Factory Collection (page 8)

Torpedo Works
24th February 1907: The fitting shop of Yarrow torpedo works, Poplar, East London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Engineering Works
circa 1909: Men at work in busy factory shop-floor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Production Line
1909: Workers cutting buttons in a factory in Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Factory Visit
9th January 1930: Visitors to the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester where the all-steel fighting planes Bristol Bulldogs are constructed

Fighter Factory
9th January 1930: Factory at Filton, Gloucester where Bristol Bulldog all-steel fighting machines are being constructed for Australia. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cap Makers
July 1909: Capmakers at work in M Jacobsons factory in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hat Makers
July 1909: Women making hats at the Sutton & Torkington factory in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Painting Wings
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, spraying identification markings onto the wings of the Bristol Bulldog

Cider Works
Workers shovelling sag (the remains of pressed apples) into a basket at Henley and Sons cider works at Newton Abbot in Devon, 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in Atacama Desert
The abandoned Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in Atacama Desert, TarapacAa Region, Chile. The abandoned Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in Atacama Desert, TarapacAa Region, Chile

Germany, Rhine Valley
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Bacharach, UNESCO World Heritage

Mausoleum on cemetery of Crespi d Adda, UNESCO World Heritage site in Lombardy, Italy
Crespi d Adda is a historical settlement in Capriate San Gervasio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is an outstanding example of the 19th and early 20th-century company towns built in Europe

Mausoleum on cemetery of Crespi d Adda, UNESCO World Heritage site in Lombardy, Italy
Crespi d Adda is a historical settlement in Capriate San Gervasio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is an outstanding example of the 19th and early 20th-century company towns built in Europe

Tea plantation and processing facility in Kerala, India
Two local women walking on the dirt road towards the buildings a tea processing facility

Fire At Flixborough
1st June 1974: A view of the Nypro plant at Flixborough after the fire on 1st June 1974 where explosions within the plant killed several workers. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Falling Chimney
8th April 1974: The demolition of a chimney in Bromley-le-Bow on the site of an old chemical factory. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Chimney Stacks
8th April 1974: The demolition of two chimney stacks in Bromley-le-Bow on the site of an old chemical factory. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Metal Worker
A worker pouring white hot metal into moulds

Factory Floor
Workers on the Ozalid factory floor

New Jaguar Cars
2nd September 1972: A line of Jaguar cars covered with brown paper at the Jaguar factory, Coventry. (Photo by Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Chimney Falling
1st April 1974: The demolition of a chimney in the site of an old chemical factory in Bromley-le-Bow, London. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Steel Works
29th April 1939: Railtracks which bring locomotives to and from the Guest Keen Baldwins steel works in Cardiff, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 116 - Steel - pub

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
25th March 1911: Firefighters working to douse the flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in the Asch building at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, New York City

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens, mid 20th Century
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, is exclusively a railroad bridge, New York, mid 20th Century

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, as seen over Shore Boulevard from a landscaped park, New York, 1930s

Factories On Canal
February 1955: Industrial plants on the banks of Manchesters Ship Canal. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7538 - Manchesters Lifeline - pub. 1955 (Photo by Frank Horvat/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Austin Engines
3rd April 1948: Engines suspended from a monorail at the Austin Motor Companys Birmingham production plant which exports many cars to America

Obsolete Machinery
28th March 1953: Machinery in a tinplateworks in South Wales factory which is due to close. This is because of the building of giant strip-mills which need fewer workers to run them

Bradford
A marked contrast between Bradfords industrial centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside, 1880. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5228 - Why Your Clothes Will Cost You More - pub

New Jaguars
A line of new Jaguar E-type sports cars under dust sheets at the Jaguar factory, Coventry, 2nd September 1972. (Photo by Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cocoa Mill
A cocoa mill in Grenada, 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire Aftermath
Crowds of people stand in the street, waiting to identify bodies of immigrant workers following the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City, March 25, 1911

Brazilian Sugar Factory
Sugar cane is processed at a factory in Brazil, circa 1700. An illustration from Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales, et Autres Lieux by Romeyn de Hooghe

Brazilian Sugar Mill
A primitive cana mill at Castanho in Brazil, for crushing sugar cane by ox-power, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cotton Factory
Textile workers in a British cotton factory, where processes include carding, drawing and roving. Engraving by J Cart after an original work by T Allom, circa 1840

Textile Works
Sir Titus Salts textile works at Saltaire, Yorkshire from the north side. Around the factory was built the model village of Saltaire

Steam Hammer
James Naysmiths invention, the steam hammer, in operation at an iron foundry. Original Artwork: From a painting by Naysmith himself. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Manchester City
circa 1840: The smoking chimneys of Manchester as seen from Kensal Moore. Original Artwork: Engraved by Goodall after Wyld. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Twin rotation printing press

A factory at Saarbrucken in the Saar, Germany

Kopernicus
The German built steam engine Kopernicus, fresh from the locomotive factory in Esslingen am Neckar, near Stuttgart. Factory workers stand on and around the new engine

Peoples Car
19th September 1953: A row of Standard Cars waiting to be sent to retailers. A four door saloon costing ?481 it does 50 miles to the gallon and is the cheapest car in Britain

Opel Cars
circa 1950: Brand new Opel cars waiting for transportation after being assembled in a Javanese factory. (Photo by Horace Brown/Three Lions/Getty Images)

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