Steel Collection (#2)

Irlam Steel works. Left to right, Eric Teal, 33, Jack Hughes, 53, Stuart Johnson, 24, and Martin Kennedy leader of Workers Action Committee at Irlam steel works. 23rd June 1972

Universal Beam Mill, Teesside Steel, Lackenby, 2nd February 1989

Boy pushes his bicycle up a hill in Ebbw Vale, South Wales
A young boy pushes his bicycle up a steep hill in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Behind is the Ebbw Vale steel works. This was closed by Corus in 2002

Workers at Sheffield Smelting Co. Ltd. Sheffield, Yorkshire, late 19th cent
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s09119

Plan of lands at Neepsend by The Sheffield Gas Company, 1929
Original at Local Studies S22S

Firth Brown 5 ton steam hammer, junction of Savile Street and Sutherland Street, Attercliffe
This was built in 1947 by the Brightside Engineering Company and was restored and moved to its present day location in 1994.The hammer was used in forging steel rings for railway tyres

Advertisement for Benjamin Nicholson and Sons, steel converters and refiners, Shoreham Steel, File and Tool Works
Image from Sheffield and Neighbourhood (page 200) (printed and published by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield, 1889 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S)

Hobson Houghton and Co. Ltd. Don Steel Works, Steel Manufacturers, 1919
Page from Register of trade marks of the Cutlers Company of Sheffield, 1919. Compiled by J. H. Whitham and D. Vickers.Original at Sheffield Archives ref. SY599/B7/1

HOMESTEAD STEEL MILL. The Homestead Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Photograph, early 20th century

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, 1931. Steelworkers on girders of the Empire State Building, New York City. Photographed by Lewis Hine, 1931

Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis thaliana, Arabette rameuse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Redcar Blast Furnace, British Steel, 3rd July 1979

Curacao, Willemstad, Queen Juliana Bridge

United Kingdom, Scotland, Lothian, rail and road bridges over the Firth of Forth, linking south and north Queensferry near Edinburgh

Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The iconic view of the two Blast Furnaces that stood on the Park Gate Iron and steel company site near Rotherham

Weirs Bridge, Enniskillen - a view of a steel and concrete bridge. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh; Enniskillen). Date: circa early 1900s

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel Mills
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading at one of the Steel Mills on the Cuyahoga River - the Terminal Tower can be seen in the background - nighttime. Date: circa 1934

Advertisement for Marsden Brothers and Co. Tool Manufacturers, Bridge Street Works, 1868
Image from Directory of the Borough of Sheffield by William White 1868. See also y03066 for a slightly different advert.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S

Advertisement for Taylor Brothers, Manufacturers of Saws, Steel, Files, Machine Knives, etc
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 122 M

Steelworkers bronze statue, Meadowhall Shopping Centre
This statue (created by Robin Bell) was originally inside the shopping centre when it opened in 1990. In 2012 it was moved outside

Ordnance Survey map of north east Sheffield copied by the Germans, and marked with bombing targets, c. 1940
Original at Sheffield City Archives MD7731/4 and Sheffield Local Studies Librarys 26 M/5

Steel making plant in the Don Valley, Sheffield, Yorkshire
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: u07724

Cover of steel department trade catalogue of Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited, manufacturers of steel, saws
Original at Sheffield City Archives ref. LD1145/3/2 (altrefno LD1155/6)Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited was founded by William Ibbotson in Bridge Street, Sheffield in 1809

William Marples and Sons Ltd. Tool Makers, Hibernia Works, Westfield Terrace
Original at Sheffield Archives ref. SY122/2

American Sherman Crab, army tank with chains spinning on a cylinder attached by steel arms

Medieval Arms And Armor
Engraving shows two examples of medieval armor, on the left is a specimen from the late 13th and early 14th Century as depicted on the arms of Hugh of Chatillon which includes a broigne

Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Xmas Pudding in Trenches
Innovative British soldiers use a German steel helmet as a saucepan for their Christmas pudding

Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848 / 68. Creator: Unknown
Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848/68

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c. 1890 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c.1890 s

King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, 23 April 1445. The mad king was 24 and the queen 15

Banana tree, Musa paradisiaca, Musa sapientium, Bananier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba. Endangered
Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba, Gingko biloba, gingko. Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil

Basalt columns in Fingals Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Silhouette of a Tommy in marching order, WW1
Silhouette of a Tommy in marching order, by Espinasse, First World War. circa 1916

Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1958

Port Talbot Steelworks, Margam works. Erection of No 2 Blast Furnace. This furnace, due to come into production later this year

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Ireland, North, Belfast, Titanic Quarter, Visitor centre designed by Civic Arts & Eric R Kuhne

Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1872. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1872. Mount Watkins reflected in a glacial lake in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. In the foreground a swimming deer is being shot at by hunters in a canoe

Clothing during the Reigns of Charles I and II, and James II, (1640-1686), 1903, (1937). From " History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan

Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938
Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938

Particulars of valuable and important investment, comprising freehold scythe forge on the River Sheaf and workshops
Local Studies Library: Sale Plans 18 Sep 1855.Lot 1 includes Buttermans School (Dronfield); Lot 4 (Totley) comprises scythe forge, with dam, banks, goights, weirs, stable, workshops, etc

STEEL MILLS, 1938. Steel mills along Monongahela River, Clairton, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, July 1938

