19th Century Industrial Processes

Engravings illustrating manual processes in various industries such as paper making, baking, and signaling, showcasing historical craftsmanship.

Making paper by hand by sieving pulp in forms. Engraving c1870.

industry chemical industry aniline factory manufacture of aniline blue wood engraving 19th century,

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. 'This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft. in width, erected specially for the manufacture of the Armstrong gun when it was first introduced to the service. It is here that the smaller parts of the gun are made, and the whole of the men in this branch, as well as generally throughout the department, are employed on piece- work, which is so thoroughly organised as to cheapen to the utmost the production of every article, whilst at the same time the workman realises good wages.

The compressor room of the St Gotthard Tunnel, from L'Illustrazione Universale, 3 October 1875. Switzerland, 19th century.

Jam factory. Boiling room and packing room at TW Beach & Sons jam factory, Toddington, Gloucestershire.

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

Workshop printers intaglio, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

An engraving depicting a bakery using Dalglish's aerated bread making machinery. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the construction of a strong room built by Chubb & Sons for the National Bank of Scotland. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting The Times printing machine developed by Augustus Applegath. Augustus Applegath (1788-1871) an English printer and inventor known for developing the first workable vertical-drum rotary printing press. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the making of boxwood blocks for illustrations. Dated 19th century

Textilindustrie, Spinnerei, Männer arbeiten an einer Handhechelvorrichtung, Werkzeug aus Holz oder Metall mit senkrecht stehenden Metallstiften, Hechelzähne, das zum Hecheln von Flachs oder anderen Fasern verwendet wird, um 1880, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Men working at printing presses under the glare of electric light Date: 1887

Ironing department, Tuillier et Vinard dyeing plant, Darnetal, France, illustration by Poyet from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2199, Volume LXXXV, April 18, 1885.

Printing industry: papercutting machine; type founding; typesetting equipment; papermaking by hand.. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Printing industry

Moulding earthenware plates. Engraving, Paris, c1870.

Goldbergbau 1890nische Amalgammühle, Amalgamation, ein Hüttenprozeß, bei dem die Gewinnung des Silbers und Goldes aus Erzen und Hüttenprodukten mit Hi...

The Railway Carriage Company's works, Oldbury. The forge, showing mass production of components at about 40 identical forges. Wood engraving 1869

The Railway Carriage Company's works, Oldbury, West Midlands, 1869. Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting fulling woollen cloth: the cloth was placed in troughs behind the stocks and pounded with square-ended oak mallets. The finest cloth could be subjected to this treatment for up to three days. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a crofter's hut near Salcots, North West Territories. A Canadian box stove is used for both cooking and heating. Dated 19th century

Working in an ice factory, making ice, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Gun-cotton is prepared by soaking in acid at the Woolwich Arsenal munitions factory Date: 1873

An engraving depicting the hydraulic presses of Fry's Chocolate factory, Bristol, used for expressing cocoa butter (oil) from ground cocoa. Dated 19th century

mail/post pneumatic post station Great Britain circa 1870 private collection,

Illustration titled 'Industry and Idleness'. The illustration depicts the industrious apprentice gets on with his weaving while the idle apprentice sleeps off his hangover. First plate in William Hogarth's series. Dated 18th Century

An engraving depicting Wine vats and press at Cios-Vougeot, France 1870

Packing department, Chollet et Comp food factory, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 572, Volume XXIII, February 11, 1854.

Submarine telegraph cable between Holyhead on the Welsh coast and Howth in Ireland: 1852. The cable being laid from the deck of 'Britannia'. From Dionysus Lardner. London, 1855.

Arbeiten in einer Eisfabrik, Herstellung von Eis, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Industrial Revolution. Children using machines in a textile factory. Engraving.

The interior of the factory of Pierre Louis Gautrot, showing the manufacture of wind and stringed musical instruments in 1855. Date: 1855

The Beach Hydraulic Tunneling Shield at Work in the Great Railway Tunnel Under the St. Clair River between USA and Canada, 1890

Case and fitting department, Chappell & Company's piano works, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road, London. Wood engraving 1870

Manufacture of instruments. Establishment of M. Gautrot. Workshop welders and pavillonneurs. engraving 1855

Smith's Power-Loom for weaving tufted pile carpets. (Exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition, London). Date: 1862

Woolsorters. These workers, who were employed by a woolstapler, sorted the wool from various areas of the fleeces into separate batches. Like tanners, they were at risk of contracting Anthrax from the fleeces. From 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880). Engraving.

Colouring for preserves, Egrot company in Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe

Men dyeing cotton blue and red. Coloured lithograph after J.R. Barfoot.

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

Two men working at looms with an overseer carrying a large stick watching over them. Engraving.

The processing of cotton, here bobbins and stretching frames, 1810, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona. 'Sert Hermanos y Solà' textile factory. Yarn workshop interior. Illustration by Antonio Rigalt. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Central telephone exchange, 198 Broadway, New York, in 1880. The electric telephone.

A Day at the Nottingham Lace-manufactoriers: Lace-runners or Embroiders at Work. Engraving from a british magazine printed in 1843

The manufacture of methyaniline violet dye. Date: circa 1875

Production of silk fabrics, piquage, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

A CHINESE LAUNDRY IN PHILADELPHIA, 1876, US, U.S., U.S.A., USA, UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA

Grinding rough diamonds, work, interior view, economy, trade, tool, young workers, sitting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, historical illustration from 1897

Central telephone exchange, 198 Broadway, New York, in 1880. The electric telephone.

