Industrialization Collection

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s
Riverboats loading at the Ohio River levee in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Machines in the textile factory of the brand "La Lanera Espanola" in Sabadell, near Barcelona, Spain, c
AIS5380086 Machines in the textile factory of the brand "La Lanera Espanola" in Sabadell, near Barcelona, Spain, c. 1920 (b/w photo); © Iberfoto.

View of Limehouse, England, with a description of the industrialization of the Thames at the end of the Victorian era
MMM5467127 View of Limehouse, England, with a description of the industrialization of the Thames at the end of the Victorian era (late 19th century) and of tugboats, cutters, and barges

Uncle Sam squeezing a steel belt around the globe symbolizing America's domination of the new methods of working in
NWI4827314 Uncle Sam squeezing a steel belt around the globe symbolizing America's domination of the new methods of working in the metallurgical industry vis-a-vis other powers (England, Prussia)

First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4962717 First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: First traffic on the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865)

Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge, Florida, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963720 Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge, Florida, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Steam Train: First train on Key West Railroad Railway Bridge)

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: oil field, close-up of a drill with a stake, ropes, blows, horse
LUX4787582 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: oil field, close-up of a drill with a stake, ropes, blows, horse, oil workers and technicians, 1903; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU)

Ship "David Dows" and boat unloading cargo, 1882
1575208 Ship "David Dows" and boat unloading cargo, 1882; (add.info.: Ship "David Dows" and boat unloading cargo at grain elevator, carts and wagons hauling merchandise)

The great rival adverting shows to "boom up" stocks, 1883
1575221 The great rival adverting shows to "boom up" stocks, 1883; (add.info.: The great rival adverting shows to "boom up" stocks by Bernard Gillam, 1856-1896)

March of Intellect. Mechanical, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper)
7483082 March of Intellect. Mechanical, 1829 (hand coloured etching on paper) by Seymour, Robert (1798-1836); 25x35 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Caricature comparing Don Quixote to Saint-Simonianism a French political and social movement of the first half of
5669717 Caricature comparing Don Quixote to Saint-Simonianism a French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century

View of the Gare de l'Ouest, Paris, 1893 (engraving)
ELD4835492 View of the Gare de l'Ouest, Paris, 1893 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the Gare de l'Ouest (current Gare Saint Lazare)

France: coal mine miners in working clothes with oil lamps, 1895
LUX4788874 France: coal mine miners in working clothes with oil lamps, 1895; (add.info.: France: coal mine miners in working clothes with oil lamps, 1895); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: Campina oil field, derricks reflecting in an oil pond, 1914
LUX4787594 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: Campina oil field, derricks reflecting in an oil pond, 1914; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: Campina oil field)

View of island 9 and construction sites from the former military factory in Marseille in 1865
JEB4858000 View of island 9 and construction sites from the former military factory in Marseille in 1865. Photograph by Adolphe Terris

Greece: Lorentin silver laundromat, 1890
LUX4800819 Greece: Lorentin silver laundromat, 1890; (add.info.: Greece: Lorentin silver laundromat, 1890); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Frederick Jones & Co's. shoe factory, 1890
1575188 Frederick Jones & Co's. shoe factory, 1890; (add.info.: Frederick Jones & Co's. shoe factory, Plymouth, Massachusetts.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Steam Engine Makers Society, 1884 (hand coloured engraving on paper)
7485259 Steam Engine Makers Society, 1884 (hand coloured engraving on paper) by Morton, William (b.1826); 49x34 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Crumlin Viaduct, c.1852 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483131 Crumlin Viaduct, c.1852 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Kennard, Thomas William (1825-1893); 26x45 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963668 Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway in the 1850s)

Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900
NWI4825485 Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900.; (add.info.: Cotton press for making cotton balls, circa 1900.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Sections through one of Jedediah Strutt's water-powered cotton mills at Belper, Derbyshire, 18th century
FLO4592052 Sections through one of Jedediah Strutt's water-powered cotton mills at Belper, Derbyshire, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: oil field, close-up of a drill with a stake, ropes, blows, horse
LUX4787570 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: oil field, close-up of a drill with a stake, ropes, blows, horse, oil workers and technicians, 1903; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU)

Otto Gas Engine, c.1867 (engraving)
1720831 Otto Gas Engine, c.1867 (engraving); (add.info.: The Otto engine was a large stationary single-cylinder internal combustion four-stroke engine designed by the German Nicolaus Otto)

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

Bateau a vapeur & Chemin de Fer, 19th century (hand coloured woodcut on paper)
7485300 Bateau a vapeur & Chemin de Fer, 19th century (hand coloured woodcut on paper) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 30x37 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Caricature against Saint-Simonianism
5669839 Caricature against Saint-Simonianism; (add.info.: Caricature against Saint-Simonianism, 1830, by Henry-Rene D'Allemagne)

Speedwell Forges, site of the first demonstration of the electric telegraph, in Morristown
NWI4966639 Speedwell Forges, site of the first demonstration of the electric telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey (USA) - Reproduction of an invoice from 1837 - Colorized engraving 19th century