A flagpole covered in plates of Murano glass with the Monument to the Unknown Soldier
Baghdad, Iraq - A great dome sits at 12 degrees over the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. Its 42m disc represents the shield of a fallen soldier

Hadrians Wall, Evening Sunset
The evening sunlight catching the wall and Highshield Crags and Crag Lough

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens Under Construction
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, during construction, mid 1910s. Construction began in 1914 and ended in 1916

Fire damage at Alexandra Palace, London. On 10 July 1980 fire destroyed the Alexandra Palace in North London. This photograph is dated 19 July 1980

Coal arriving at Orgreave
Pickets and police look on as coal is brought into the British Steel coking plant at Orgreave, South Yorkshire during the Coal miners strike

Juan Fernandez firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis (female). Critically endangered. (Stokes hummingbird, Trochilus stokesii)

Grains of Selim tree, Xylopia aethiopica
Grains of Selim, Xylopia aethiopica, Habzelia aethiopica, Habzeli d Ethiopie. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK
Scene in Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK. circa 1910s

South Durham Steel from the companys south works, West Hartlepool, North East England, 16th August 1960. Molten slag metal cascades down from tilted furnace

Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

The New River Gorge Bridge Is A Steel Arch Bridge 3, 030 Feet Long Over The New River Gorge Near Fayetteville, In The Appalachian Mountains Of The Eastern United States; West Virginia

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)

James Nasmyths steam hammer erected in his foundry near Manchester in 1832. Artist: James Nasmyth
James Nasmyths steam hammer erected in his foundry near Manchester in 1832. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

The Harbour, Carnlough - a view of two sailing ships on the left and a steel ship on the right in the harbour. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Carnlough). Date: circa early 1900s

Chrysler Building
" A modernistic Georgia Marble and Indiana Limestone building which rises 1046 feet from the ground to the top of the steel mast."

Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Dormer / The Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co. Ltd. Summerfield Street, 1957
Image from The Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co. Ltd. Employees Handbook (Local Studies PAMP 609 S)

Looking Down on Black Shanghai World Financial Center Skyscraper Reflections Huangpu River Cityscape Liujiashui Financial District, Shanghai, China

Calipers
Illustration of a Calipers

Oil derricks on the shore near Baku Azerbaijan

China, Beijing, Gleaming glass and steel CCTV Headquarters building along Third Ring Road in central business district at dusk

Steel Foundry
19th January 1978: The steel foundry at Corby. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Pacific Railroad, Costa Rica - Puente Rio Grande
Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Rio Grande - Costa Rica Date: circa 1908

Newcastle upon Tyne city with Tyne Bridge and Swing Bridge over River Tyne, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scrap iron recycling

Henry Steel Olcott - 2
HENRY STEEL OLCOTT American co-founder, with Blavatsky and Judge, of the Theosophical Society : occultist and psychical researcher. Photo 1883. Date: 1832 - 1907

Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers
Advertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd, who built some of the structures for the Festival of Britain exhibition

Meccano Apollo lunar module on display at the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK. According to the label, the 2579 pieces were assembled by " the MeccanoTeam, Calais, France" in 257 hours

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Frigate " Merrimac" before and after conversion into an iron-clad Confederate warship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

Walt Disney Concert Hall, part of Los Angeles Music Center, Frank Gehry architect, downtown, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Funfair rollercoaster, Minato Mirai, Yokohama, Japan

Freight wagons on the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vancouver Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Creusot Steelworks / C1885
Visiting the Creusot steelworks

Forging Press
The steelworks of John Brown & Co, Sheffield, Yorkshire : the 6000 ton forging press

A British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position. The shot has just been fired and Matania's drawing (done from official material supplied)

Horse and drunk huntsman crashing through a shop window, 19th century. Caingey Thornton in hunting pinks on Hercules, followed by Mr. Sponge on Multum in Parvo

A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old

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"Steel: A Symbol of Strength and Endurance" Aston Martin V12 Vanquish James Bond: Just like the iconic car, steel embodies power and sophistication. Bridge of the Americas, Panama Canal, Balboa, Panama, Central America: Steel structures connect continents and enable global trade. Verrazano Narrows Bridge: This engineering marvel showcases the incredible strength and versatility of steel. Napoleonic Wars. Cuirassier. French Army. Heavy cavalry. Eng: Steel armor protected soldiers in battle throughout history. The Blue Comet train: Steel rails paved the way for efficient transportation systems that transformed societies. Redcar Beach at sunset with steelworks in the background, Redcar, Cleveland: The beauty of nature harmoniously coexists with industrial progress thanks to steel's contribution. Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London: Steel structures like the Skylon represented a post-war era focused on innovation and rebuilding. Newcastle upon Tyne skyline & Gateshead with Tyne Bridge over River Tyne, Tyne&Wear : These landmarks stand tall as testaments to Newcastle's rich industrial heritage built on steel foundations. View over Wincobank&Brightside Sheffield, Yorkshire 1940s-1950s : In times of adversity during WWII, steel played a crucial role in rebuilding cities from ruins. Ordnance Survey map copied by Germans marked with bombing targets : Even enemies recognized the strategic importance of targeting areas where steel production thrived during wartime. The Angel of the North sculpture by Antony Gormley, Gateshead&Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This magnificent artwork celebrates both human creativity and resilience embodied by this enduring material. Connel Ferry Bridge .