Industrial Revolution Collection (page 4)

Cotton handkerchief with a satire on the effects of the coming of the Dutch railways, 1835
1577650 Cotton handkerchief with a satire on the effects of the coming of the Dutch railways, 1835; (add.info.: Cotton handkerchief with a satire on the effects of the coming of the Dutch railways)

Portrait of Carl Wilhelm Siemens
672557 Portrait of Carl Wilhelm Siemens; (add.info.: Carl Wilhelm Siemens (en: Charles William Siemens, known as Sir William Siemens) (4 April 1823 - 19 November 1883)

Steam hammer in a German rolling mill (colour litho)
8663920 Steam hammer in a German rolling mill (colour litho) by Montan, Anders (1845-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steam hammer in a German rolling mill)

Railways and telegraphs of the world, the creation of the nineteenth century (colour litho)
8634778 Railways and telegraphs of the world, the creation of the nineteenth century (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Coastwise: Merseyside (b/w photo)
8671409 Coastwise: Merseyside (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merseyside)

Steam Engine Makers Society, 1884 (hand coloured engraving on paper)
7485259 Steam Engine Makers Society, 1884 (hand coloured engraving on paper) by Morton, William (b.1826); 49x34 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Crumlin Viaduct, c.1852 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483131 Crumlin Viaduct, c.1852 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Kennard, Thomas William (1825-1893); 26x45 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine, 1862
7125126 R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine, 1862; (add.info.: R. Hornsby and Son's portable double-cylinder steam engine)

Merryweather and Son's steam pumper fire engine, 1862
7125118 Merryweather and Son's steam pumper fire engine, 1862; (add.info.: Merryweather and Son's steam pumper fire engine, 1862)

Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus, 1862
7125115 Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus, 1862; (add.info.: Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus)

An early fire engine, 1862
7125114 An early fire engine, 1862; (add.info.: Horizontal double-action farm, mansion or factory fire engine. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

The interior of The Crystal Palace
5307880 The interior of The Crystal Palace.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the interior of The Crystal Palace (the Main Transept) during the Great Exhibition of 1851. Dated 19th century

Davy's safety lamp
5309957 Davy's safety lamp; (add.info.: Davy's safety lamp, showing the flame surrounded by metal gauze. 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954779 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Map of the inland navigation of England and Wales by the canals and principal rivers, 1809
FLO4974709 Map of the inland navigation of England and Wales by the canals and principal rivers, 1809. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Good's Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963668 Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s)

Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900
NWI4825485 Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900.; (add.info.: Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Presentation in 1801 of the experiments on the electric battery to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Volta
CUL4932588 Presentation in 1801 of the experiments on the electric battery to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Volta (engraving); (add.info.: Volta)

Pottery kiln, vertical and horizontal sections, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an
FLO4593602 Pottery kiln, vertical and horizontal sections, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

John Bramah's banknote printing press for printing sequential serial numbers, 1806
FLO4593440 John Bramah's banknote printing press for printing sequential serial numbers, 1806. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

Steam engines by Thomas Savery, William Blakey, Mr Kier, and Denis Papin, 17th and 18th centuries
FLO4593330 Steam engines by Thomas Savery, William Blakey, Mr Kier, and Denis Papin, 17th and 18th centuries. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Steam engine, on the principle of Thomas Newcomen, as constructed by John Smeaton, 19th century
FLO4593327 Steam engine, on the principle of Thomas Newcomen, as constructed by John Smeaton, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Slubbing machine or billy, used to twist carded thread in woollen manufacture, 19th century
FLO4593159 Slubbing machine or billy, used to twist carded thread in woollen manufacture, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Main door of Barclay's Pub in London. Published in The Pictorial Gallery of Arts"
CUL4892629 Main door of Barclay's Pub in London. Published in The Pictorial Gallery of Arts". by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: Main door of Barclay's Pub in London)

The Blackburn power loom, 1862
7125203 The Blackburn power loom, 1862; (add.info.: The Blackburn power loom invented by William Dickinson & Sons. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

Bolt, bolt mill - View of a bolting mill from the 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey Jr
FLO4685689 Bolt, bolt mill - View of a bolting mill from the 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey Jr. from John Mason Good's Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Plans and views of lock gates in operation on canals, 18th century, England
FLO4685683 Plans and views of lock gates in operation on canals, 18th century, England. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Good's Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

German silk workers working at a loom
3480221 German silk workers working at a loom; (add.info.: 18th century, German silk workers working at a loom. By Johann Miel 1733-1805.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Hooking warp threads, 1885
3480213 Hooking warp threads, 1885; (add.info.: US silk production. Hooking warp threads through the harness to form pattern, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, 1851
3480175 Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, 1851; (add.info.: Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, English 1851.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Doubling silk, 1843
3480222 Doubling silk, 1843; (add.info.: Doubling silk: Lombes silk mill, Derby, In this process two or more of the spun threads were laid parallel on a bobbin ready to be twisted on the throwing)