Big Ben - casting the great bell for the Westminster clock. Date: 1856

Production of silk fabrics, piquage, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Machine House, Horton Kirby Paper Mills, Kent. Finished paper being wound onto rolls. Engraving 1887.

Beyer's ink factory in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882, Europe

The 'Daily Telegraph' ten- feeder printing machine, manufactured by Hoe & Co., USA. Date: 1860

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

Industrial plant around 1890, press typography, production of printed products, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

The Book Stacks, whence books are retrieved for readers, one by one, and carried on a trolley to the Reading Room where readers await them in scholarly patience. Date: 1875

Factory for dehydrating and compressing vegetables by the Chollet and Morel-Fatio method.

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

Men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving. 18--, after Stradanus, ca.1580.

18th century printers working with Intaglio press for copper-plate, copperplate printing in print shop, pressroom

Manufacture of Shoddy, Deffauxs factory, Paris: Reclaimed woollen rags shredded, top left. Being mixed with new wool and made into felted fabric called Shoddy. Mungo, a similar fabric, was made from tailors clipppings. From La Nature, Paris, 1892.

Handschuhmacherei, Blick in eine Handschuhwirkerstube, um 1870, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870

Forming cotton into 'laps' so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts. In foreground baskets of cotton that had been through the gin to remove seeds and separate fibres. On right at back of bench, balance for weighing cotton. Under bench are 'laps' ready for carding. Adult 'hand' with boy assistant. From Charles Tomlinson The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain London c1845.

Interior of Ferdinand Arbey machine tool factory, Neuf-Gouffre, Saint-Hippolyte, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1153, Volume XLV, April 1, 1865.

An engraving depicting the fermenting tanks at Barclay & Perkins Brewery, Southwark. Dated 19th century

15th Century Bookbinder's workshop. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, USA, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) and his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926), and opened in 1883. Testing the steel for the anchorage in an hydraulic press. From 'Harper's New Monthly Magazine' European Edition (May 1883).

Silk manufacture: transferring yarn from the warping reel to a spool. From Denis Diderot: Eneyclopedie; Paris; 1751-80Silk manufacture: transferring yarn from the warping reel to a spool. From Denis Diderot: Eneyclopedie; Paris; 1751-80

Illustration showing Nasmyth's drilling machine, used to perforate iron bars to take rivets during the construction of the Crystal Palace. 1850

Inside an Austrian factory in19th century.

Shakespeare commemoration at Stratford - construction of the Shakespeare Pavilion. Date: 1769

An engraving depicting the process of making Nitro-glycerine at Jersey Flats, New York., for use in blowing up the Hell Gate Rocks, East River, New York. Dated 19th century

Assembling pianos in the Camille Pleyel piano factory, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 641, Volume XXV, June 9, 1855.

Glass: men at work inside a plate glass factory. Engraving, 1747.

Historical illustration, 19th Century, child labourer in the Industrial Revolution, working at a factory

Overhauling trawls in fish-house at Rockport, Massachusetts. Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Engraving depicting a Calico printing machine. Dated 19th century

An interior view of Boulton and Watt's steam engine works at Soho, Birmingham.

Machine for turning and beveling the bottoms of barrels. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Engraving depicting a French cheese factory in Gruyere France. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting the work room of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) an English potter and entrepreneur. Dated 19th Century

Engraving showing the arrival of meat at Smithfield Market, London, in 1870. The meat had just arrived by steam train (which can be seen in the background). In the centre of the image a number of sides of meat can be seen, hanging from hooks. In the foreground a large number of market porters move baskets of meat around. Date: 15 January 1870

mail post Travelling Post Office mail van of the French railway interior view clerks sorting letters wood engraving 1852,

Power Loom weaving drawn by T. Allom and engraved by J. Tingle in the 1830s

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona. Assembly section in the workshops of "La Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima". Drawing by A. Rigalt. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz. Detail. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Illustration depicting a boy cutting flax stalks into length for heckling during the production of linen. Dated 19th Century

Hat makers: interior view, various implements used in the making of hats. Engraving.

An engraving depicting the distillery of Messrs Gilbey's. England, 1875

An engraving depicting the process of drawing off the required quantity of turpentine at Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark's varnish works, West Drayton. Dated 19th century

Carpet weaver shown seated next to the loom, inspecting the threads of material. Dated 1821

An elastic mill, Leicester, England: Winding rubber filament, powdered with French chalk, onto bobbins prior to covering with silk thread on the weaving beam. Engraving, London, 1882.

Illustration showing General view of the workshop in Chubb and Sons lock factory, London 1870

An engraving depicting printing in China. Dated 19th century

The pneumatic post in Vienna, Austria. In Austria, the Austrian Post and Telegraph Administration operated a pneumatic post network only in Vienna from 1875 onwards, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Royal Mint, London. Cutting coin blanks from metal strips. Blanks we then put in coin stamping press. Wood engraving, 1897.

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

RE-CUTTING THE KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND, 1852

An engraving depicting a coal miner cleaning up after work with the help of his wife. Before the days of piped water and pit-head baths, after a day hewing coal underground the miner had only a tub on the living room floor filled with water from an outside pump to wash away the coal dust from his skin. Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, England. Dated 19th century

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