19th Century Industrial Work

Illustrations of various 19th-century industrial scenes, including sugar factories, dynamite manufacturing, cranes at ports, and woodworking workshops.

Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland 1884

West Indies: Slaves work in a sugar boiling factory 1833

Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland 1884

Engraving depicting a George Russell & Co. 20-ton steam crane, used by the Anchor line for loading and unloading vessels.

General view of a Tanyard. From Louis Figuier Les Merveilles d'industrie, Paris nd. c1870.

CONSTRUCTING THE CONCRETE EMBANKMENT ACROSS THE PLAISTOW MARSHES

Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. View of '...the interior of the Mill-house on a Brazilian Sugar Estate during the time of grinding, with a Mill of an improved construction, which gives a very powerful pressure to the canes. It was patented by Messrs, de Mornay in 1851, and was introduced into that country soon after by Dr. Domingos de Souza Leao, the owner of the above estate...Two black women are seen feeding the mill with canes, which others are bringing from a heap shown on the right of the picture, where they have been thrown from the carts...The canes pass between...two large rollers...the ju

Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Lipppe district. Bad Salzuflen. Rice starch factory of E. Hoffmann and Company, founded in 1852. Woodworking workshop. Drawing from life by Theodor Volz. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Theodor Volz (1850-1916). German artist.

A coal mine in Newcastle, with wagons drawn by horses on wooden rails

Engraving showing the construction of mains drainage tunnels at Wick Lane, near Old Ford, London, in 1859. 27 August 1859

Petroleumquellen in Oelheim, Ölheim, Erdölförderung, Bohrtürme und Ölfässer, um 1882, Landkreis Peine, Niedersachsen, Deutschland, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999906

'Germain Someiller's compressed air rock boring machine being used in the Frejus Rail Tunnel (Mont Cenis Tunnel) in the Alps, linking France and Italy. Engraving 1876.'

Wyndham Portal's paper mill, Hampshire, England, making paper for bank notes. Engraving , 1854.

Steam-powered ice elevator for raising blocks of ice from the river level into insulated storehouses where they would be stored for summer use. Hudson River near New York. From 'The Science Record' 1875. Engraving

Workshop dedicated to handcrafting the paperboard. Pulping and pressing. 18th Century. 'Encyclopedie Diderot et d'Alembert'. Colored engraving.

Coal mining. Herscheuse Mining. Quaregnon County. Belgium. Engraving from 1884.

The Grand Junction Railway locomotive manufactory at Crewe : the heavy machine shop (second view) containing large machining tools to take the rough castings of train parts 1849

Beach Hydraulic shield being lowered into heading, building of great railway tunnel under St. Clair River, circa 1890

Interior of the Molteni precision instrument factory, on Rue du Chateau, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 614, Volume XXIV, December 2, 1854.

Steam-powered ice elevator, Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. Artist: Unknown

The larger of the two tobacco warehouses at the London Docks in 1856 showing crates of tobacco leaves stacked in rows. Date: January 5th 1856

MARE AND CO.'S IRON SHIP-BUILDING WORKS, 1854

Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich. 2300 miles worth of cable were manufactured prior to the expedition of 1875 by the steam-ship 'Great Eastern'. The project was hampered by bad weather, but the cable was successfully laid the following year. Date: June 3rd 1865

Petroleum wells in Oelheim, oil production, drilling rigs and oil drums, around 1882, Peine district, Lower Saxony, Germany, historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Engraving of the cable spool and steam engine on United States Navy Steamship 'Arctic', whilst sounding the Atlantic. The steam engine was used for recovering the line from the great depths of the ocean. This project was undertaken in preparation for the laying of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Date: 1856

The second stage of the fitting workshop, at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe. Repairs of locomotive engines and the completion of new engines, take place using planing machines and slotting machines in the workshop. The workmen work under Robert Stevenson's policy, 'A locomotive engine must be put together as carefully as a watch'. Date: 24th March 1849

The machinery department of the Crystal Palace exhibition - Messrs. Hibbert, Platt and Co.'s cotton-machines. Date: 1851

The paper factory of Heinrich Voelter at the World's Fair in Paris, France, paper production, industry of the Decker brothers, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known, Europe

Factory of the industrial city of Lavrion, Attica, Greece. Voyage in Greece by Henri Belle

Screening and sorting coal into different grades and loading into railway wagons, South Hetton Colliery, County Durham, England. Engraving from 'The Penny Magazine' (London, April 1835).

