Vintage Industrial Processes

Engravings depicting historical industrial scenes, including bell foundries, sugar mills, and coal mining activities, showcasing 19th-century craftsmanship.

The interior of a mill house showing de Mornay's patent sugar-mill on the Carauna Estate, in Pernambuco, Brazil. Date: 1854

An engraving depicting the crushing of grapes for wine. France 1870

Blind Basket-makers

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

'The Great Vats', 1872. Fermentation tanks at Barclay, Perkins and Company brewery in Park Street, Southwark. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C., 1872.

Inserting detonators into cartridges of dynamite for blasting Flood Rock, East River, part of the Hell Gate Rocks complex which was partially removed in 1876 and again in 1885. These rocks prevented large vessels reaching New York Harbour, and presented a hazard for smaller ones. From 'Scientific American', New York, 1885.

A Day at the Yorkshire Worsted-Factories: Drawing the Worsted into Slivers. Illustration from an english magazine printed in 1844

Charging the retorts at the Beckton gasworks, London, 1878. Artist: Unknown

Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factory. Late 18th century. Nineteenth-century.

''The London Gas Supply; Sketches showing Method of Manufacture; Interior of the Retort House showing the Drawing and Charging Machines', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Sugar Refinery. Illustration by Jan van Grevenbroeck or Grevenbroch (1731-1807) in 'Treaty of uses and customs of the time', s. XVIII. Early Modern Era. Watercolour. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museo Correr.

Reaping with sickles and binding the sheaves, England. Stipple engraving c1800

Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire. 2: Gate to Danger Department, with Searcher on duty. 3: Laboratory. 4: Stores. 5: Preparation of Kieselguhr which was mixed with Nitroglycerine to form Dynamite. 6: Producing Nitric acid. From 'The Illustrated London News', 16 April 1884

Engraving depicting the great crane at Armstrong's gun works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, lifting a 100 ton gun.

Engraving depicting Cleopatra's Needle, an obelisk from Alexandria being prepared to be transported to England. Dated 19th Century

Hat factory workers making beaver hats in the 16th century when they were called 'bever hats', engraving: 1845.

Slaves in tobacco plantation, Virginia. Woodcut from Scenes of American Wealth and Industry Boston 1833. Woodcut

Artist's reconstruction of a late Iron Age forge. In centre the smith is hammering iron. In background another is working at the furnace. Wood engraving London 1890

India, Mumbai. The raw cotton market (Green Cotton). Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, February 29, 1876.

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw. In background on right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer . Wood engraving London 1894

The General Post-Office; The Newspaper Bin, 1844. Sorting newspapers for delivery in the main post office at St Martin's Le Grand in London: 'a large bin, of strong iron net work with a wood frame, without bottom, and supported on four legs. The newspapers are brought in in large sacks, baskets, and hampers, and thrown promiscuously into this bin, above which is suspended a crane, used for the purpose of emptying the sacks. A man mounts the heap of papers, attaches the crane to the bottom of the sack, which by means of ropes and pulleys is raised by other men, and thus disgorges its contents'.

Cutting osiers for basket making, London,1875

Canning factory of Thurber & Co in Moorestown, c. 1880, New Jersey, USA, here the loading of boxes of canned goods onto a goods train, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, North America

Engraving depicting the reaping and binding of crops by hand. Dated 19th Century

Salting Newfoundland cod in the bowels of a fishing boat Date: 1891

Miners in a metal mine, Campiglia, Tuscany, Italy, working in a stope. The men on the platform are excavating the vein of ore which is being carried away in baskets. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

Illustration showing a group of immigrants stirring glue and cutting cardboard to make boxes in a 'factory' in the Commercial Road, London, 1904. Date: 1904

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw. In background on right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer . Wood engraving London 1894

Engineers in leather clothing descending the shaft at Creuzot coal mine to examine the pumps. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

Mine drainage illustration: Man in centre left of picture is boring lengths of wood with borers and augers to form pipes. Man on centre right is working the piston rod of a suction pump to rais e water from a mine (water is running out of pipe, G).In the left foreground are lengths of pipe to be joined, and various internal pump parts. From Agricola 'De re metallica', Basle, 1556

Kohletransport, die Verladung von Kohle auf die Kohlenschiffe im Hamburger Hafen, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Publikation aus dem Jahr 1880, Coal transport, the loading of coal on the coal ships in the port of Hamburg, Deutschland, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

George Agricola (1494-1555) . De Re Metallica, 1556. Book IX. Methods of smelting ores.

