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The Industrial Revolution in the 1800s marked a significant turning point in history

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850....the construction of drainage is shown

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84

Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84. Dyeing and printing of mass-produced textiles

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850

The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. View of...the stately trees for whose especial protection the transept was added to Mr

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: One of the Retorts for Burning the Turf into Charcoal, 1850. Creator: Smyth

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

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. View of...a solid two-armed stout iron stock; to the end of each arm is attached an adze, 10½ inches long, and 4½ inches wide

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. The South Front of the "Industrial Palace" towards the Kensington-road...when completed

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. The progress of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition, next year

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Alderman Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Messrs. Beard. Mr. Kershaw's immediate connexion with Stockport commenced in 1842

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Visit of...Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park... 1850. Creator: Unknown

Visit of...Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Visit of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the "Parting Cheer", 1850

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, [Tyne & Wear], 1850. The entrance to the dock itself is 60 feet wide; the depth of water at the quays will be 20 feet

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co. - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Engraving of Woodford and Phillips's Spouting Wells from a photograph by Alexander S. Macrae, petroleum oilbroker

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862....one among the series of interesting machines exhibited by J. Harrison and Sons, of Blackburn

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Preston, Lancashire, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Preston, Lancashire, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Preston, Lancashire, 1862. The pure mountain air, and the full, strong sea-breeze, come laden with health to its people, and do their best to neutralise the effect of the smoke belched forth from

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. The power-loom exhibited by this firm is adapted for weaving either Jacquard, Brussels, or velvet-pile carpets

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862

The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. This compact little folding-machine

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Although [Messrs. Burgess and Key's] magnificent display of medals, earned on many hard-fought fields

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. It will be observed that the machine runs on two wheels

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. [This] establishment...[has] attained a world-wide celebrity. Messrs

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862....an ingenious system of marine telegraph, consisting of flags for day

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. Creator: Mallett

The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. This locomotive is the first application of a doubled system of cylinders, pistons

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862

The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. The compositor is in shape a right-angled triangle, placed horizontally

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company... 1862

The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862

The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. The use of this mill is to express the juice from the cane...an endless travelling-table...carries the canes up

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co... 1862

The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co. of Leeds, 1862. Engine designed...for the mineral traffic at ironworks, collieries, &c

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The Monument to George Stephenson at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

The Monument to George Stephenson at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Monument to George Stephenson at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1862....a striking work of art, by Mr. John Graham Lough...It has been erected by public subscription in Neville-street...adjoining the Central

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by...inhabitants of Lambeth

The International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by...inhabitants of Lambeth, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by the inhabitants of Lambeth, 1862. Mr. Hodges is the head of a large and old-established distillery, situated in Pratt-street

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862

The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. This powerful and well-finished steam fire-engine

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire

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

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department of the Western Annexe, 1862. Machine for...reducing iron ore to pig metal...As iron-furnaces have increased in size and number

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Although of a very unpretending appearance, the flax-gin of America may claim a value for industrial usefulness greater than

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Steam engine to power agricultural machinery. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. The first aim was to show the superiority of steam to horse power in the inversion and cultivation of the soil

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Although eleven machines or so were at work from time to time, the systems really on trial were those of Fowler, Howard, Smith, and Coleman

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Perreaux's patent pump valves in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Perreaux's patent pump valves in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Perreaux's patent pump valves in the International Exhibition, 1862. This method of constructing pump-valves is extremely ingenious, simple

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862

Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Side elevation of a machine...intended to manufacture an endless sheet of paper of any width under

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862

The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. The collection of tools first met with on entering the annexe is that of Mr. Whitworth

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Half-crown Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Half-crown Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Half-crown Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862

The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862. Creator: E Bourdelin
The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets - from a photograph by the Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Diagrams...to indicate the different stages of manufacture. Fig

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 3 the Lap-doubler; By this machine the slivers from the breaker carding-engine are formed into a

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. British sailors firing a cannon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageIndustrial Revolution Collection: The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862



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The Industrial Revolution in the 1800s marked a significant turning point in history, as it brought about groundbreaking advancements and transformations that shaped the world we know today. The Engine House at GWR Works in Swindon (BB94_04685) stands tall as a testament to this era of innovation and progress. Meanwhile, deep within the coal mines of England during the 1850s, workers toiled tirelessly to extract precious resources that fueled industrial growth. In British factories across the nation, skilled artisans blew glass with precision and finesse, showcasing their craftsmanship amidst the bustling atmosphere of production. A Factoryscape in the Potteries captured by lens in 1938 reveals a landscape dominated by chimneys spewing smoke into an ever-changing sky. Crewe Station emerged on July 4th, 1837, marking its inauguration alongside the opening of the Grand Junction Railway. This transportation hub became a symbol of connectivity and facilitated trade between cities like never before. Victorian London was notorious for its shady corners where both wealth and poverty coexisted side by side. A Punch cartoon immortalizes Faraday's brilliance as he presents his card to Father Thames himself - an engraving capturing scientific discovery intertwining with nature's elements. Arkwright's Cotton Mills illuminated Cromford, Derbyshire when night fell; these mills were beacons of productivity powered by George Stephenson's revolutionary locomotive "The Rocket" from 1829. Glass factory workers throughout Britain during this period showcased their dedication while shaping molten material into exquisite forms that adorned homes worldwide. These glimpses into our past remind us how far we have come thanks to those who dared to dream big during this transformative age known as the Industrial Revolution.