Weinherstellung, Blick in einen Gärkeller, im Hintergrund eine alte Holzpresse, um 1880, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Engraving depicting the production of sodium carbonate. Sodium sulphate is mixed with lime and coal, heated in furnaces to produce sodium carbonate: Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle.

An engraving depicting the belt-driven machinery being used during the small production of rifles at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting scenes from within the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield Lock, Middlesex. Various departments engaged in producing swords and small arms for the British government. The bottom two pictures show workshops with ridge and furrow roofs with north facing skylights for even lighting. The one on the left shows ranks of machines powered by shafts and belting. Dated 19th century

Petroleumquellen in Oelheim, Ölheim, Ölförderung, Petroleum - Raffinerie, um 1882, Landkreis Peine, Niedersachsen, Deutschland, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999908

SCHLESINGER AND CO.'S AMMUNITION WORKS AT NORTHFLEET, BULLET-CASTING, 1854

'Section of a Coal Mine', 1860. Artist: Thomas Dick

Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Mr. Airy's grand object was to arrive at the weight of our globe...it being necessary to know this before we can proceed to determine the weight or mass of the sun, moon, and planets, which is of the utmost importance to practical astronomy...in order to ascertain whether the centre of the globe was a mass of matter, Mr Airy...saw that...it would be most easily settled by observing the number of vibrations made by a pendulum swung at the surface of the earth and at the bottom of the deepest mine. The number of vibrations...is a correct m

Loading a grain steamer. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally published in April 1881 edition of Harpers New Monthly Magazine

Petroleum springs in Oelheim, oil production, petroleum refinery, around 1882, Peine district, Lower Saxony, Germany, historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Construction Workshops of Ferdinand Arbey Sawmill and Machine Tools, 41, Vincennes Courses, near the Square du Throne, Paris, Emile Bourdelin and N. Lambert. Construction workshops of Ferdinand Arbey's sawmill and machine tools, 41, Vincennes courses, near the Place du Throne, Paris (XIIth ARR.). Photomechanical printing.

Inside the signal boxes controlling the approach to London Bridge station, South- Eastern Railway. This is one of the busiest stretches of railway in the London area. Date: 1866

Carding, drawing and roving cotton. From a print published circa 1830. In this picture the carding engine (left) delivers the cotton in a single sliver.

Fire near Tottenham Court Road, London.

Cutting in the interconnect

Bird's-eye view of Krupp's Works at Essen where armaments manufactured. Wood engraving 1876

Newspaper printing on a ten feed semi rotary machine, 1860 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Illustration showing Belt-driven machinery being used during the production of rifles at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, England. 1880

BRITAIN Printing banknotes at Laverstoke, Hampshire Date: 1854

Brewery, brewhouse with complete machine operation, around 1876, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact ...

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows a foundry, a workshop or factory for casting metal, in England in the 1870s.

energy, oil, Gordon fountain, West Canada, wood engraving, circa 1862,

Engraving depicting a wheel used for raising water using dog power. Dated 19th century

Borsig is a German engineering company, hammer mill, hammer forge or hammer mill, circa 1885, based in Berlin, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

Mule spinning. Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872. Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890. Prints. 1835. General Research Division. Cotton industry, Spinning apparatus , 1800-1899

Engraving depicting Aristide Berges' machinery for producing wood pulp for paper making

Glass manufacturing, c1870. Artist: Unknown

Illustration showing candle moulding room at Price's candle factory, Battersea, London 1849

Dyeing department of the textile industry, Detail, lithograph by Carlo Lanerossi Matscheg, 1871. Italy, 19th century.

The iron steam derrick, steam crane, A derrick is a lifting device consisting of at least one guyed mast, such as a gin mast, which can be articulated above a load by adjusting the guy wires. digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

A battery of rolling mills producing steel rail. Illustration by the British artist William Heysman Overend (1851-1898). Engraving from 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880). Engraving.

