Factories Collection (page 5)

Advertisement for The Horseless Age, 1895 (b/w photo)
8661505 Advertisement for The Horseless Age, 1895 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement)

Dreaming the happy hours away (colour litho)
8656465 Dreaming the happy hours away (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dreaming the happy hours away. Woman at work in a factory)

Medieval steelworks (woodcut)
8655509 Medieval steelworks (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Medieval steelworks)

Morris, modern machine production on a large scale at the Morris works (litho)
8647559 Morris, modern machine production on a large scale at the Morris works (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Morris)

Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford, 1930 (b/w photo)
8641694 Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford, 1930 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford)

Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper)
7485311 Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper) by Gane, Richard (1839-1877); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Royal Arsenal Laboratory Square in Woolwich (England)
MMM5480497 Royal Arsenal Laboratory Square in Woolwich (England); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Royal Arsenal Laboratory Square in Woolwich (England)

Melter of tallow for lighting in 1887 (engraving)
7295208 Melter of tallow for lighting in 1887 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Making flat ropes for use in mining, 1850
3479071 Making flat ropes for use in mining, 1850; (add.info.: Making flat ropes for use in mining. Stitching together number of 'rounds' of hemp yarn.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Rope making, 1850
3479070 Rope making, 1850; (add.info.: Rope making: 'laying' or twisting three strands of hemp yarn to form a rope)

The erecting shop at Penn's Marine Engine Factory, 1850
3330797 The erecting shop at Penn's Marine Engine Factory, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the erecting shop at Penn's Marine Engine Factory in Greenwich)

Science. Soap making from tallow. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434723 Science. Soap making from tallow. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Fabrication du savon. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Soap making: workshop. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434722 Science. Soap making: workshop. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Textile manufacturing: a wash house in Paris. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434765 Science. Textile manufacturing: a wash house in Paris. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Industrie textile)

Science. Textile manufacturing: artificial river (washing machine). Engraving in
3434763 Science. Textile manufacturing: artificial river (washing machine). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Science)

Science. Paper Making. Machine for paper rolls in a paper factory, Essone, France
3434755 Science. Paper Making. Machine for paper rolls in a paper factory, Essone, France. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Paper Making. Paper drying rack. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434752 Science. Paper Making. Paper drying rack. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Etendoir a papier. Coll. Part)

Science. Paper Making. Sorting rags (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de
3434750 Science. Paper Making. Sorting rags (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part)

Making chocolate creams, Fry's cocoa and chocolate factory, 1884
3478851 Making chocolate creams, Fry's cocoa and chocolate factory, 1884; (add.info.: Making chocolate creams, Fry's cocoa and chocolate factory, Bristol)

Northampton Shoe Making factory, 1869
3478849 Northampton Shoe Making factory, 1869; (add.info.: Northampton Shoe Making: Middleman's factory. 1869. Middleman took work in from larger factories)

Agate grinding in Idar-Oberstein, Germany (colour litho)
8663516 Agate grinding in Idar-Oberstein, Germany (colour litho) by Miethe, Adolf (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Agate grinding in Idar-Oberstein, Germany)

Smelting iron and manufacturing iron bars, 16th Century (woodcut)
8655510 Smelting iron and manufacturing iron bars, 16th Century (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smelting iron and manufacturing iron bars)

Blowing cylinders for sheet glass (engraving)
8643759 Blowing cylinders for sheet glass (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blowing cylinders for sheet glass)

Syphon-filling room (engraving)
8643750 Syphon-filling room (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Syphon-filling room)

Throwing an earthenware vessel. Belt-driven wheel of type used at Wedgwood & Copeland factories
531827 Throwing an earthenware vessel. Belt-driven wheel of type used at Wedgwood & Copeland factories . Speed of wheel regulated by boy by raising or lowering belt on conical drums

Louisiana before Secession war (1861-1865), painting
1759670 Louisiana before Secession war (1861-1865), painting; (add.info.: Louisiana before Secession war (1861-1865), painting); Photo: Tallandier.