Advertising poster for Augusto shoes, 19th century (engraving)
JEB4848869 Advertising poster for Augusto shoes, 19th century (engraving); Musee d'histoire, Marseille, France; (add.info.: Advertising poster for Augusto shoes)

Smoke leaving the Duquesne factory chimneys at night, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900
NWI4827220 Smoke leaving the Duquesne factory chimneys at night, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Map of Bohemia (litho)
8661136 Map of Bohemia (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Bohemia. The Kingdom of Bohemia formed one of the richest provinces of the Empire of Austria)

The United Society of Brush Makers, c.1840 (engraving on paper)
7485260 The United Society of Brush Makers, c.1840 (engraving on paper) by Shury, John & Son (fl.c.1840); 41x31 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Crimple Valley Viaduct, York and North Midland Railway. Harrogate Branch, 1847 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483127 Crimple Valley Viaduct, York and North Midland Railway. Harrogate Branch, 1847 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Birkinshaw, John Cass (1811-1857); 34x45 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Clifton Suspension Bridge, c.1864 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483109 Clifton Suspension Bridge, c.1864 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Webb, W. T. (fl.c.1864); 22x32 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: Artist: W. T)

Hotwells and Clifton, c.1831 (litho on paper)
7483100 Hotwells and Clifton, c.1831 (litho on paper) by Bedford, T. (fl.c.1831); 18x26 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: Artist: T)

Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive, early 1900s. Engraving of the 20th century
NWI4963392 Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive, early 1900s. Engraving of the 20th century.; (add.info.: Driver of a steam train loading coal to advance the locomotive)

Indian of America getting the first passage of the transcontinental train, 1860s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4963035 Indian of America getting the first passage of the transcontinental train, 1860s. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Workers making cotton balls in a cotton press in southern Italy, years 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4825471 Workers making cotton balls in a cotton press in southern Italy, years 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

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)

Oil Reservoirs, Baku, Russia, 1890 (engraving)
JAB4119534 Oil Reservoirs, Baku, Russia, 1890 (engraving); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886
JAB4120612 Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886; (add.info.: Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Textile industry: textile factory on the edge of Sugar River in Newport, New Hampshire, circa 1880
NWI4826758 Textile industry: textile factory on the edge of Sugar River in Newport, New Hampshire, circa 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Textile industry)

View of the Krupp factories in Essen, Germany producing cannons, portrait of Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp
ELD4858062 View of the Krupp factories in Essen, Germany producing cannons, portrait of Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp, 1908 (View of industrial site of Krupp guns manufactories)

Portrait of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (Hoffmann La roche) founder of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche
ELD4964398 Portrait of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (Hoffmann La roche) founder of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche in 1896 (portrait of Fritz Hoffmann)

Industrial Revolution: Chimney rejecting smoke from the sugar factory in Sheffield, England, 19th century
NWI4832533 Industrial Revolution: Chimney rejecting smoke from the sugar factory in Sheffield, England, 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Industrial Revolution)

France, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (53), Chateau-Gontier: Heuzard-Digion establishment
LUX4759408 France, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (53), Chateau-Gontier: Heuzard-Digion establishment, animated view with a countermaster in the middle of machine tools, 1910; (add.info.: France)

L Aciérie (The Steelworks), 1895. Creator: Luce, Maximilien (1858-1941)
L Acierie (The Steelworks), 1895. Found in the collection of the Musee du Petit Palais, Geneva

Kuzbass Coal, 1938. Creator: Lukin, Wilhelm Ivanovich (1871-1943)
Kuzbass Coal, 1938. Found in the collection of the State Museum- and exhibition Centre ROSIZO, Moscow

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"From the Ohio River to the Spanish Civil War: Tracing the Path of Industrialization" Step back in time to Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1860s, where the bustling banks of the Ohio River witnessed a transformative era of industrialization. The city's skyline was adorned with factories and mills, as steam-powered machinery revolutionized production processes. Fast forward to Spain during the tumultuous years of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and witness how industrialization played a pivotal role in shaping this conflict. "Producid. " echoed through war-torn streets as factories churned out weapons and supplies for opposing factions. The need for power became evident - "Per a una potent, " they cried. Yet amidst destruction and chaos, there were glimpses of hope for peace. Industria De Pau? Guerra Peace - these words resonated among those who yearned for an end to bloodshed. Three elements emerged as crucial catalysts during this period - industry, independence, and nationalization. Intriguingly, historic automobiles captured imaginations long before these conflicts unfolded. Wood engravings from 1898 depict elegant cars that symbolize progress on wheels – a testament to industrial innovation that would soon reshape societies worldwide. Meanwhile, cotton yarn manufacturing took center stage in another corner of history. Witness Ring Spinning – a process that transformed raw cotton into fine threads with precision and skill; an embodiment of industrial prowess during the 19th century. Across continents lies yet another tale – that of American Screw Company s. , which left its mark on United States' industries. An engraving from 1884 immortalizes their contribution to America's growing economy – a testament to ingenuity driving progress forward. Finally, delve into MET DE BLES' depiction of copper mines; an image evoking both awe-inspiring beauty and grueling labor associated with extraction industries throughout history. The story unfolds, connecting these diverse threads of industrialization.