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US-BOEING 727 & 737 - FACTORY
Boeing 727 (L) and Boeing 737 (R) airplanes are seen on the production line of Renton factory in 1977 in Renton, Washington. (Photo AFP)

Russian Revolution of 1917: "Lenin speaking to the workers of the Putilov factory in
JLJ4644209 Russian Revolution of 1917: " Lenin speaking to the workers of the Putilov factory in Petrograd, 1917" Painting by Isaak Brodsky (Brodsky) (1883-1939). 1917

Coal Riddling workshop, at the mines of Blanzy, c. 1860 (w / c)
CHT157379 Coal Riddling workshop, at the mines of Blanzy, c.1860 (w/c) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Calico printing in a cotton mill, engraved by James Carter (1798-1855) c
KW258416 Calico printing in a cotton mill, engraved by James Carter (1798-1855) c.1830 (lithograph) by Allom, Thomas (1804-72) (after); Private Collection; Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

Science. The french chemist Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory from 1800 to 1847 Engraving
3434716 Science. The french chemist Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory from 1800 to 1847 Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Porcelain making. Porcelain oven of the Manufacture nationale de Sevres
3434714 Science. Porcelain making. Porcelain oven of the Manufacture nationale de Sevres. Engraving in : Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434712 Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Art. Four a faience. Coll. Part. Art)

Sciences. Glassmaking. Workshop for polishing the lead crystal, women's labour
3434705 Sciences. Glassmaking. Workshop for polishing the lead crystal, women's labour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: bottle making and childs labour
3434701 Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: bottle making and childs labour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science, Energy: Condenser at the La Villette Gas Power Station (Paris). Engraving in
3434776 Science, Energy: Condenser at the La Villette Gas Power Station (Paris). Engraving in : Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part)

Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434758 Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in
3434751 Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Porter brewery, powered by a steam-engine, late 18th century. Showing reservoir, steam engine, malt lofts, mill, pump
FLO4593475 Porter brewery, powered by a steam-engine, late 18th century. Showing reservoir, steam engine, malt lofts, mill, pump, malt binns, rowser shaft, chimney, copper and coolers

Plans and sections of a carding machine, used for preparing fibers in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591970 Plans and sections of a carding machine, used for preparing fibers in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham

Economy. Mines of Lievin, Avion, France. Photo, France, c.1905
2636449 Economy. Mines of Lievin, Avion, France. Photo, France, c.1905.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Economie. Photo, France, vers 1905. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI

Economy. Cannon factory. c.1900 (chromo)
2636201 Economy. Cannon factory. c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Economie. Cannon factory. Imagery, France, c.1900.); Photo © CCI

Weapons warehouse, Saint Etienne, c.1910 (photo)
2419849 Weapons warehouse, Saint Etienne, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Economie. Photo, France, vers 1910. Coll. Part. Economy)

Steel factory in the USSR, 1930 (poster)
2069888 Steel factory in the USSR, 1930 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. USSR (Russia): Steel factory in USSR. Poster, USSR, 1930.); Photo © CCI

Equipment used in worsted manufacture: breaking frame, spinning frame and roving frame, 18th century
FLO4593340 Equipment used in worsted manufacture: breaking frame, spinning frame and roving frame, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Letter U: gas plant. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy
DUV4202528 Letter U: gas plant. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher. A face of 24 cubes is dedicated to the metiers

Plan and elevation of a sugar mill, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J
FLO4592869 Plan and elevation of a sugar mill, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Elevations of a reeling machine for winding sewing cotton into balls in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4592027 Elevations of a reeling machine for winding sewing cotton into balls in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Elevation and plan of a water spinning frame, used to twist yarn and wind onto a bobbin in cotton manufacture
FLO4592012 Elevation and plan of a water spinning frame, used to twist yarn and wind onto a bobbin in cotton manufacture, 18th century

Front elevation of the Double Speeder roving frame used in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591995 Front elevation of the Double Speeder roving frame used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Cans contain slivers of yarn brought from the drawing frame

Plans and sections of a deviling machine, used for tearing rags in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591951 Plans and sections of a deviling machine, used for tearing rags in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham Rees

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PCT5618382 gut9880; (add.info.: La sucrerie de Pithiviers (Loiret) au debut du 20eme siecle - industrie du sucre de betteraves - betterave sucriere - cheminee d'usine - ©Gusman/Leemage

