19th Century Industrial Interiors

Engravings of historical industrial settings, featuring workers in various factory environments, highlighting the evolution of manufacturing processes.

James Watt's workshop at Heathfield Hall, Birmingham, 1886. It had not been disturbed since his death in 1819. Watt (1736-1819) made great improvements to the steam engine, one of the most significant being the separate condenser. In 1774 he went into partnership with Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham manufacturer and entrepreneur. From 'Scientific American'. (New York, 19 June 1886).

An engraving depicting women working in the pinion department of the American Watch Company, Waltman, Mass. Dated 19th century

Arbeiter in einer Weberei, Deutschland, 1898, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bek...

Machinery in a textile plant, 1871, Italy, 19th century.

A pharmaceutical business (John Bell & Co.): rooms for manufacture, dispensing, and shop. Etching by R.W. Macbeth.

French postal service. Men working in the main letter sorting office, Paris, France. Engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1886).

Men and boys at Aspley Pellatt's Falcon Glass Works in London, unknown artist, 1842

A textile factory in Japan. 19th century.

Pen slitting room, Hinks, Wells & Co factory in Birmingham, Illustration from 'The Illustrated Midland News', 22 February 1851

Carding, drawing and roving cotton. Carding engine (left) delivers cotton in a single sliver. Factory operated by shafts & belting. Could be powered by water or steam. Engraving c1830.

Textile industry, lithograph, 1871. Italy, 19th century.

Tobacco warehouse at London docks Date: 1857

The Filling Factory, Hereford. Charles Ginner (1878-1952). Watercolour, crayon, pen and black ink. Executed in 1918. 15 x 18in

Food processing, fish, salmon processing tableau, salmon packing, from Astoria in Oregon, America, 1895, illustration, reproduction from a 19th century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, factory scene with workers, machines and industrial production in several pictures

Worker in a weaving mill, Germany, 1898, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century painting, original date unknown, Europe

Experiments on long-distance power transmission

Spinning and combing in the textile industry. Italy, 19th century.

Sawmill and machine tools at the Arbey company, Paris, engraveing by Emile Bourdelin e Lambert. France,19th century.

Machine for steaming fabrics, produced by Mather & Platt, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1894.

Japanese stonecutters, masons and carpenters building a European house, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Textile industry, The processing of cotton around 1840, Ginning or drawing in, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

An engraving depicting the vats in Marseilles soap works. Dated 19th century

The scrapers in the cotton factory. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 173 mm × w 312 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates. Date: 1870

View of the Machines gallery, Universal Exposition construction site, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, No 2407, April 13, 1889.

MADRID. MERCADO DE LOS MOSTENSES EN NAVIDAD. GRABADO DE DIAQUE EN LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1887. MADRID PINTADO.

Shell Factory, No.I. Dated: 1917. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Pennell.

Rum distillery, the West Indies, 1823, engraving by William Clark.

General view of kitchen at Richie & McCall's Cannery, Houndsditch, London, 1852. Artist: Unknown

Sculpting workshop, production of wax models, wood engraving, about 1880

A cotton factory in which a man is feeding raw cotton into a willowing machine. Coloured lithograph after J.R. Barfoot.

The seat of Paris. - Casting guns at the Cail factory.

The switchboard, Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, New York, USA, 1879. Artist: Unknown

Illustration depicting a rag warehouse in Paris, France. Dated 19th century

In the Press Room, Chicago Times Herald, 1895

Steam boiler installation, an installation of Naeyer boilers made in Antwerp for the water engine service of the new quays, around 1880, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th-century original, historical, exact date unknown.

Inauguration of the new water supply line, Paris, France, historical picture, about 1893, Europe

An engraving depicting the Halles Centrales poultry market, France. Dated 19th century

Roving frame, spinning machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1906.

