Historical Industrial Work

Black and white engravings depicting various industrial processes from the 19th century, including mining, construction, and soap making.

Construction of the new bridge : dredging trench for the new cast iron casing. Date: 1855

Charcoal burners in the Lake District, north west England, known locally as colliers. From November to April the men cut and hauled wood. In April and May they peeled bark off the oak wood they had cut and this would be used for tanning leather. In summer they made charcoal, living in or near the woods in teams of about 12 so that there would be someone to tend burning clamps at all times. Engraving from 'The English Illustrated Magazine' (London, 1884).

Carpenter's shop in Portsmouth prison, Hampshire, England. Convicts working under supervision. From a print published London 1884.

Bell casting, in a foundry the molten metal flows into the mould, worker, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

The MM. Barrat brothers' forked hoe steam machine

An engraving depicting a man putting glowing peat charcoal into footwarmers for female churchgoers - Zwolle, Netherlands. Dated 19th century

Glass blowing at a glass furnace; England 1857

Making bicycle handlebars: Man works on handlebars clamped in a vice or vise. Behind him is a forge with multiple work stations. France. Wood engraving Paris 1896.

Diamond mine. South Africa. Kimberley. Inside. Engraving. 19th centory.

Harvesting flax and preparing it for drying, c. 1880, Belgium, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Tread mill at Brixton prison. Introduced for prison discipline by William Cubitt of Ipswich. Dated 1835

Glass blower in his chair making a decanter. Paris, ca T870

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE

Woman and boy underground in coal mine drawing cart containing 3-4 cwt of coal - Bolton, Lancashire. From Matthias Dunn 'A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries' Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1848

Engraving depicting men at work in a shipyard. Dated 19th Century

Colon (former Aspinwall, United States of Colombia), Panama. Dredge Hercules, used in the works for the opening of the Panama Canal. Made in Philadelphia (United States), it was transported to the site of the works at the end of March 1883. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

An engraving depicting a sledger in the Vosges forest crushed to death by a full load of wood.

Workers position dynamite cartridges in underground tunnels in preparation for the blasting of Flood Rock, part of the Hell Gate Rocks complex that prevented large ships from reaching New York Harbour and posed a danger to smaller vessels. The explosive used was dynamite, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

GRABADO-CULTIVO MANUAL Y TRATAMIENTO ALGODON-CAVANDO CON AZADA.

Pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea Pinivora, Traumatocampa Pinivora, Cutting the Column Ball by forest workers to combat the forest pest, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not Stated 1F-4898405

Engraving depicting a French double cylinder book printing press with set-off and paper folding apparatus. Dated 19th century

The cutting of shields for processing, in the Havel area in Germany, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

An engraving depicting workers hop picking in Kent. 1835

Fishing for pilchard with drift nets in Cornwall.

The manufacture of bombs at Woolwich Arsenal, 1869, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact orig...

Inside a mine, mining / Im Inneren eines Bergwerk, Abbau eines Stockes, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Spreading cod on rocks to dry - Labrador, 1883

Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse. 1895.

Ice ingots being delivered from the ice factory to the customer by carriage, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date unknown

Rippling flax to remove the seeds and remains of flower heads. In the background the flax plants are being pulled (harvested). After processing, the long fibres of the stem Flax plant (Linum) were processed to produce linen. Engraving from 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880).

Hydraulischer Bergbau auf Gold in den Malakoffgruben, Kalifornien, USA, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunder...

Engraving depicting Hornsby's ten-row seed drill for corn. This had rubber delivery tubes for slides to regulate the flow of seed. Dated 19th century

Miners panning for gold during the Californian Gold Rush. Wood engraving published Paris 1849.

Frühlingsarbeit, Gärtner mit seinem Lehrling beim Eintopfen von Frühlingsblumen in der Gärtnerei, Deutschland, 1898, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion...

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Miners washing for gold using a cradle in the: Californian gold fields. Wood engraving published Paris, 1849, the year of the Californian Gold Rush.

China agriculture water conduit wood engraving,

industry metal Krupp company steam hammer wood engraving 19th century,

Coopering: Making hoops for barrels, Cumbria, England, 1884.

Reconstruction of reaping machine used in Gaul in Ancient Roman times, as described by Pliny, c1890. Artist: Unknown

early 19th century washing and dyeing in a silk production works in Derby, England 1823,

Portable Hookah, Industrial America - Invention

People drinking blood in a slaughterhouse in Paris in 1880, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Lighting a building site at the electric light, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Machado's cigar factory, Jamaica: Wetting the leaves. Engraving from ''The Graphic'', London, 1889.

Slaves harvesting sugar cane in Louisiana. Note serrated sickle. Woodcut from 'Scenes of American Wealth and Industry' Boston 1833. Woodcut.

A horse working a whim in a French colliery Date: 1869

West Indies: Slaves carting sugar cane to the mill where it was crushed and the juice expressed 1833

Farmer cutting peat, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, moor, work, spade, stack, house, plants, laborious, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

An engraving depicting a putter pushing a wagon of coal along the rail track from the coal face to the pit shaft. Dated 19th century

Slaves working in a gold mine. Engraving in "La Ilustracio_n Artistica". 19th century.

Miners in the pit, historic illustration.

