Historical Industrial Processes

Engravings depicting historical industrial activities like mining and soap boiling from the 15th to 19th centuries.

Animal Powered Milling Machine 17th Century Engraving

Rag-and-chain pump being used to raise water from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut

An engraving depicting the process of boiling soap. Dated 19th century

Hand-powered pumps being used to raise water into a river. Engraving, 1620.

Engraving depicting grinding saws in Sheffield. Dated 19th century

Air pressure driven drilling machines and cylinders with compressed air during tunnel construction through Mont Cenis, Savoi, France, Historic, digita...

A flour mill, 1886. Artist: Unknown

A woodcut engraving depicting a corn mill powered by a water wheel. Dated 17th century

Air pressure driven drilling machines and cylinders with compressed air during tunnel construction through Mont Cenis, Savoi, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Animal Powered Milling Machine 17th Century Engraving

Suction pumps arranged in three tiers and linked by cranks. Powered by a water wheel, they are being used to raise water from mine workings. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Forge with bellows driven by an undershot water wheel through cranks, 1673. Artist: Unknown

Draining mine workings by means of a battery of three pumps. The axle, B, is powered by an overshot water wheel. The cams on the axle raise and lower the piston rods by means of tappets. C is the bottom of the pipe which is encased in the basket, D. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

An engraving depicting the interior of an olive mill. Dated 19th century

Newcomen steam engine, 1747. Artist: Unknown

Spanish agricultural industry of the 19th century. Traditional harvesting of olives and elaboration of extra virgin olive oil, Andalusia. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Raising slabs of stone using block-and-tackle powered by man in treadmill, A. Through tooth and pinion, C,B., worm and pinion, E,D. From German edition of Atostino Ramelli' Le diverse et artificiose machine', published 1620.

English An engraving, showing the Turning of barley into malt: removing rootlets from grain by screening after the kiln stage. 1866

Illustration depicting the firebox and boilers of a steam engine. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the making of Cantal cheese in Auvergne, a region in central France. Dated 18th Century

An engraving depicting the Bessemer process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. Named after Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th century

Suction pumps arranged in three tiers and linked by cranks. Powered by a water wheel, they are being used to raise water from mine workings. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Charging a modern blast furnace, Govan Iron Works, Glasgow, c1880.Artist: WD Scott-Moncrieff

Bellows operated by a camshaft, supplying draught to a smelting furnace. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Comparison of the old fire spraying with Van der Heydens snake syringe. Comparison between the operation and application of old fire syringes and the new hose surf sprayers. Design for illustration in the fire spa book by Jan van der Heyden, 1690.

Paper making: Chipping spruce logs and sorting (top). The chips then passed to the sulphit digester. From 'Scientific American', 1898.

Hand Powered Milling Machine 17th Century Engraving

Illustration depicting a man working an inclined tread wheel. Dated 18th century

Cooper. Two men are busy making tons in a workshop.

An engraving depicting the manufacturing of sulphuric acid: Furnace for burning sulphur (centre) first lead chamber (right) second and third lead chambers, (c & d, upper left), boiler (e, left). Dated 19th century

Draining a mine by means of a suction pump. The man in the top right of the picture is operating the piston of the pump by raising and lowering the opposite end of the beam to which the piston rod is attached. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556) Woodcut

Engraving depicting a Cornish fisherman repairing his nets in his 'cellar' or boathouse near the Lizard. Dated 19th century

BAKER'S OVEN, BREAD, AND FLOUR-MILLS.

Draining a mine by means of a suction pump. The man in the top right of the picture is operating the piston of the pump by raising and lowering the opposite end of the beam to which the piston rod is attached. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Machinery: a kind of crank-driven hammer, with a man working at a forge. Engraving after J. Besson.

Multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a spur wheel and lantern, being used to raise water from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut

Engraving depicting multiple grinding mills powered by an undershot water wheel. Dated 17th century

Draining a mine using a duplex suction pump. The box ABCD, shown in detail on the right, contained the crank which operated the piston. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Engraving depicting a water wheel used to drive the machinery at a cotton mill. Dated 19th century

Drilling a well and galleries in an old mine, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, mining operations in the 16th Century

Kuiper, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print Two men are making tons in a workshop. Leiden paper etching wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. craft-production, skilled handiwork

GRABADO-CULTIVO MANUAL Y TRATAMIENTO DE ALGODON-EMPAQUETAMIENTO.

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A water powered triple saw

GRABADO-HORNO DE HIERRO Y ACERO-1867.

mining conveyor technique machinery driven by water power coloured woodcut ""De re metallica libri XII"" by Georgius Agricola 1556 German edition Frankfurt am Main 1580 private collection,

De Re Metallica Plate 12: Pumps and Tanks, Mining - De Re Metallic

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, meadow crew. undated

Engraving depicting the grinding of grain in a distillery ready to be boiled in the mash tun. Dated 19th century

Drilling machines with compressed air drive in 1895, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The Dyer: Dyeing a length of cloth in a vat. In background the dyed cloth is being hung out to dry on tenterhooks. 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman.

ROMANTIC INDUSTRIES OF THE ALPS: MARBLE MILLS ON THE UNTERSBERG. R. PÊTTNER. The Untersberg is a mountain massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps that straddles the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria.

The Papermaker, The Papyrer, woodcut from the Book of Professions by Jost Amman, 1568, Germany, craft, labour, craftsman, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model, original date unknown, Europe

Engraving depicting the washing of wool in a stream. The wool would then be taken away to be hung out to dry. Dated 18th Century

Engraving depicting a horse-powered mill used for shaving 60 men at a time. Dated 18th century

Silk manufacture; warped silk being wound from the spool on to a roller ready to be used on the loom. From Denis Diderot Eneyclopedie; Paris; 1751-80Silk manufacture; warped silk being wound from the spool on to a roller ready to be used on the loom. From Denis Diderot Eneyclopedie; Paris; 1751-80

Roasting gold ore in order to recover the precious metal. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker 'Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt- und Berckwercksarten' originally published in Prague in 1574. Copperplate engraving.

Floating Mill. Illustration. Xvii Century

Steam locomotive manufacturing processes in the works of the Great Western Railway (GWR), Swindon Date: 1854

Kuiper, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print Two men are making tons in a workshop. Leiden paper etching wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. craft-production, skilled handiwork

Engraving depicting a stamping mill powered by an undershot water wheel. Dated 16th century

An engraving depicting a wheel and pinion crane in use on a quay. Dated 19th century

Section of Thames Tunnel (1825-1843) showing men at work in shield (right) while others take away spoil. Picture also shows construction of arched masonry lining using Roman cement behind shield. Patent for this first tunnelling shield taken out by Marc Isambart Brunel 1818. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was site engineer. Tunnel still used by electric trains between Whitechapel and New Cross, London. Woodcut 1842.

Woodblock engraving depicting carpenters at work on the roof trusses of a building. Dated 17th century

Thurber & Co cannery in Moorestown, New Jersey, this is where the preserves are boiled down, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centu...

Washing ore to extract gold. Water fed into sieve (2) containing ore. Muddy solution fed along wooden collecting troughs, often lined with dark woollen cloth: gold separated out on the way. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker 'Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt' of 1580. Copperplate engraving

Boy 'putter' dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam - South Wales. From 'A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries' by Matthias Dunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848. Mining. Britain. Fuel.

Skiopticone image. Peat preparation.

An engraving depicting the method of "flashing out" to form a circular sheet of crown glass. The worker wears a safety mask. Dated 19th century

Sections of a furnace used in the processing of copper. Engraving.

Miners descending a shaft standing on rim of a tub, holding on to the chains it is hanging by. They are carrying safety lamps. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

Curing pilchards,Cornwall, England, 1833

Illustration showing Raising water by means of an endless chain of buckets

industry, metal, copper, copper smithy, wood engraving, ""Buch der Erfindungen"", published by Otto Spamer, Leipzig, 1872,

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut. Mining. Metal. Power. Water.