Portion of the Great Brewhouse at Barclays Brewery 1847

Las Cigarreras de Sevilla. Cigar Makers at the tobacco factory in Seville. 19th century, Spain. Europe, painted by Walter Gay. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Engraving a scene from within the WM Younger & Co., Holyrood Brewery - the mashing stage, where malt and water were thoroughly mixed together. Dated 19th century

Laying conduits to carry telephone and telegraph cables under the street of Brooklyn. Dated 9th October 1886

The extension of American trade - Visit of the United States Industrial Expedition to Mexico - President Diaz opening the Exhibition of American Industries at the School of Mines interior showing crowd and machinery | Library of Congress

Cultivating cacti in a greenhouse in Paris 1857. Date: 1857

THE CEYLON PEARL FISHERY, THE GOVERNMENT KOTTOO, 1874 engraving

Exposición Universal de París del año 1878, sala de maquinaria de ferrocarriles de fabricación inglesa, en el pabellón del Campo de Marte. Grabado de época.

Scene in Lynchburg Tobacco factory, 1874. Depicts the tobacco industry and factories in Lynchburg, Virginia

Farmers interior with tiger players. Farmers play trick trak or backgammon at a table with a fireplace. On the right in the foreground a dog. In the background a man and a woman.

Producing marbles, and glass eyes for dolls and toy animals - Thuringia. Germany, 1884.

Interior of cotton mill with man and woman bending over spinning machines Date: circa 1830

Engineering: a powerful water pump on display at an exhibition. Engraving, c.1865?.

History of Spain. Tolosa, Basque Country. Interior view of the paper mill ""La Guipuzcoana"". Sizing. Drawing from life by Juan Comba. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

De Krabbers in the cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth

THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT TRIMDON COLLIERY, DURHAM

An engraving depicting Queen Victoria being shown the distillation process at Chris' perfume factory at Grasse. Dated 19th century

Las Cigarreras de Sevilla. Cigar Makers at the tobacco factory in Seville. 19th century, Spain. Europe. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Calico printing, Lancashire. Date: 1835

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a classrom for inmates of the penal colony, with a man sweeping the floor. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

An electric lighting plant in the 1880's. Already Edison's newly developed incandescent lamp was transforming American life as electricity was adopted for lighting homes, streets and public buildings.

Mine. Sorting, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Packing room, Evans & Sons drugs warehouse, Liverpool, 1887.

Hackling Flax by hand. The stalks were broken apart by beating down on a metal comb. They were then retted (rotted) in water to remove the soft tissue, leaving the fibrous material. The long fibres of the stem Flax plant (Linum) were processed to produce linen. Engraving from 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880).

Children at sardine cannery cutting off the heads and tails of herring Cleaning herring for canning From a photograph by Thomas W. Smillie (1843-1917) Smithsonian's first staff photographer

THE INDO-CHINESE OPIUM TRADE, AT AN OPIUM FACTORY AT PATNA

Factory Chaudun, Faubourg Rue Montmartre, N � 7, - Founding Cartridge Factory for All Systems, both in Metal and Contractile Paper J. Luc, engraver. Factory hotun, fighter cartridge factory for all systems, both in metal and contractile paper. Paris (7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre, ix�me arr.). Photomechanical printing, GILLOT process (based on wood engraving).

An engraving depicting an electrically heated bread oven at Rey's bakery, Montauban. These were heated by F. Le Roy's elements which were made of wire wound round a ceramic base. Dated 20th century

Illustration showing Otis Brothers hoist works, Yonkers, New York. 1872

Washing, draining, and flaking herring at sardine cannery, Eastport, Maine. By T. W. Smillie.