1700s 1800s ILLUSTRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVE WORKERS OPERATING COTTON GIN SOUTHERN USA

Barge carrying fuel for brass foundry furnaces on a canal in Birmingham, England. Engraving, London, 1884.

Weighing cotton for the English market Bombay now Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

United Kingdom, England, Coal mine, print, 1870

Laminator at Le Creusot forge, France. Europe, drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Le Creusot et les mines de Saone-et-Loire, 1865 by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1867

Flemish farrier; Le Maréchal Flamand; Different studies of horses; Etudes De Chevaux. A farrier places a hot iron on the density horseshoe. From a series of twelve prints.

Harvesting sugarcae by hand. Engraving. Color, 19th century.

Miners working on alluvial gold exploitation, Cauca Department, Colombia. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Travel to New Granada by Charles Saffray from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Cheese making, pressing the cheese, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Working metal deposits at Stolberg, Prussia, Germany, in direct or descending steps. The miners are working by the light of oil lamps with naked flames as in metal mines there was none of the inflammable gas methane to contend with. The ore is being carried away from the workface in trolleys running on rails. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

Engraving depicting workmen unloading barrels of sugar from the West Indies at Bristol docks.

Frame and insulators on a Parisian rooftop being fitted with telephone lines. From George Barlett Prescott. The eclectic telephone, New York, 1890

Gypsum factory at the end of the 19th century in Getafe, Madrid. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Horse drawing a wagon load of coal. Newcastle, 18th century

Interior of a traditional French Fromagerie, Metzeral, Alsace-Lorraine, France, Europe. Across Alsace and Lorraine by Charles Grad 1884. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Engraving depicting a machine printing masks for Christmas crackers. Dated 19th century.

A European salt mine in the nineteenth century. From the book Chips From The Earth's Crust published 1894.

Chilean mill to process gold mineral, California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

An Acrobatic Feat - Circus workers flying in the air while building a shack , circa 1883

Washing out gold. From the book A Brief History of the United States published by A. S. Barnes and Company circa 1885.

Illustration showing a construction accident as building collapse during the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.

Various stages in the production of tobacco, Virginia. Male, female and child slaves rolling dried tobacco into ropes, background. Foreground, sorting leaves and pressing tobacco. Tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum) at 2. Copperplate engraving, London, 1750.

''The London Gas Supply; Sketches showing Method of Manufacture; The Coke Ground, with Gas Holders in the rear', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Fire in Vienna which destroyed four large timber yards.

Engraving depicting matchbox makers taking their day's production to the factory.

Group picture, carpenter. Gruppbild, snickare.

Chaldean workers working on the excavations of ancient Nineveh, Khorsabad, Iraq. Journey to Mesopotamia 1840-1842 by Eugene Flandin

South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, East Greenwich, London: The condensers. Wood engraving published Paris, 1891

The sawmill, vintage engraved illustration. From Chemin des Ecoliers, 1861.

Study magazine with a wood sawing man and a man who binds branches together in the background trees.

The Brechlertag in Carinthia, Austria. The day on which the dried flax is crushed on the simple crushing machine and the woody parts are removed by tapping. Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Washing for gold by laying pieces of turf in a frame. Gold-bearing sand is placed in head of the frame at A, water is then allowed to wash over it. Gold collected on the turf at C. The pieces of turf then washed individually at E and the gold recovered. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Bricklayer in apron and hat laying bricks with trowel and cement. He is standing on a platform on scaffolding, while a navvy shovels sand. Bricks, spade, shovel, hod, sand, cement on the building site. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.

Gradierfaß zur schnellen Essigfabrikation, Essiggärung, um 1860, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

A glass worker in his chair. This man would head a team of four and be called the Gaffer. He would make glasses, jugs, bowls, etc. From H,J, Gordon Foundry, F Factory. London, 1890

Study Sheet with wood gatherer and a man with saw, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, sep-1808.

Prang's aid for object teaching--Carpenter - Men building two houses, circa 1874

Flemish farrier, Théodore Géricault, 1822 print A blacksmith places a hot iron on the hoof of a draft horse. From a series of twelve prints. print maker: Franceprint maker: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Paris paper farrier, shoeing-smith. horse

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: marking out space for stalls, 1862. British soldiers writing the names of companies on the floor. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Woodcut engraving depicting carpenters erecting a building. Dated 15th century

Paper making, China: producing the pulp. Engraving c1810.

Growing tobacco in Kent, England: hanging picked lef on frames in the field ready to be taken to the oast house for drying. Engraving, London, 1886.

Engraving depicting a merchant with his clerk and a labourer at a dockside warehouse.

Ice gathering on the Hudson River near New York. Horse-drawn cutters used to cut blocks. In background are insulated warehouses for storing ice for summer use. From 'The Science Record' New York 1875. Engraving

Engraving a woman making baskets from osiers, Isle of Ely.

Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving.

The Bark Mill. Young Grant's special work in his father's tannery was feeding bark into the bark mill, while keeping the horse moving to turn the mill (BSLOC_2018_10_6)

The beginning of a garden suburb. Excavating a new road with a specially designed skimmer, a typically rickety contraption from the inventive mind of gadget king, William Heath Robinson. Date: c.1938

Rock Salt: Miners being lowered down the shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland. Mine worked for 1,000 67 miles of Very pure deposit. Engravcing published c1890.

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