Andrew resolute Uncle Sam's faithful teamster, taking the produce of the farms, to another storehouse; and giving Uncle Sam his, reasons for so doing | Library of Congress

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 former mining. undated

Planting sugar cane in the West Indies, 1833

One of the earliest production lines: Armour Company's pig slaughterhouse, Chicago. Pigs walked up ramp to top of building, then were processed & emerged as finished carcasses. Hand-washing carcasses after de-bristling. Wood engraving Paris 1892.

Putting cotton bolls through whipping press before putting it through a saw gin. Slave plantation labour in southern states of America. Woodcut 1860

Drainage works in London to purify the water: sectional view of the tunnels from Wick Lane, near Old Ford, Bow. Date: 1859

Stamping and roasting ore to extract metal (lead copper, silver and gold treated in this way). Mill powered by water wheel and individual stamps operated by cams on drive shaft From Agricola 'De re metallica', Basle, 1556. Woodcut

Engraving depicting a horse drawing a wagon of coals in Newcastle. Dated 18th century

Labour Yard in Bethnel Green. Also Sewing-class.

Engraving depicting the process of making rice paper in China. The plant is Aralia Papyrifera from whose pulp made the rice paper.

An engraving depicting charcoal burners in the Lake District

Processing of herrings in the harbour of Wick in Scotland in 1880, the fishermen are put into wooden barrels with salt, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Young girl tending the fire holes of a brick kiln. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20,000 & 30,000 children aged 5 to 16 at work in British brickyards. Wood engraving 1871

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

Shipment of grapes in America, stacking yard with crates of fresh grapes to be loaded onto a steamer, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master

Casting a Monster Cylinder, at Messrs. Scott Russell and Co.'s Building-Yard, Millwall, 1854. Metalworking in London during the Crimean War. '...the casting of the last of the four largest cylinders in the world was successfully accomplished at Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co.'s building-yard, Millwall. They are intended for the new iron steam-ship now being built...for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, which, when completed, will be the largest steamer afloat. The cylinder cast last week is 18 feet long and 6 feet in diameter; 33 tons of metal were poured into the mould, but when bored an

European factories at Canton (Guangzhou), China, c1875. Artist: Unknown

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 child labor mines. undated

Ladling Glass-Great Telescopic Disc by Christian J. Walter (1872-1938), oil on canvas, 1934, USA, Pennsylvania, University Park, Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Steidle Collection

Smelting iron and hammering bars with a mechanical hammer, 1556. Artist: Unknown

The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Lancashire Textile workers. 'The Carder's business is to see that machinery is kept in perfect working order...The Jack Tenter is a girl whose duty consists in taking charge of the roving frames...The business of the Hand-mule Spinner is to take the cotton rovings from the Carder and Jack Tenter, and make a thread so fine as scarcely to be seen by the naked eye, as well as threads so coarse it would require a great effort of strength to break them. The Throstle Spinner looks after throstle-frames, which produce warp-threads. She

Poultry market at Schlesische Bahnhof in Berlin, 1896, Germany, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical, workers loading boxes in port. There is a hustle and bustle in a historic scene

Workshop of a clog maker in Saint Gobain around 1880, France, Historic, digitally retouched reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Weighing cotton in Bombay (modern Mumbai), India for export to the British market. After a work in The Illustrated London News, October 11, 1862. Later colorization.

An engraving depicting Battersea water-boys filling buckets and pitchers at a stand-pipe during a frost. Dated 19th century

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

Miners in a coal mine of Borinage, Hainaut province. Belgium, Europe. Journey to Belgium by Camille Lemonnier. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Kohlebeschickung, das Schoepfen von Kohle in Koerbe, digital verbesserte Reproduktion aus einer Veroeffentlichung aus dem Jahr 1880, Coal feeding, the scooping of coal in baskets, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

An engraving depicting a steam-powered saw used for tree felling. The steam power was transmitted to the saw from the boiler by means of a flexible pipe.

The Mint House. Workers in the smelting of gold pastes. Colored engraving from 1872. Spain.

Tapping blast furnace, and casting iron into pigs, Siemens iron and steel works, Wales, 1885. Artist: Unknown

Underground scene in a coal mine, showing miner winning coal, while a wagon full of coal is being hauled along rails to the bottom of the pit shaft by a pony. Engraving 1862.

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). A Colourful and Historic Journey to Brazil. 1839. Slaves working in a sugar mill. Costumbrism. Litography.

Strike at Timofey Morozov's cotton factory in the town of Orekhovo-Zuevo - Morozovskaya strike.

One of earliest production lines: Armour Company's slaughterhouse, Chicago. Pigs killed at top of building, emerged at bottom as finished carcasses. Processes (1) hitching up live beasts (2) slaughtering & bleeding (3) scalding carcasses. Wood engraving Paris 1892

The construction of the cylinder ship "Cleopatra" round the obelisk. 1877

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