British 1840s depiction the 'Progress of Cotton', by Richard Barfoot, 10 of 12. The previous steps culminate in the machine 'Weaving' of the fabric. After the shuttle is passed thousands of time through the warp thread, the long woven fabric wraps around a large spool at the front of the loom (BSLOC_2019_7_135)

Engraving depicting cutting teeth on steel file blanks, Sheffield. Dated 19th century

industry textiles weaving hall with transmission drive system Ch.Rogelet weaving mill B»hl Alsace 1890s,

Engraving depicting the making camembert cheese. The young milkmaid is seen pouring curd into moulds. Dated 19th Century

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

OPIUM FACTORY AT PATNA, INDIA for the Chinese trade The examining room Date: 1882

Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph. The men are searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic. Dated 19th Century

Assembly of a 'Wellington' bomber at the Vickers factory. This was the RAF's standard light bomber at the outbreak of World War Two.

Spain. Metal casting factory founded by Leoncio Meneses, named "Silver Meneses". Laborers working on the casting room. Engraving by Urrabieta in "La Ilustraciv=n Espav±ola y Americana", 1872. Colored.

De Krabbers in the cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing Workers on paint tubs. paper. cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth

The scrapers in the cotton factory. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 153 mm × w 293 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A new saw used in the cutting of steel: interior view. Wood engraving.

A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Engraving depicting a printing press powered by a steam engine. Power was brought to the machine by an overhead shaft and a belt drive. Dated 19th century

Image of the transport of a crankshaft per pit car at the R.D.M. (Rotterdam Droogdok Maatschappij) in Rotterdam.

Textile industry, The processing of cotton around 1840, Dyeing, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The Buoy store at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall showing wooden buoys and signage. Date: January 18th 1868

Reichardt Kakaowerk, Wandsbek, cocoa bean warehouse with bag transport system, Hamburg, Germany, postcard with text, view circa 1910, Historic, digital reproduction of a historic postcard, public domain, from the period, exact date unknown, Europe

Thurber & Co canning factory in Moorestown, New Jersey, here workers filling canned vegetables, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ce...

Canning factory of Thurber & Co in Moorestown, c. 1880, New Jersey, USA, here closing the cans, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, North America

Illustration showing Electroplating in progress in Oudry's factory, Paris 1870

Telephone exchange Date: 19th century

An engraving depicting a printing press powered by a steam engine. Power was brought to the machine by an overhead shaft and belt drive. Illustrated by Amedee Forestier (1854-1930) an Anglo-French artist and illustrator. Dated 19th century

French satirical Illustration, depicting steel workers working in dangerous conditions. 1907

An engraving depicting the making of Catherine wheels at C. T. Brock & Co's firework factory, South Norwood. Dated 19th century

An illustration of what was described in the Sphere as 'one of the greatest fishing ports in the world.' In 1790 the population was less than 1,000 and in 1907 it was 65,000. In 1854 453 tons of fish were landed, and at the time of the picture, this number was frequently exceeded in a single day. The docks at Grimsby covered 100 acres. Date: 30th March 1907

British 1840s depiction of the 'Progress of Cotton', by Richard Barfoot, 12 of 12. The long length of woven fabric, dyed with green stripes, is printed with a red floral motif (BSLOC_2019_7_137)

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT WOLVERHAMPTON, UK, 1869

An engraving depicting the polishing shop at M. Coster's Diamond Works, Amsterdam. Dated 19th century

The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat. 1876 Currier & Ives American This scene from American history highlights a range of nineteenth-century inventions. At center, a man sends a message via telegraph that reads "Liberty and Union now and forever one and inseparable. Glory to God in the highest. On earth peace, good will toward men." In the background at right are a steam locomotive and steamship. In the background at left a boy uses printer's tools and two men stand at a printing press. Unlike many Currier & Ives lithograph, this example is not hand-colored.. The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat. 659890

'Les femmes dans les usines de guerre; Un atelier de femmes dans une usine de guerre : verification des obus', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Dartmoor Prison: Penal Servitude the middle panel shows prisoners in the tailoring shop making uniforms. Bottom right a prisoner is 'pumping air' - turning the crank handle as punishment, grind to no purpose. Bottom left is the carpentry shop. Dated 1884.

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