Historic Industrial Excavation

Engravings of historic industrial operations, showcasing early construction projects and machinery related to canals and railroads.

Couillet foundries, Charleroi, Hainaut province. Belgium, Europe. Journey to Belgium by Camille Lemonnier. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906
Couillet foundries, Charleroi, Hainaut province. Belgium, Europe. Journey to Belgium by Camille Lemonnier. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906
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mining quicksilver USA quicksilver mine New Almaden California wood engraving second half of the 19th century,
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"Wooding up" on the Mississippi River, circa 1863
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The Abercarne Colliery, Monmouthshire, where 268 men and boy's died in the worst recorded colliery disaster in Gwent. Due to the raging fires, rescue attempts were halted and the decision was made to flood the mines. It took 35 millions gallons and two months for the fires to be satisfactorily extinguished. Date: 21st Sept 1878
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United States. 19th Century. Near Closter, Bergen County (New Jersey). Collignon Bros Manufactories. Patent Folding Chairs. Detail. Sawmill. Engraving, 1876.
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Textile industry, The processing of cotton around 1840, Bleaching, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.
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The manufacturing of upright pianos at the Pleyel factory, France. Date: 1870
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Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, '...an industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands, busily engaged in the construction of vessels, not only to meet the exigencies of the war, but also the demands of our increased trade...In almost every direction piles of wood of different kinds, meet the eye. There are upwards of 400 joiners employed on the premises...The saw-mills and planing-house are served with a steam-engine of 60-horse power. There are also a very large number of hand sawyers; also sev
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East London By Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926, artist drawn in 1908. View across curved river running through factory district, small boat, foreground, smokestacks belching black smoke beyond and in distance.
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Men work among thousands of barrels of sugar on the levee in New Orleans, 1902. A man in the foreground tastes sugar from a barrel. In the background is a steamboat and the Mississippi River (BSLOC_2019_8_141)
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Braam, JJ van, London, Ackermann & Co., Paris, Goupil, Vibert & Cie, Amsterdam, Buffa en Zonen, Frans, Dordrecht, Backer, Hilmar Johannes, Bik, Adrianus Johannes, Netherlands, Gordon, Willem Jan, Vues de Java, The sugar factory in Serpon, recto - stamped, The sugar factory in Serpong (West Java) seen from above. The factory is located on a river, with mountains in the background., print, prints, View of the sugar factory in Serpong, The manufacturing process, located in the domain of Serpon, designed by Mr. JJ van Braam. Ile de Java, verso - stamped, François Buffa & Fils Fournisseurs du Roi, height 535 mm, width 696 mm, 1811, print maker, printmaker, 1842 - 1842, paper, papier, chine collé, lithography (technique), Work conception, Dutch, 1790-01-13 - 1872-10-01, after a design by, 1804-09-17 - 1845-05-01, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, French, British, client
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MENZEL, Adolf von (1815-1905). The Foundry. 1875. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. BERLIN. Berlin. Nationalgalerie (National Gallery).
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An engraving depicting the Prince of Wales starting the engines at the Crossness works of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Scheme. Dated 19th century
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Salt extraction, salt works on the Mediterranean in Italy, in 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Underground railway construction work at Westminster, Central London, 1867 Date: 1867
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Explosion at Ames & Moulton's Hat Factory, Brooklyn, New York, on February 3, 1860., 1860-02-11. New York (N.Y.), New York City, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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The Mosler Safe Company, Hamilton, 1894. The Mosler Safe Company was a manufacturer of security equipment, most notably safes and bank vaults, beginning in 1867 and ending with its bankruptcy in 2001. Founded in Cincinnati by Gustave Mosler as the Mosler-Bachmann Safe Company
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Cutaway of hillside showing tunnels and supports; shaft; and miners engaged in various activities. Also shows tools used in the mines; as well as exterior views of several mining companies working the Comstock Lode
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Automatic-hydraulic wagon unloader, plant for loading coal on ships, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1898.
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France, Paris. International Exposition of 1878. Steam crane for moving freight wagons on the railroads, used during the works of the event. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878.
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The urns : Casting big shells , Iron industry, Containers, Industrial facilities. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings
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Bethlehem Steel Works, Bethlehem, PA. 1881
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THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1876: PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL STARTING THE "CORLISS" ENGINE IN THE MACHINERY HALL, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A., UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA
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Construction of the The Forth Bridge, a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, March 7, 1887. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887
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'A View of the Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park', 1859. Artist: JC Armytage.
