Vol. V), July 20, 1861
Imported Silk Reeling Machine at Tsukiji in Tokyo, 4th month, 1872
Women Workers and the War... First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: UnknownWomen Workers and the War: drilling and assembling operations on fuses, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). From " The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby
Women Workers for the War, c1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: UnknownWomen Workers for the War, c1914-1918, (c1920). Shell-making in one of the Scottish munition works
Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R DavisMunitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Machines speeded up production after the Civil War
Cornhill, London, 1840. Artist: WD HornsbyInterior view of Purssells Kitchen, no 80 Cornhill, London, 1840; showing preparation and cooking of food, including biscuits and confectionery
Immigrant workers on the cooker production line at the GEC, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1962
Cooker production line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. ArtistCooker production line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. The final stages of cooker assembly at the GEC plant in Swinton (near Rotherham)
Refrigerators being assembled at the GEC in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. ArtistRefrigerators being assembled at the GEC factory in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963
The cooker assembly line at the GEC factory, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. ArtistThe 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)
Bottling beer at Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. ArtistBottling beer at Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. The bottles are filled and the caps placed on them before proceeding along the production line to the labelling machine
The final process of bottling beer, Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960
Beer bottles being filled at Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. ArtistBeer bottles being filled at Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Wards new bottling plant, near Rotherham, had the capacity to put labels on and to fill 8000 bottles per hour
The final stages of bottling whisky at Wiley & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1960. The final process of the whisky blending where the bottles are filled, the tops fitted and the labels attatched
GEC electrical goods assembly plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. The end of the fridge assembly line can be seen in the foreground, where the fridges are being packed for dispatch
Detonator production, ICI plant, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1962. Detonators were produced on the site for 70 years until the mid 1960s
Ward & Sons new soft drink bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. ArtistWard & Sons new soft drink bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961
Quality checking cookers at the GEC plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. ArtistQuality checking cookers at the GEC plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. An overview of the final stages of cooker assembly at the GEC plant in Swinton, near Rotherham
The final stages of cooker assembly at the GEC plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960
Ward & Sons soft drink bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. ArtistWard & Sons soft drink bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Swinton had a strong tradition of glass manufacture
Fridge assembly at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. ArtistFridge assembly at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. Fridges roll off the end of the production line at the General Electric Co in Swinton (South Yorkshire)
Fridge assembly line at the General Electric Company, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964
Great hall in Messrs Marshalls flax mill, Leeds, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Brick machines, 19th century. Bradley and Cravens brick machine and Claytons brick machine