Industry Collection (page 20)

Le Creusot
A model of the Creusot steam hammer at the Paris Worlds Fair, 1878. It was built by Schneider and Co. in the French town of Le Creusot. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

George Stephenson (1781-1848), wood engraving, published in 1880
George Stephenson (1781 - 1848), English engineer and principal founder of the railway sector. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Fox Talbot (1800 - 1877), wood engraving, published in 1880
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800 - 1877), British inventor and photography pioneer. He developed the principle of the negative-positive process. Wood engraving, published in 1880

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

Phosphoroscope (1857) by Becquerel, wood engraving, published in 1880
Phosphoroscope by Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (French physicist, 1820 - 1891). A phosphoroscope is piece of experimental equipment

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)

Antique illustration of Imperial Museum for Art and Industry (Wien)
Antique illustration of Imperial Austrian Museum and School for Art and Industry (Oesterreichisches Museum fAOEr Kunst und Industrie) in Wien (Austria)

Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of ship

Museum of Military History, Vienna

Antique illustration of dock

Twin rotation printing press

Brooklyn Railway
circa 1925: Aerial view of the elevated train tracks running beside a highway in an industrial area of Brooklyn. Billboards and factories flank the tracks

Nearly Finished; Construction of Hellgate Bridge, New York City
Circa 1917, Construction of Hellgate Bridge, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Suspension Crane
A suspension crane lifting lengths of timber at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, USA, 22 December 1919. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Riveting Girders
One man watches as another man rivets girders on a construction site, both are high up on the girders of the building, USA, circa 1900. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
Rail lines run across the front of the headquarters of the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, manufacturers of Listerine products, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, circa 1920

Chevrolet Heaquarters
Chevrolet heaquarters in Detroit, Michigan, USA, circa 1930. A water tower with the Chevrolet logo rises above the building and car park. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

George V Dock Goose-Necked Cranes
Goose-necked cranes tower above the George V Dock (1921-1981) at the Port of London. King George V officially opened the dock on 8 July 1921

Plastic Bumper
15th October 1956: A close-up of a Plexiglass bumper on a Nash Palm Beach, at the Farina works in Italy. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8703 - Fashion Kings Of The Car World - pub

A factory at Saarbrucken in the Saar, Germany

Tugboat At Work; hauling a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside
17th July 1954: A tugboat hauls a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside. The shipyards are the major employers in the area and, while the demand is high

In Chopiniana
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1885 - 1931) perfroming in a production of Chopiniana in New Zealand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Peoples Car
circa 1950: Rows of Beetle cars at a German Volkswagen plant. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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)

Car Line-Up
14th October 1955: A line-up of the new Standard Vanguard, just off the production line at the Standard works in Coventry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Image shows passengers and immigrants on the B and C decks towards the aft of the White Star liner RMS Olympic (sister of Titanic) as she sits in port and they await processing, New York, late 1920s

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