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New Congress Steam Sugar Refinery, in New York City. The company was listed in a NYC directory as early as 1833 (BSLOC_2019_7_144)
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Paterson Iron Company were manufacturers of forgings for steamboats and railroads. Ca. 1865. Detail of ironworking factory with mechanized hammers at work alongside traditional blacksmithing.
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Eisenwalzwerk, Iron Rolling Mill - Adolph von Menzel, 1872-75
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Industry, furniture factory in Rabenau near Dresden, Saxony, Germany, ca. 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century model.
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Bread baking in the Madrid Docks for soldiers by Alcazar, 19th century
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Sawmill in California, America, around 1890
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Cotton shipping from Charleston, South Carolina. Scene in the trade port. Colored illustration published in Leslie's magazine on 16th March 1868. Engraving.
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c 1926, H B Christian art, Hawaii, duatone illustration of sugarcane field and refinery
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Patterson Iron Company, Advertising
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Postcard - Hamstead Colliery Disaster, 1908. Topographical Views - Kesterton Collection
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Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835. By this time Nielsen hot blast process (1824) in general use. Engraving
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An engraving depicting the Clipper Mower and Reaper Company's works, Yonkers, New York. Dated 19th century
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A watercolor and pencil drawing by Leander Russ from 1845 depicting visitors at the industrial exhibition in Vienna, including machinery, people, and exhibition structures.
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Mechanical workshop at Liljeholmen.
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Hartley Colliery Pit Disaster, Northumberland, 16 January 1862. 220 lives were lost. Burying the pitman near Earsdon Church. Engraving, London, 1862.
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Bank of furnaces, Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England, 1835. Artist: Unknown
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The pall of smoke from the factories of the 'Potteries' - the 'six towns' of Staffordshire where the ceramic industry is located. Date: early 20th century
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WORKERS ON THE SILENT HIGHWAY 1877 by John J. Thomson 1837-1921 shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River England. Thomson was one of first social documentary photographers. LC-DIG-ppmsca-06825
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John Martin & Co., Sheffield, England. File and Steel manufacturers and exporters of iron. W. Bailey Lang & Co. sole agents for America, J.H. Bufford's Lith., Boston, Mass. Colour lithograph print of Wentworth Works, with busy street scene in foreground.
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Series of industrial plants, meat extract factory, Fray-Bentos, Argentina, drying places for the meat waste, for the preparation of the fodder meat meal, digitally improved reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, South America
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The Moran Bros. Shipyard at Seattle, Washington State, USA. Date: 1913
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Ship 'David Dows' and boat unloading cargo at grain elevator; carts and wagons hauling merchandise; and train; on left; entering 'Union' warehouse in background. . Operated by Union Railroad Elevator Company; Toledo; Ohio
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United States. Philadelphia. Kensington Fire Brick Works, 1884. Engraving. Colored.
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Chelsea Fire from East Boston, reservoir, showing Oil Works on fire , Fires, Spectators. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection
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Mending earthquake-torn Atlantic cables: methods and tools. How the Atlantic cables broken by the submarine earthquake (18 November) are repaired: perilous work in winter. Date: 1929
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L. Candee & Co., Rubber Works, Advertising
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Engineering Wonders, 1927: Hulett Electric Unloader, USA
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Busy Shipyard, Lie, Jonas.
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Serie Industrieanlagen, Fleisch Extrakt Fabrikation, Fray-Bentos, Argentinien, Talgschmelze, Parterre / Series Industrial Plants, Meat Extract Fabrication, Fray-Bentos, Argentina, Tallow Melting, Ground Floor, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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Engraving depicting the pottery kilns and factories of Stoke-on-Trent, belching smoke. Dated 19th century
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Serie Industrieanlagen, Fleisch Extrakt Fabrikation, Fray-Bentos, Argentinien, Schlachthof, Schlachthalle / Series Industrial Plants, Meat Extract Fabrication, Fray-Bentos, Argentina, Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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A photograph showing the laying of electric cables in Wigmore Street, a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. Dated 20th century
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British factory exterior, as depicted on the cover of The Ironmonger magazine. Date: 1911
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Postcard - Mine Fire Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham, 1908. Topographical Views - Kesterton Collection. Publisher: W Gothard. Featuring views of colliery, rescue party and portraits of miners who lost their lives in the disaster.
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Infographic about the birth of the textile factory, one of the pillars of the Industrial Revolution. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188.