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Cornflour factory
Victorian illustration to download showing men working in a cornflour factory, refining the cornflour.
Steel pen making: grinding the nibs
Victorian illustration to download showing the grinding room in a steel pen factory. Women sit grinding pen nibs on grindstones.
Steel pen making: slitting the pen nib
Victorian illustration to download showing the slitting room in a steel pen factory. Women sit at long benches slitting the nibs with a machine.
Steel pen making: rolling the steel
Victorian illustration to download showing a man and a boy in a steel pen factory rolling sheets of steel.
Making gun barrels: grinding the barrels
Victorian illustration to download showing a gun barrel factory. Workmen sit beside huge grindstones smoothing the surface of the gun barrels.
Making gun barrels: welding
Victorian illustration to download showing a gun barrel factory. Workmen hammer a gun barrel to weld the edges together.
Making gun barrels: steam hammer
Victorian illustration to download showing a gun barrel factory. A workman has hoisted a mass of molten, glowing metal on to an anvil, where it is struck by a steam…
Cotton factory, power loom workers
Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of women workers in a cotton factory, 1843. Rows of looms powered by steam stand on a vast factory floor.
Woollen factory: fixing teazles
Victorian illustration to download showing a man and boys preparing teazles to raise the nap of woollen cloth.