Factory Collection (page 100)

Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Six printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Original printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Craftsman at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsman at work at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, spreading thick paint onto a canvas cloth with a long trowel. Date: 1842

View inside a floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
View inside the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, showing the drying room. Date: 1842

View inside a copper and lead factory, London
View inside the Pontifex and Wood copper and lead factory, Shoe Lane, London. Date: 1842

Oil leather fulling stocks at leather factory, south London
Oil leather fulling stocks (with heavy wooden hammers, used for producing wash leather or chamois leather) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Sumach tan tub at a leather factory, south London
Sumach tan tub (part of the goatskin tanning process) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Women riding on cases of TNT, WW1
Women riding on cases of TNT, packed for despatch to a shell factory, First World War. 1914-1918

Women doing wartime work at a factory, WW1
Women doing wartime work at a factory where margarine is being made to save on butter, WW1. 1914-1918

Inside a cabinet piano, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
The action or internal mechanism of a cabinet pianoforte, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, London
Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Date: 1842

Piano keys and action, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Square pianoforte keys and treble action, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Man at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Man at work cutting keys, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

People at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
People at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, London 1842
Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, Clerkenwell Close, London. 1842

People working in a soap and candle factory, south London
People working in the B T & W Hawes soap and candle factory on the south bank of the River Thames in London, showing soap-boiling coppers. 1842

Filling Soap-frames (engraving)
3654615 Filling Soap-frames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Filling Soap-frames. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Cloth-embossing Machine (engraving)
3654614 Cloth-embossing Machine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cloth-embossing Machine)

Dipping machine (engraving)
3654612 Dipping machine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dipping machine. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Key-cutter at work (engraving)
3654609 Key-cutter at work (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Key-cutter at work. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Brearley From Lower Ewood, 1869 (oil on canvas)
3822336 Brearley From Lower Ewood, 1869 (oil on canvas) by Holland, John (c.1805-80); 70x107 cm; Calderdale Museums Service, West Yorkshire, UK; eCalderdale Borough Council; English, out of copyright

Columbia Phonograph Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Columbia Phonograph Company Factory (later Columbia Records), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1915

Le marteau-pilon a la forge de grosses-oeuvres, L enorme piece a forger sort eblouissante du four (engraving)
2814455 Le marteau-pilon a la forge de grosses-oeuvres, L enorme piece a forger sort eblouissante du four (engraving) by French School

Silver plating (chromolitho)
2817091 Silver plating (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silver plating. Educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Cigarreras au travail, fabrica de tabacos de Seville (engraving)
2793228 Cigarreras au travail, fabrica de tabacos de Seville (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cigarreras au travail, fabrica de tabacos de Seville)

Printing (colour litho)
2795460 Printing (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Printing. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations Instructives)

Glass making (colour litho)
2795428 Glass making (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glass making. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations)

Doffers in Cherryville Mfg Co
2910354 Doffers in Cherryville Mfg Co by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); (add.info.: 1909 Photograph of Doffers in Cherryville Mfg. Co)

Entrance to Youngs Warehouse, Lewins Mead (showing gates formerly the Small
2832316 Entrance to Youngs Warehouse, Lewins Mead (showing gates formerly the Small Street Gate) (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

The tremendous casting (Colour Litho)
2778566 The tremendous casting (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The terrible casting)

Coupeuse mecanique des chiffons (engraving)
2787802 Coupeuse mecanique des chiffons (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coupeuse mecanique des chiffons)

Atelier des piles raffineuses et blanchisseuses (engraving)
2787801 Atelier des piles raffineuses et blanchisseuses (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Atelier des piles raffineuses et blanchisseuses)

La salle, ou l atelier de revoyage, de comptage, de pliage, de mise en presse et d empaquetage du papier (engraving)
2787797 La salle, ou l atelier de revoyage, de comptage, de pliage, de mise en presse et d empaquetage du papier (engraving) by French School

Le doge de Venise visitant les verreries de Murano (engraving)
2787557 Le doge de Venise visitant les verreries de Murano (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le doge de Venise visitant les verreries de Murano)

La Fabrication Du Verre (engraving)
2787829 La Fabrication Du Verre (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Fabrication Du Verre)

Interieur d une fabrique de sucre de betterave, Atelier contenant les chaudieres a cuire dans... (engraving)
2787792 Interieur d une fabrique de sucre de betterave, Atelier contenant les chaudieres a cuire dans... (engraving) by French School

Grand laminoir pour reduire en feuilles les blocs de caoutchouc purifie (engraving)
2787763 Grand laminoir pour reduire en feuilles les blocs de caoutchouc purifie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vue generale d un atelier pour la fabrication de la glace avec l appareil de M Ferdinand Carre (engraving)
2787696 Vue generale d un atelier pour la fabrication de la glace avec l appareil de M Ferdinand Carre (engraving) by French School

Ws and C H Thomsons Skirt Manufactory (engraving)
3638123 Ws and C H Thomsons Skirt Manufactory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ws and C H Thomsons Skirt Manufactory)

Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel (b / w photo)
3637654 Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making artificial eyes from glass and enamel)

Making chains for the ship (litho)
3622181 Making chains for the ship (litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making chains for the ship)

English women munitions workers assembling fuses (b / w photo)
3626906 English women munitions workers assembling fuses (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: English women munitions workers assembling fuses)

King George V visits a shell filling factory (b / w photo)
3656526 King George V visits a shell filling factory (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King George V visits a shell filling factory)

Rosenlunds Fabriker (Rosenlunds Factory), Rosenlunds, Stockholm, Sweden, c. 1840 (colour litho)
3600982 Rosenlunds Fabriker (Rosenlunds Factory), Rosenlunds, Stockholm, Sweden, c.1840 (colour litho) by Swedish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cotton mill, Stromsbro, Sweden, c. 1840 (colour litho)
3600981 Cotton mill, Stromsbro, Sweden, c.1840 (colour litho) by Swedish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour lithograph showing a cotton mill in Stromsbro)

Gasworks (colour litho)
3643736 Gasworks (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gasworks. Illustration for Graphic Stories of Inventions edited by M T Yates (Collins)

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"From Swindon Works to Loch Laphroaig: Exploring the Global Tapestry of Factories" Step back in time with a glimpse into the past at Swindon Works Map, circa 1940s. This historical gem takes us on a journey through the heart of industrial Britain, where locomotives like the majestic 7 King Class Locomotives were crafted with precision and pride. Venturing further north, we find ourselves amidst the rugged beauty of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Here lies the iconic Laphroaig Whisky Distillery, an enchanting factory that has been perfecting its craft for generations. The aroma of peat fills the air as skilled artisans create one of Scotland's finest exports. Traveling across to Consett Steel Works, we witness a symphony of fire and steel. The intense heat illuminates this bustling factory as molten metal is transformed into sturdy structures that shape our modern world. At Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, we are greeted by towering vessels awaiting their maiden voyage. This legendary factory has birthed countless ships that have sailed oceans far and wide – each carrying dreams and aspirations within their hulls. In Kirkcaldy stands Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd. , an advertisement reminding us how factories have long been pillars of local economies. Their products not only bring prosperity but also tell stories woven into every thread they produce. Clydebank's Singer Sewing Machines Factory hums with rhythmic precision as skilled hands stitch together fabrics from around the globe. In this bustling hive of creativity, innovation intertwines seamlessly with tradition. The Ferrari F1 Launch transports us to Maranello's prestigious factory where speed meets elegance. Outside its gates stand racing Ferraris - symbols of engineering excellence ready to conquer racetracks worldwide. Austin Motor Plant epitomizes British automotive manufacturing prowess.