Furnaces Collection

Industry / Metals / Steel
A modern steelworks - iron running out of the blast furnaces in which iron ore has been blasted to yield molten pig-iron

Zinc production at the Vieille Montagne factory, Saone-et-Loire, c. 1860 (w / c on paper)
CHT247152 Zinc production at the Vieille Montagne factory, Saone-et-Loire, c.1860 (w/c on paper) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Firth-Vickers Stainless Steel, Shepcote Lane, Sheffield, 1959
The Conversion of the Hot-Mill at Shepcote Lane Rolling Mills Limited was completed in 1958. This picture shows the Steckel furnaces installed at either side of the Hot Finishing Mill From an

BOILERS
Babcock & Wilcox boilers at the Standard Oil Companys refinery at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York [USA]

Fish inside the smokehouse furnaces, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

"Four Years in the Fight, The Women of France", World War I YWCA, c.1918 (poster)
XND75976 "Four Years in the Fight, The Women of France", World War I YWCA, c.1918 (poster); Private Collection.

Little Workers: The Blacksmith (colour litho)
8629543 Little Workers: The Blacksmith (colour litho) by Hardy, Evelyn Stuart (1865-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Blacksmith)

Golder's Green Crematorium, the Furnaces behind the Chapel (b/w photo)
8634664 Golder's Green Crematorium, the Furnaces behind the Chapel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Golder's Green Crematorium)

Farm furnace (engraving)
8663730 Farm furnace (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farm furnace. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer (Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong)

Old King Coal, the universal provider (litho)
8676260 Old King Coal, the universal provider (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old King Coal, the universal provider. Coal, how it is formed and used)

Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard (b/w photo)
8676027 Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard)

Potter and ceramist Bernard Palissy firing furniture to feed his furnace, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837873 Potter and ceramist Bernard Palissy firing furniture to feed his furnace, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Blast furnaces, 1580 (engraving)
534630 Blast furnaces, 1580 (engraving); (add.info.: Blast furnaces. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertszt of 1580. Copperplate engraving)

The ventilating furnace used to combat fogs at the Houses of Parliament, London (engraving)
8631295 The ventilating furnace used to combat fogs at the Houses of Parliament, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Filling a pit for burning charcoal (woodcut)
8655521 Filling a pit for burning charcoal (woodcut) by Italian School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Filling a pit for burning charcoal)

Iron ore smelting furnace, 16th Century (woodcut)
8655511 Iron ore smelting furnace, 16th Century (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iron ore smelting furnace, 16th Century)

Smelting of copper: making liquation cakes by reducing copper in furnaces and alloying with lead
531538 Smelting of copper: making liquation cakes by reducing copper in furnaces and alloying with lead. 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt und

A furnace in Venice
3568058 A furnace in Venice by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Venice 1940 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Furnace in a Sussex brickworks (b/w photo)
8676026 Furnace in a Sussex brickworks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Furnace in a Sussex brickworks)

Glassblowers at Glashutte in the Black Forest (colour litho)
8663511 Glassblowers at Glashutte in the Black Forest (colour litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glassblowers at Glashutte in the Black Forest, Germany)

Lever-operated bellows (woodcut)
8655513 Lever-operated bellows (woodcut) by Italian School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lever-operated bellows)

The Hooping of the Cases, and Carrying of the Porcelain to the Furnace (engraving)
8661518 The Hooping of the Cases, and Carrying of the Porcelain to the Furnace (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hooping of the Cases)

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

Little Workers: Glass Blowing (colour litho)
8629551 Little Workers: Glass Blowing (colour litho) by Hardy, Evelyn Stuart (1865-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glass Blowing)

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)

Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment
540745 Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment. 1, Athanor or 'Slow Harry', a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature. 2,2

Cotton mills, Shaw (b/w photo)
8652385 Cotton mills, Shaw (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton mills, Shaw)

Calcining (roasting) tin ore, 1876 (engraving)
3478854 Calcining (roasting) tin ore, 1876 (engraving); (add.info.: Calcining (roasting) tin ore: Cornwall. Woman is feeding crushed ore through hopper into Calcining furnace below

Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835
533562 Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835. By this time Nielsen hot blast process (1824) in general use

The Baker (colour litho)
8650389 The Baker (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Baker. Illustration for Buttercups)

Palissy (engraving)
8665233 Palissy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Palissy. Illustration for The Children's Treasury of Pictures and Stories (Thomas Nelson)

Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving)
542328 Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving); (add.info.: proprietor Richard Crawshay (1739-1810). Hand-coloured engraving c1830 after watercolour by George Robertson c1788

Price's Patent Candle Company - the Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bromborough Pool Candle-Works - interior view under three spans of roof - from a photograph, 1854. Candle factory on Merseyside

Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, an... industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands

Turpentine plant near Marianna, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine plant near Marianna, Florida

One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Creator: Smyth
One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Drying peat to make charcoal at Derrymullen, Kildare, Ireland....in the centre or main building are the furnaces, thirty-six in number

The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire... 1862 Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862. In viewing the manner in which the work is carried out in the various branches of the Royal

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Progress of the International Exhibition building: the forge, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the International Exhibition building: the forge, [London], 1862. View of...a portion of the works going on at the building for the Great Exhibition which is well calculated to give an

Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at the foundry of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Westminster-road, London, 1862

One of the iron and steel foundries, Bagnoli, Naples Naples Bagnoli. Date of Photograph:1910 ca

Panettoni in the Motta factory in Milan ready to be baked Milan Motta Factory. Date of Photograph:1950

Portoferraio woodworkers, Elba Island Portoferraio. Date of Photograph:1900-1905 ca

Glassblowers at work in a studio in Murano Venice Murano. Date of Photograph:1925 ca

Glassblower working in a studio in Murano Venice Murano. Date of Photograph:1925 ca

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"Furnaces: The Fiery Heart of the Metal Industry" From zinc production in 1860 to stainless steel manufacturing in 1959, they have been at the core of the metal and steel industry. These mighty machines have shaped our world, fueling progress and innovation. In a picturesque scene captured on paper, we witness the Vieille Montagne factory's zinc production process in Saone-et-Loire. The intense heat emanating from the furnace symbolizes both power and transformation. Moving forward to Sheffield in 1959, Firth-Vickers Stainless Steel stands as a testament to technological advancements. Shepcote Lane becomes a hub of creativity as furnaces roar with life, forging stainless steel that would shape industries worldwide. But it's not just metals that find solace within these fiery chambers - even fish swim inside smokehouse furnaces in Scotland. This unique method of smoking preserves their flavor while adding an unmistakable smoky essence. Let us not forget boilers - crucial components for various industrial processes. Furnaces provide them with the necessary heat to operate efficiently, ensuring smooth operations across multiple sectors. History reveals how coal strikes affected iron industries; when fires grew dim due to limited supply, entire communities felt its impact. Yet resilience prevailed as stokers tirelessly fed HMS Kent's furnaces during pursuit after the Battle of Falkland Islands in 1914 – showcasing unwavering determination amidst adversity. Traveling back further into time brings us face-to-face with Sheffield circa 1720-1740. A bustling cityscape emerges where furnaces dominate the skyline – symbols of prosperity and growth fueled by molten metal flowing through their veins. Middlesbrough presents another captivating image; tapping into its rich industrial heritage around 1870 depicts workers skillfully managing furnace operations amidst billowing smoke clouds – a mesmerizing dance between man and machine. Across oceans lies Dowlais Rolling Mills in Nova Scotia, Canada.