Historical Industrial Processes

Vintage clips depicting various manufacturing processes, from steel production to tire manufacturing, capturing the essence of industrial evolution.

USA - 1957 - Iron is separated from taconite at a steel mill.
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Norrahammar's use. The foundry in 1947.
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Man operating machine , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Soviets (Russians) assembling tanks at a Soviet plant in the Urals. The factory maintained day and night schedules during World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_8_48)
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Railroad worker sweating a tire on a locomotive wheel. This is the process of heating the circular metal 'tire,' expand it to fit around a metal wheel. As it cools, the tire contracts to make a tight fit around the wheel. 1954.
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Government Printing Office. 1937, Jerusalem, Israel
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Komsomol Member at the Wheel, Shaikhet, Arkadi (1898-1959)
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Elsevier photo collection. Whales South Pole. Willem Barendsz crew harpoon nylon cable. October 31, 1952
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1930s MAN WEARING GOGGLES USING A BLOW TORCH CUTTING OLD GIRDERS ON A BRIDGE
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Anefo photo collection. Mayor Samkalden sets historic shipyard T Kromhout to operate steamlier. October 17, 1973
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Sugar factory abandoned in Italy
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How an Elevator Goes Up and Down. There are two kinds of elevators today. the hydraulic, which is worked by water, and the electric, which is worked by electricity. The picture here shows the principle of the hydraulic elevator in a simple form. A strong pole, called a plunger rod, is attached to the cage in which we sit, and it works up and down in a cylinder of water. When the elevator is down, the man, by pulling a rope, lowers a plug, which allows water at high pressure to rush into the cylinder, and the pressure of this water raises the plunger rod and pushes up the cage.
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Taller de decorados para el Gran Teatro del Liceo. Barcelona, años 1920.
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Royal visit to the Jaarbeurs
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Paul Bunyan atop Gas Station, Bemidji, Minnesota, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, September 1939
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Norway, Maine: c. 1929 A shoemaker by trade, this man created a machine to cut blocks of ice to supplement his income for his family of ten. With a circular saw and a gasoline engine mounted on runners, he is cutting over 1000 cakes of ice per day.
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Safety sign in a coal mine, photograph circa 1908-1919.
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Washing Wiping Cloths for Money and Stamp Presses. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury