Industry Europe Collection

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Corby Ironworks
11th February 1950: Corby Ironworks in Northamptonshire at night. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4975 - Did You Know This Was Happening To England? - pub

Colliery
17th November 1926: The Pleasley Colliery in Derbyshire, back in operation after the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steel Furnace
16th August 1952: Liquid metal spraying out of the furnace at Thomas and Baldwins steel works in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6005 - Steel Town - pub

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

Coal Miners
February 1871: Pitmen hewing coal in the Durham coalfields. Original Publication: The Graphic (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Boulogne Masts
circa 1920: French fisherman enjoy a short respite in harbour at Boulogne, before going out to sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Asbestos Mines
19th October 1946: Asbestos mines at Amiandos in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4202 - Cyprus A Challenge To British Rule - pub

Well Fire
circa 1910: An oil well alight in Romania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fishing Harbour
circa 1936: A view of Oban Harbour on the Argyllshire coast, Scotland. Oban is a popular tourist destination which hosts a variety of annual events during the summer including the West Highland

Miners At Pit Head
circa 1832: Coal miners at work at the entrance of a mine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pleasley Colliery
circa 1926: Work recommences at Pleasley Colliery after the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Boulogne Harbour
1923: A fishing fleet in the harbour at Boulogne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fishermen
circa 1880: A group of Fishermen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stone Quarry
circa 1900: Traction engines in use at the convict quarries on the Isle Of Portland, Dorset. (Photo by J. W. Read/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Going Up
circa 1900: Miners going up in the lift at the end of their shift. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Newlyn Fishery
circa 1870: The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Policemen Prepare
1st November 1910: A group of policemen, carrying their bedding, prepare for a long fight during the coal strike in Tony Pandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Glamorgan Colliery
1st November 1910: Amateur stokers work in the Glamorgan Colliery during the Tony Pandy strikes and riots. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rescue Party
1905: A rescue party waiting to descend the mine shaft in the worst Welsh mining disaster for 11 years at the Wattstown Colliery in the Rhondda Valley

Pumping Machinery
circa 1910: Pumping machinery in the Glamorgan Colliery, at Tony-Pandy, Wales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Blackwell Colliery
circa 1910: The pithead at Blackwell Colliery near Alfreton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Crowd Waits
5th March 1908: Families at the pithead of Hamstead Colliery, near Birmingham, awaiting news of victims of the disaster. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steelworks At Night
circa 1950: Smoke billowing out of a steelworks at night. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Petrol Works
circa 1910: Box towers at a petrol works at Prededussport, Romania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sitting On Coal
February 1912: Women mine workers sitting on a pile of coal during the coal strike in Wigan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Oil Well
circa 1910: The interior of a box tower at a petrol works at Prededussport in Romania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lime Kilns
circa 1930: Lime kilns in action at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Slate Quarry
circa 1890: Workers cutting slate outside a slate quarry in Llanberris, North Wales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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