Economy. Industrial Exposition of Dresden, Allemagne. Poster by Otto Fischer, Germany, 1896. (poster)
3434512 Economy. Industrial Exposition of Dresden, Allemagne. Poster by Otto Fischer, Germany, 1896. (poster); (add.info.: Economie. Coll. Part. Economy. Industrial Exposition of Dresden, Allemagne)

Science. Soap making in Marseille. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434720 Science. Soap making in Marseille. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434703 Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Glassmaking: glassworks in the 2nd half of the XIXth cent. Engraving in
3434698 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. Energy. Oil refinery at Pantin, Paris. Engravingin: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434787 Science. Energy. Oil refinery at Pantin, Paris. Engravingin: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science. Energy)

Science. Paper Making. Machine for wallpaper printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434759 Science. Paper Making. Machine for wallpaper printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Agriculture. Sugar making. A sugar factory from sugar beet. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de
3434745 Agriculture. Sugar making. A sugar factory from sugar beet. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Agriculture)

Economy. West Leechburg Steel Mills, USA. Postcard, USA, c.1910
2636450 Economy. West Leechburg Steel Mills, USA. Postcard, USA, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Economie. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI

Garden of flowers and perfume distillery in Nice (France) - Engraving by Gabry, based on an illustration by E
FLO4689517 Garden of flowers and perfume distillery in Nice (France) - Engraving by Gabry, based on an illustration by E. Bourdelin, from Le Livre des Parfums by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887), England

Gas plant, c1880 (illustration)
2450318 Gas plant, c1880 (illustration) by Dressel, August (b.1862) (after); (add.info.: Science. Energy. Gasworks in Germany (sectional view).Illustration by August Dressel in

Science. Energy. Worker using an electric metalworking lathe. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity
2638728 Science. Energy. Worker using an electric metalworking lathe. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Calico printing machine used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing
FLO4592061 Calico printing machine used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by William Thomson from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Horizontal plan of the Double Speeder roving frame used in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591983 Horizontal plan of the Double Speeder roving frame used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Cans contain slivers of yarn brought from the drawing frame

Roving can frame, used to produce finer thread in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591985 Roving can frame, used to produce finer thread in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Social Democratic Party, 1930 (poster)
3434860 Social Democratic Party, 1930 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. Germany. The working women vote for SPD. Political poster, Germany, ca 1930.); Photo © CCI

Science. Paper Making. Mills for rags (cotton paper making). Engraving in
3434749 Science. Paper Making. Mills for rags (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part)

Science. Soap making: pasting. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434719 Science. Soap making: pasting. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434704 Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Glass making. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: childs labour. Engraving in
3434702 Science. Glass making. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: childs labour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Let's consolidate the Working Class unity against his enemies, c.1930 (poster)
2069341 Let's consolidate the Working Class unity against his enemies, c.1930 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. USSR (Russia)

NenYto, Rotterdam International Fair, 1928 (print)
1988914 NenYto, Rotterdam International Fair, 1928 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: NeNyTo, International Fair of Rotterdam. Stamp, Netherlands, 1928. Private collection); Photo © CCI

A pin manufacturing plant in 1790 A Pin factory in 1790
1758724 A pin manufacturing plant in 1790 A Pin factory in 1790; (add.info.: A pin manufacturing plant in 1790 A Pin factory in 1790); Photo: Tallandier

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From Lenin addressing the workers of Putilov factory to the coal riddling workshop in Blanzy, the power of industry shapes our world. Witness the assembly lines of US-Boeing 727 & 737 factories, where dreams take flight. Explore the intricate artistry of calico printing in a cotton mill, as James Carter's engravings capture its beauty from c. 1860. Step into France's auto industry and witness its innovation firsthand. Delve into the science behind paper making, where tubs for rags and skilled women pack paper sheets with precision. Join Richard Elkington in his quest for excellence in metalwork craftsmanship. Experience an engraving workshop at nightfall, where dedication meets creativity under dim lights while warmth emanates from a brazier nearby. Finally, immerse yourself in the pinching workshop as foremen oversee workers delicately applying indigo blue on canvas - a testament to meticulous attention to detail.