Piesse and Lubin's Perfume Manufactory, London (engraving)
8676662 Piesse and Lubin's Perfume Manufactory, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piesse and Lubin's Perfume Manufactory)

Candle-moulding room (engraving)
8650634 Candle-moulding room (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Candle-moulding room)

Candle making the wand in 1887 (engraving)
7295197 Candle making the wand in 1887 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Manufacture of rope, 1850
3479072 Manufacture of rope, 1850; (add.info.: Manufacture of rope. Sectional view of tar kettle which individual strands of spun hemp were passed before being twisted into rope (right)

A rope making factory, 1880
3479069 A rope making factory, 1880; (add.info.: Woodcut illustration shows a rope making factory. Known as the spinning room. London, 1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Woman at work in an English factory making needles for the sewing industry, 1843
3478846 Woman at work in an English factory making needles for the sewing industry, 1843; (add.info.: Woman at work in an English factory making needles for the sewing industry, England)

Making talking dolls, fitted with an Edison phonograph, 1890
3478801 Making talking dolls, fitted with an Edison phonograph, 1890; (add.info.: Making talking dolls, fitted with an Edison phonograph: New York)

Science. Glassmaking: glassworks in the 2nd half of the XIXth cent. Engraving in
3434700 Science. Glassmaking: glassworks in the 2nd half of the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Science. Textile manufacturing: workers washing the fabrics. Engraving in
3434764 Science. Textile manufacturing: workers washing the fabrics. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Paper Making. Mechanical rags cutter (cotton paper making). Engraving in
3434748 Science. Paper Making. Mechanical rags cutter (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Exterior view of the workshops of the establishment of Georges Cheese, elastic fabrics, Darnetal
PCT4291650 Exterior view of the workshops of the establishment of Georges Cheese, elastic fabrics, Darnetal, France c.1909 (postcard); (add.info)

Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory, 1890
3478858 Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory, 1890; (add.info.: Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory; fainting from bad ventilation and undernourishment)

The finishing house, Horton Kirby paper mills, 1887
3478848 The finishing house, Horton Kirby paper mills, 1887; (add.info.: The finishing house, Horton Kirby paper mills, South Darenth, Kent)

The interior of the Middleman's Factory, 1850
3478716 The interior of the Middleman's Factory, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the interior of the Middleman's Factory in the Northampton Shoe Making quarter)

Young boy in a workshop helping a worker to make Rope Tobacco, 1841
3478708 Young boy in a workshop helping a worker to make Rope Tobacco, 1841; (add.info.: Young boy in a workshop helping a worker to make Rope Tobacco, 1841.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The heavy machine shop at Penn's Marine factory, 1850
3330532 The heavy machine shop at Penn's Marine factory, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the heavy machine shop at Penn's marine factory in Greenwich)

Adult 'hand' with boy assistant working cotton, 1845 (engraving)
533903 Adult 'hand' with boy assistant working cotton, 1845 (engraving); (add.info.: Forming cotton into 'laps' so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts)

Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory (engraving)
8631355 Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory (engraving) by Comba, Pierra (1859-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory)

View of the River Looking North from the Hooghly Bridge (b/w photo)
8637013 View of the River Looking North from the Hooghly Bridge (b/w photo) by Indian photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cold weather testing for motor cars (b/w photo)
8675806 Cold weather testing for motor cars (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cold weather testing for motor cars)

Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663944 Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany)

Glassworks, Marinha Grande, Portugal (colour litho)
8672940 Glassworks, Marinha Grande, Portugal (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glassworks, Marinha Grande, Portugal)

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"Factories: The Heartbeat of Industry and Innovation" Step into the world of factories, where dreams are turned into reality. From the bustling production lines to the skilled workers, these industrial powerhouses have shaped our society in countless ways. In 1898, Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd in Kirkcaldy stood as a testament to Scottish craftsmanship and ingenuity. Meanwhile, a German propaganda poster during World War I showcased how factories became symbols of national pride and strength. The Bryant & May Matchworks in Wallsend, Tyneside illuminated lives with their fiery sparks while providing employment opportunities for many. A factoryscape in the Potteries captured the essence of an era when ceramics reigned supreme. June 1954 marked a milestone as Rolls Royce opened its new factory in East Kilbride, Scotland - a testament to British engineering excellence. And who can forget William Heath Rob's whimsical depiction of overtime at a Christmas cracker factory? It reminds us that even amidst hard work, joy can be found. Traveling across continents brings us to Laboule in Haiti's West Indies where the old Barbancourt rum factory has been crafting spirits since 1765 – preserving tradition through generations. However, not all aspects were glamorous; some were hazardous like mixing treated asbestos fiber using Heath Robinson machines or patent double action grinders designed by him specifically for asbestos processing. Yet amidst it all lies beauty - an unknown creator captured this sentiment perfectly with a photograph showcasing the sleek lines of the 1966 Lotus Europa Series 1 prototype within its factory walls and can more than just buildings; they represent progress and innovation throughout history. They embody dedication and perseverance from those who worked tirelessly behind their walls. So let us celebrate these hubs of creativity that have shaped our world and continue to push boundaries every day.