Extraction of ice for cooling, transportation of the ice sheets into storage using the paternoster work, around 1890, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical, workers working together on a structure across a river at night

Illustration showing apparatus for catching mail sacks and also for delivering them to mail trains in France. 1886

An engraving depicting the Huntley & Palmer's factory, Reading. Dated 19th century

Coal mine fire at the Tyldesley Collieries near Manchester. The fire spread so furiously that all the shafts were unaccessable. Date: 9th June 1849

Silesian landscape by unknown artist, Woodcut, Private Collection

The machinery court at the Crystal Palace exhibition. Date: 1851

Piano factory. Engraving.

Agricultural machinery gallery at the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Steam-driven crane unloading ships in Hamburg harbour, quay, horse-drawn carriage, steam ship, sailing ship, warehouse, workers, barrels, smoke technology, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Pounding rags to be made into paper. Engraving c1870.

Construction site for the St. Gotthard Tunnel, Gotthard Tunnel, Galleria del San Gottardo, removing the rock debris, construction site around 1875, Switzerland, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th-century original, historical, exact date unknown.

The commencement of the tunnel at King's Cross. King's Cross was proposed to be a principle terminal station. The underground was deemed to be the solution for convenient travel in densely populated areas. In its early stages, the Underground railway intended to run light trains at short intervals, in the hope that this would prevent collisions. Date: 7th April 1860

Aberdeen, 1885, U.K., Rubislaw Granite Quarries, from where granite is used to build London Bridge

Spanish industry, 19th century. Ferrol, Galicia. Launching of the first iron ship built in the shipyards of Messrs. Otero, Gil and Co., on 20 August 1884. Drawing by Monleon. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). September 15, 1884.

Illustration showing Railway Carriage Co's works, Oldbury; The carriage making shop. 1869

Switzerland, Vevey. "Dairy flour" factory commercialized by the food company "Farine Lacte Henri Nestl", founded in 1866 by Henri Nestl (1814-1890). In 1866 Henri Nestl created a combination of milk powder and wheat flour, starting industrial production in 1868. Within a few years his products invaded almost all of Europe and America, sometimes completely replacing breastfeeding, and sometimes, mostly, making up for the shortage of breast milk. After its first condensed and powdered milk products for infants, the company grew strongly, merging in 1905 with the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company" to to form the "Nestl Group". Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

An engraving depicting Crosfield's soap works, Warrington. Dated 19th century

INDUSTRIA TEXTIL - GRABADO SIGLO XIX.

Thurber & Co cannery in Moorestown, New Jersey, here the loading department, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

LOUISIANA

The electrical installation in the United States in the late 1800s, entries by the courses. USA. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

Pumps in the Saint-Gothard tunnel; Baude, Charles (1853-1935); 1880 (1880-00-00-1880-00-00);

Forge at Colebrookdale, Shropshire (now spelt Coalbrookdale) Date: circa 1858

A Day at a cotton-factory in Manchester: Power-looms

THE EARL OF AUCKLAND, (FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY,) LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW STEAM-YARD, MORICE-TOWN, 1846

PALENCIA. ESTABLECIMIENTO MINERO. GRABADO DE LA REVISTA "EL GLOBO" AÑO 1880.

Dyeing cotton, Lancashire, England. Passing lengths of cloth through an alum solution before dyeing. Engraving, London, 1866.

OPIUM FACTORY AT PATNA, INDIA for the Chinese trade The drying room, where the opium, made up into balls while wet, dries out Date: 1882

Engraving depicts pig driving in Cincinnati. Dated 1870

Sewage farm near Barking, 19th century

Engraving depicting a Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies threshing and stacking machine. Dated 19th Century

Illustration showing men on a tread mill, raising water, using a Chinese square pallet chain pump. 1835

THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY EXPLOSION

Goldspring ironworks near New York where the materials for the great gun for launching the space craft 'Columbiad' were produced. From Jules Verne 'De la Terre a la Lune', Paris, 1865. Wood engraving.

The strike of Creusot of 1870. Meeting of factory workers in the pay moment. Engraving. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

The casting department in the Jaillon Moinier tallow candle factory, La Villette, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 430, Volume XVII, May 22-29, 1851.

Mexico, 19th century. Silver mines. Engraving.

Construction of the The Forth Bridge, a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, April 15, 1887. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Maintenance work on The boating lake Date: 1868

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