James Watt Steam engine, 1884
3508030 James Watt Steam engine, 1884; (add.info.: James Watt Steam engine produced in Birmingham, England for Sewage pumping 1884.); Universal History Archive

Portrait of James Hall Nasmyth
672592 Portrait of James Hall Nasmyth; (add.info.: James Nasmyth - Woodbury James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith)

Blowing engine designed by Smeaton and used at the Carron ironworks, 1808 (engraving)
865327 Blowing engine designed by Smeaton and used at the Carron ironworks, 1808 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Opening of the railway between Amsterdam and Haarlem, 1837
1577656 Opening of the railway between Amsterdam and Haarlem, 1837; (add.info.: Opening of the railway between Amsterdam and Haarlem, Netherlands, 1837. lithograph by M. Mourot)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer (engraving)
8676803 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), British civil engineer

Engine Makers (colour litho)
8650398 Engine Makers (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engine Makers. Illustration for Buttercups)

Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper)
7485311 Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper) by Gane, Richard (1839-1877); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Penny trade token issued by John Wilkinson
5307944 Penny trade token issued by John Wilkinson.; (add.info.: Penny trade token issued by John Wilkinson, forged with a tilt-hammer)

The smoking chimneys of Sheffield
5310003 The smoking chimneys of Sheffield; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the smoking chimneys of Sheffield. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Inventor Richard Arkwright
NWI4947861 Inventor Richard Arkwright.; (add.info.: Inventor Richard Arkwright.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

An iron and steel worker watching a Bessemer converter, circa 1800 - Colourful engraving of a 19th century illustration
NWI4828593 An iron and steel worker watching a Bessemer converter, circa 1800 - Colourful engraving of a 19th century illustration - (Steel-mill worker overseeing a Bessemer steel converter, 1800s)

R. Hornsby and Son's washing, wringing and mangling machine, 1862
7125127 R. Hornsby and Son's washing, wringing and mangling machine, 1862; (add.info.: R. Hornsby and Son's washing, wringing and mangling machine)

An ice locomotive, 1862
7125116 An ice locomotive, 1862; (add.info.: An ice locomotive, designed by Nathaniel Grew and sent to Russia in 1861 for work on the River Neva for the conveyance of goods and passengers)

Smoke leaving the Duquesne factory chimneys at night, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900
NWI4827220 Smoke leaving the Duquesne factory chimneys at night, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Winding machine for transferring raw silk from hangs to bobbins, 1843
3480224 Winding machine for transferring raw silk from hangs to bobbins, 1843; (add.info.: Winding machine for transferring raw silk from hangs to bobbins: Lombe's silk mill, Derby)

John Wilkinson
3585875 John Wilkinson; (add.info.: Portrait of John Wilkinson (1728-1808) an English industrialist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

First rotary press printing machine patented by printer Richard Bacon and engineer Bryan Donkin, 1813
FLO4593470 First rotary press printing machine patented by printer Richard Bacon and engineer Bryan Donkin, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

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The Industrial Revolution in the 1800s marked a significant turning point in history, as it brought about groundbreaking advancements and transformations that shaped the world we know today. The Engine House at GWR Works in Swindon (BB94_04685) stands tall as a testament to this era of innovation and progress. Meanwhile, deep within the coal mines of England during the 1850s, workers toiled tirelessly to extract precious resources that fueled industrial growth. In British factories across the nation, skilled artisans blew glass with precision and finesse, showcasing their craftsmanship amidst the bustling atmosphere of production. A Factoryscape in the Potteries captured by lens in 1938 reveals a landscape dominated by chimneys spewing smoke into an ever-changing sky. Crewe Station emerged on July 4th, 1837, marking its inauguration alongside the opening of the Grand Junction Railway. This transportation hub became a symbol of connectivity and facilitated trade between cities like never before. Victorian London was notorious for its shady corners where both wealth and poverty coexisted side by side. A Punch cartoon immortalizes Faraday's brilliance as he presents his card to Father Thames himself - an engraving capturing scientific discovery intertwining with nature's elements. Arkwright's Cotton Mills illuminated Cromford, Derbyshire when night fell; these mills were beacons of productivity powered by George Stephenson's revolutionary locomotive "The Rocket" from 1829. Glass factory workers throughout Britain during this period showcased their dedication while shaping molten material into exquisite forms that adorned homes worldwide. These glimpses into our past remind us how far we have come thanks to those who dared to dream big during this transformative age known as the Industrial Revolution.