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Industrial Buildings
Optical Department: Pot being set into a Furnace
Image: Photo taken about 1940. The same furnace as on photo 2. This shows an empty pot… read more »
Optical Department: Two Pot Furnace
Image: Photo taken about 1940. This two pot furnace accommodated 38” diameter covered pots. The furnace number is… read more »
P. Aitchison and Co, Brass Founders, Sheffield
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Photograph of scientific instruments
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Prime and Sons, Magneto Plate Works, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 ELECTRO-PLATING It would be… read more »
Princess Ekaterina Dashkova’s Visit to Soho, Handsworth
Image: Soho Manufactory. William West, Picturesque Views… of Staffordshire(Birmingham, 1830). Engraving by T Radclyffe was based on a drawing… read more »
R. F. Sturges, Manufacturer of Electro Silver Plated Wares, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Electro-Plating The origin of… read more »
Rectangular Chimney built for Glory Hole
Image: Photo taken during 1945-1946 during the demolition of Number 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. It shows the… read more »
Rectangular Chimney for Glory Hole and Circular Chimney
Image: Photo taken during 1945-1946 during the demolition of Number 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. The rectangular chimney… read more »
Richard Bach and Co, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Russian Military Visitors
Image: Blair and Sutherlands, Gun Makers, Brook Street and Harper’s Hill, Birmingham. Advertisement from Bisset’s Magnificent Guide, or Copperplate… read more »
Shrewsbury’s Industrial Context
Image: The main mill at Ditherington from the west, c.1945. Image from: Shropshire Archives Ditherington Mill developed as part… read more »
Snuff Grinding
Image: Snuff Grinding: ruins of the snuff mill, wooden gearing and water wheel, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley… read more »
The Ditherington Industrial Complex
Image: View of the main mill from the east showing the Shrewsbury Canal and the single-storey building… read more »
The Ditherington Mill Industrial Site, Shrewsbury
Image: Ditherington Mill showing the malt kiln built by William Jones following the end of flax spinning in… read more »
The Location of Ditherington Mill
Image: View of Ditherington Mill showing the Shropshire Canal and canal bridge in the foreground from an early… read more »
The Manufactures of Birmingham and Sheffield
Image: Dain, Watts and Manton, Patentees and Button Manufacturers, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and… read more »
The Spon Lane School, 1845
Image: The Spon Lane Schools, Smethwick built by Chance Brothers, Glassmakers (1845) from an original design in watercolour.… read more »
Thorley’s London Depot and Manufactory
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
View of the Alkali Works, 1862
Image: View of Chance Brothers Alkali Works, Oldbury (1862). James Frederick Chance, A History of the Firm of Chance… read more »
View of the Chance Brothers Glassworks, 1857
Image: View of Chance Brothers Glassworks, Smethwick (1857) from a print. James Frederick Chance, A History of the… read more »
W. Standley, Spur Manufacturer, Walsall
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Water wheel at the Corn Mill, Cromford, Derbyshire
Using the water supplied from the Bonsall Brook, this overshot waterwheel provided the energy to power corn-grinding… read more »
William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham
Image: William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of… read more »
William Spurrier, Electro Steel Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 ELECTRO-PLATING The process of… read more »
Work and Labour
Image: The Snuff Mill, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (early 20th century) [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 2. Work… read more »
