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Tools, Machinery & Equipment
Advertisement: J. Darwen and Son, Saddlers, Harness Makers, Bridle Cutters, etc, Birmingham
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »
Apparatus
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Bark Peeling Tools
Image: Barking irons, Wyre Forest [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 3. Bark Peeling Tools Bark peeling was a task… read more »
Charcoal Burning
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. A man is raking out a clamp with a “rauble” or… read more »
Charcoal Burning
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. Two men are filing sacks with charcoal from an oak spade… read more »
Charcoal Burning Tools
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 8. Charcoal Burning Tools (2) Item located… read more »
Charcoal Burning Tools
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 9. Charcoal Burning Tools (3) Items located… read more »
Charcoal Burning Tools
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 10. Charcoal Burning Tools (4) Item located… read more »
Charcoal burning: Retorts
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. Three men are cutting up timber to fill retorts. A horse… read more »
Charcoal Burning: Retorts
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. One man is filling a retort and taking wood from two… read more »
Derby Porcelain: William Duesbury II and Robert Bloor
Image: Old China Works, Derby, showing kilns for firing the porcelain. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby… read more »
Lowe’s Rope and Twine Manufactory
Image: A display at Bewdley Museum of items from Lowe’s Rope and Twine Manufactory. The firm was founded… read more »
Mapplebeck and Lowe, Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Birmingham
Advertisement, Men and Things of Modern England… The New Illustrated Directory… (Birmingham, M Billing, 1856)
Richard Bach and Co, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
W. Standley, Spur Manufacturer, Walsall
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
William Middlemore, Wholesale Sadler, Harness Maker, Currier, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Work and Labour
Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. Two charcoal burners in front of their hut, with some of… read more »
Works Fire Engine
Image: Photos taken about 1950. The works fire brigade was formed in 1848 and this example of a… read more »