Raising water from a mine using two sets of overshot water wheels and suction pumps. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Measurers of Corn in Paris. After woodcut from Royal Orders Concerning the Jurisdiction of the Company of Merchants and Shrievalty in the City of Paris published 1528

'The Normans Building a Cathedral', c1934. Artist: Unknown.

A woodcut engraving depicting blacksmiths at work. Note the heavy leather aprons worn as protection from hot metal and charcoal. Dated 18th century

Stamping machine for crushing flint for use in pottery, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, c1851.

Woman 'putter' dragging sledge of coal along a narrow seam - South Wales. British coal industry c1848.

A man is making brushes at his work bench. Woodcut.

Carpenters; Professions. A carpenter processes a piece of wood with an ax. A second carpenter is behind a planer bench. On the back wall and on the ground many tools.

Fig. XXCIX. Antlergon, duplex. Additional, Cochlea duplex., 1662., Coloniæ Agrippinæ. Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici. Depicts mechanical engineering, machinery, mills and mill-work, water pumps, cranks and crankshafts, and includes engravings

Tying machine with automatic sheaf binder, sheaf binding machine from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Slate quarries of Angers. Craft under construction, vintage engraving. Slate quarries of Angers. Craft under construction, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678160

Print from a series depicting various trades, Two men at a machine for grinding mirrors Le degrossi des Glaces Slypen der Spiegelglazen Various crafts , print maker: Frans de Bakker, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1747, paper, etching, h 145 mm × w 185 mm

An engraving depicting a sectional view of a Scotch still. Scottish distillers favoured rapid distillation, because in Scotland excise duty vas levied on the capacity of the stills, not on the amount of spirit produced. Consequently great ingenuity was exercised in the construction of stills; some of which could produce 80 gallons and be ready for the next cycle, inside 32 minutes. 1804

The waste melting furnace in Berlin, opened on 8 March 1899, the dust-free waste fed into the furnace is pre-dried here by a heat of 800° and gasified in its combustible components and is now melted in the large shaft furnace at 1800 - 2000° with the addition of coal dust, waste incineration, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Women workers in a carpet factory. Electric lights with incandescent bulbs hang over each loom supplement natural lighting and enable working day to be extended. Illustration Leipzig c1895

Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid. Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle, 1844. From 'British Manufacturers' by George Dodd. (London, 1844). Wood engraving.

An engraving depicting a method of producing nitric acid (aqua fortis): a cast iron vessel and heating arrangements. Dated 19th century

Pork packing house in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873. Scene shows tanks for cooking pork fat, called 'rending,' to produce lard, then widely used as cooking fat. Poster of the Cincinnati Pork Packers' Association, 1873.

Herring smokehouse on Ruegen, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, herring, smokehouse, fish processing, interior, smokehouse, hatchet, basket, wooden spoon, cat, woman, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Man saws wood together with a boy in a carpenter's workshop, Jan Luyken, 1689 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing carpenter. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: saw

Ventilating a mine. Various forms of fan which could be mounted on an axle inside a ventilating drum. A) Thin boards forming paddles. B) Short boards with feather shaped pieces of supple wood fixed on them. C) Short boards fitted with goose feathers., From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of

GRABADO-BARRENADORA PARA MINAS DE CARBON-1873-PATENTE USA.

Engraving a scene from within the WM Younger & Co., Holyrood Brewery - the mashing stage, where malt and water were thoroughly mixed together. Dated 19th century

Interior view of a 16th century metallurgical workshop. Men are removing impurities from silver. From a book by Lazarus Ercker c 1539 - 1594, a Bohemian metallurgist who wrote treatises on metallurg

Delhi: a woman making a cow work the oil mill. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

Two old time miners panning for gold, Alaska, circa 1916

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