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Iron Foundry. From Pyne Microcosm, London, 1809
Isaac Newtons (1642-1727) house on the corner of Orange and St Martins Streets, London, as it appeared c1880. Wood engraving
Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Engraving from Dugdale England and Wales Delineated 1840
Suspension bridge to the South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead, Wales. Steel engraving c1860
Setting lead (graphite) into grooved strip of cedar: a second strip of wood placed on top and glued, whole pencil placed in machine and rounded. BG Cohen, Great Prescott Street, London
Royal Mint, London. Milling edges of coins. A milled edge meant that metal could not be stolen from edges of gold and silver coins by clipping, so reducing their intrinsic value. Wood engraving, 1891
Tea warehouses of the East & West India Dock Company, London. Refilling tea chests after bulking (remixing after the journey as smaller leaves)
Tea warehouses of the East & West India Dock Company, London. Refilling tea chests after bulking (remixing after journey as smaller leaves & dust worked to bottom of chests in passage)
Dockers unloading tea in London Docks, 1889. Engraving
Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys. Engraving c1860
Prison Ships (Hulks or Tenders) in the Thames off the Tower of London: also used to hold men newly press-ganged into the Royal Navy. Hulks were usually old naval (London, 1805). Aquatint
Liverpool: Canning Dock, showing the Custom House, sailing vessels in the basin and warehouses on the dockside. Hand-coloured engraving published 1841
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, iron-framed glass building designed by Joseph Paxton and erected for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Queen Victorias carriage centre. From painting by P le Bihan
Exterior of the North Transept of the Crystal Palace, London, at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Steel engraving 1851
Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London: interior view of the main avenue looking eastwards. The iron framework of the building is clearly visible. Steel engraving 1851
World War I: Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, a converted Wolseley, donated towards the war effort: Cambridge 1915
World War I: Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort: Cambridge 1915
Rover Safety Bicycle, the first commercially successful safety bicycle introduced by Starley & Sutton of Coventry, England, in 1885: Chain-driven. Wood engraving
Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, in the week that admittance was one shilling (5p)
Singers special Safety Bicycle (c1886). Chain-driven machine introducing the diamond frame which gave greater rigidity in spite of lightness. Wood engraving 1890
Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889. After a day of cycling followed by an evening smoking concert the gathering took a Chinese Lantern ride to Walthamstow
Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington. A: Glycerine Plant B: Silicate Plant C: Alkali Plant 1: General view of works 2: Display at Liverpool Exhibition 3: Frame Room 4
Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington. 1: Boiler shed 2: Alkali plant 3: Raw material being brought by boat along the Mersey 4: Melting contents of casks 5: Boiling pans
East View of Birmingham in Warwickshire. From The Modern Universal British Traveller. (London, 1779). Copperplate engraving
British Iron Companys Works at Corngraves. Corngraves or Corngreaves, near Halesowen, lies 7 miles south west of Birmingham and 5 miles south of Dudley
Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard at Millwall on the Thames. View from the stern. Double-hulled, of all iron construction
Westminster Bridge, London, looking from the south bank of the Thames. This is the bridge rebuilt by Thomas Page (1803-1877) beginning in 1853
Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard at Millwall on the Thames. Broadside view from the river
Chelsea Bridge, London. Suspension bridge over the Thames, opened in 1858, connecting Chelsea with Battersea on the south bank of the river. It was replaced in the 1930s
The Last of the Coaches. The Royal Mail coach service, begun in the 1780s, flourished until the coming of the railways in 1830
Abingdon Workhouse, Oxfordshire, built for the Abingdon Union, 1836. The first workhouse in England completed under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834
Blackwall Tunnel, London, opened 1897. This tunnel, the older Western tunnel, connects the EssexBlackwall Tunnel, London, opened 1897.This tunnel, the older Western tunnel, connects the Essex and Kent sides of the Thames
Mail train carrying letters to London from towns and cities in Britain. It shows sorters at work on board and, inset, the way sacks of letters could be left at destinations en route or collected in a
South Devon Railway, later Great Western Railway (GWR) at Dawlish. It shows the track of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) atmospheric railway with engine house (right middle distance)
St Austell, 1860. Cornwall Railway, later Great Western Railway (GWR) at St Austell, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts
Hayle. St Ives in the distance, c1860. West Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR). The boom time for the harbour
Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, England on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860. On top of the building on the left is a water tank for supplying locomotives while, on the right
Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860. The Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR), at Truro, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts
Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid. Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle, 1844. From British Manufacturers by George Dodd. (London, 1844). Wood engraving
Production of sulphuric acid, Felling Chemical Works, near Newcastle, England, 1844. View of the passage between two lead chambers. From The Penny Magazine. (London 1844). Wood engraving
Seamen hauling a clinker-built dingy up on shore. In this type of construction the planks of the vessel overlap the plank below and are fastened with clinched
Bird Catching from Above. Catcher was lowered down cliffs on a rope. Birds and eggs were a great economic resource for the Shetland Islanders
Bird Catching from Below. Catchers were helped up the cliffs by colleagues in rowing boats. Birds and eggs were a great economic resource for the Shetland Islanders
Girls Playground and Waterfall at Bournville, 1892. Bournville was the ideal village built near Birmingham for their employees by the chocolate manufacturers Cadburys
Whitby harbour, Yorkshire, at the mouth of the river Esk, c1833. The old drawbridge, separating the upper and lower harbours, which was raised to let sailing vessels pass
Double inclined plane for moving tub boats from one level to another on a canal.. Boats were lowered on rails and counterbalanced by a tub containing water
The Iron Horse Past and Present. Development of the railway locomotive from George Stephensons Rocket of 1829, through North Star which worked on the Great Western Railway 1836-1870
Titus Salt (1803-1876) British industrialist. Builder of Saltaire Mill near Bradford. Discovered method of making alpaca. Tinted lithograph published London 1880
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