Industrial Revolution Collection (page 8)

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

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

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

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

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. 1 the Macarthy Gin; Fig. 4

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Processing cotton grown in India. These machines are used for the purpose of converting the rovings...into what is

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. The gun, being now completely built up, is carried to a lathe for the purpose of being finish-turned

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862.... the patented pump of Messrs. Gwynne...is a large and important affair...the cascade produced being a veritable waterfall...This

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: the Western Annexe, for machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the International Exhibition Building: the Western Annexe, for machinery, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South

The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862

Opening of the International Exhibition: entrance to the Western Annexe, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the International Exhibition: entrance to the Western Annexe, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington

The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. The construction of this gigantic iron frigate, under the superintendence of Mr. 0. W

The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, 1862 Creator: Unknown
The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, [South Kensington, London]

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

Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Show farm...erected with the view of benefiting the agricultural community by showing the most approved systems of

Monumental brass to the late Mr. Robert Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Monumental brass to the late Mr. Robert Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, [London], 1862. A monumental brass to the memory of Robert Stephenson, by Hardman, of Birmingham

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: Night effect of the Western Dome... 1862. Creator: M Jackson
Progress of the International Exhibition Building: Night effect of the Western Dome, seen from the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, [Kensington, London], 1862

Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. We are persuaded that the annexed engraving will be interesting to our readers, in connection with the great question of " The Factory Bill

Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway, c1844, (1912). Artist: JMW Turner
Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway, c1844, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto)

Steam engine of James Watt
Schematic drawing of James Watts steam engine. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell mills
Bobbins with machine-spun thread, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

James Watt
3781945 James Watt; (add.info.: James Watt, from an engraving by C. Turner, after a portrait by Sir T. Lawrence. Watt, Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer)

The History of Gas: A modern gas works interior
3787334 The History of Gas: A modern gas works interior; (add.info.: The History of Gas: A modern gas works interior. Illustration of 1921. Liebig Meat Extract collectible card series)

The New Steam Carriage
3768940 The New Steam Carriage; (add.info.: The New Steam Carriage-English scene showing one of first mid-19th century steam carriages, with passengers. Pub in background.); Lebrecht Authors

The First Railway in Paris
3787737 The First Railway in Paris; (add.info.: The First Railway in Paris. From engraving by Rougeron-Vignerot and Demoulin (dates unknown). C

James Watt
3786606 James Watt; (add.info.: James Watt - after portrait by Sir W. Beechey. Watt, Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer)

The Progress of Steam
3768942 The Progress of Steam; (add.info.: The Progress of Steam-English scene showing early steam carriages being driven in Regent Park, with passengers, dated 1831.); Lebrecht Authors

The joint-stock company of Maltsev's plants, 1900 (poster)
2904337 The joint-stock company of Maltsev's plants, 1900 (poster) by Russian School (20th century) ; (add.info.: For Agriculture & Industry with superheated Steam (steam tractors)

Blaenavon Ironworks (engraving)
NGW311317 Blaenavon Ironworks (engraving) by Hoare, Richard Colt (1758-1838) (after); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Hafod Copper Works (engraving)
NGW311408 Hafod Copper Works (engraving) by English School, (19th century); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Dowlais Ironworks, 1840 (w/c on paper)
NGW311303 Dowlais Ironworks, 1840 (w/c on paper) by Childs, George (1798-1875); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Dowlais Ironworks (w/c on paper)
NGW311302 Dowlais Ironworks (w/c on paper) by Childs, George (1798-1875); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Dowlais Ironworks, 1840 (w/c on paper)
NGW311300 Dowlais Ironworks, 1840 (w/c on paper) by English School, (19th century); National Museum Wales; (add.info.: near Merthyr Tydfil;); National Museums & Galleries of Wales

The Steelworks, Cardiff at Night, 1893-97 (oil on canvas)
NGW186846 The Steelworks, Cardiff at Night, 1893-97 (oil on canvas) by Walden, Lionel (1861-1933); 150.8x200.4 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Nantyglo Ironworks, c.1829 (w/c on paper)
NGW311301 Nantyglo Ironworks, c.1829 (w/c on paper) by English School, (19th century); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown
A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Man smoking a pipe, and a Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Steam locomotives from the 19th century, wood engravings, published 1897
Steam locomotives from the 19th century, top: 1-2) Express locomotive " Rittinger" of the Austrian Southern Railway with longitudinal section (1) and horizontal section (2)

Steam locomotive by George Stephenson, 1814
Illustration of a Steam locomotive by George Stephenson, 1814

J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. Creator: Unknown
J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist, home educated. He improved the Newcomen steam engine

Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in

Early moving pictures - running man and rider, published 1897
Movements of a man and a horse with rider: 1) Runner (Ten pictures in one second); 2) Gallop of a horse with rider (after the English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, 1830 - 1904)

How The Early Spinning Jenny Worked, c1934. Illustration showing the machine for spinning cotton, invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves. The accompanying text explains the mechanism

Botallack Mine, Cornwall
Vintage engraving showing Botallack Tin Mine, Cronwall, 1878

SS Great Western at New York
Vintage engraving showing the arrival of the SS Great Western at New York. SS Great Western of 1838, was an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship; the first purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic

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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.