Ironworks Collection

Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company - Building a Warship Victorian period

Messrs Vickers Iron Foundry - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Date: circa 1910s

Glasgow (colour litho)
2797826 Glasgow (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glasgow. Illustration for card from game called The Kingdoms Of Europe by John Jaques)

Charging a modern blast furnace, Govan Iron Works, Glasgow, c1880. Artist: WD Scott-Moncrieff
Charging a modern blast furnace, Govan Iron Works, Glasgow, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

A Blast Furnace in Action Date: circa 1920s

Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919)
TED4640249 Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919). Photography 10/10/99

An engraving depicting the charging of a blast furnace, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 19th century
5311356 An engraving depicting the charging of a blast furnace, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1844); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The ironworks at Coalbrookdale
5311740 The ironworks at Coalbrookdale; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the ironworks at Coalbrookdale. Dated 18th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

La Casa Mila, La Pedrera, Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona (Spain). Architect Antoni Gaudi i Cornet (1852-1926), 1910
TED4664102 La Casa Mila, La Pedrera, Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona (Spain). Architect Antoni Gaudi i Cornet (1852-1926), 1910

Detail of the grid of Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle)
TED4640907 Detail of the grid of Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle). Architects Emile Andre (1871-1933) in 1904 and Jacques Philippon in 1924

Detail of the grid of Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle)
TED4640903 Detail of the grid of Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle). Architects Emile Andre (1871-1933) in 1904 and Jacques Philippon in 1924

Detail of Maison Houot in Nancy, France designed in 1903 (photo)
TED4641165 Detail of Maison Houot in Nancy, France designed in 1903 (photo) by Andre, Emile (1871-1933); (add.info.: La Maison Houot, 92 bis Quai le Lorrain in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle)

Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar
530460 Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar. Name said to come from Carron Ironworks, Scotland. Wood engraving, c1884.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Casting a mortar at Grissell's Regent's Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855 (engraving)
538551 Casting a mortar at Grissell's Regent's Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855 (engraving); (add.info.: Casting a mortar at Grissell's Regent's Canal Ironworks, City Road)

La Maison Saint Cyr, 11 square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898
TED4640344 La Maison Saint Cyr, 11 square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919)

The foundry or cast house, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 1844 (engraving)
538548 The foundry or cast house, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 1844 (engraving); (add.info.: The foundry or cast house, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire)

Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar
530461 Carronade, short piece of naval ordnance with large calibre chamber, like a mortar. Name said to come from Carron Ironworks, Scotland. Wood engraving, 1850; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Goldspring ironworks near New York where the materials for the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad were
538402 Goldspring ironworks near New York where the materials for the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad were produced

Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919)
TED4640233 Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919). Photography 10/10/99

Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle). Architects Emile Andre (1871-1933)
TED4640873 Villa Les Glycines, 5 rue des Brices in Nancy (Meurthe and Moselle). Architects Emile Andre (1871-1933), 1902-1904 and Jacques Philippon, expansion in 1924

Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving)
538414 Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New)

Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919)
TED4640209 Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Construction 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919). Photography 10/10/99

Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Realisation 1898
TED4640237 Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Realisation 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919); Photography 10/10/99

Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Realisation 1898
TED4640215 Maison Saint Cyr, Square Ambiorix in Brussels (Belgium). Realisation 1898, architect Gustave Strauven (1878-1919); Photography 10/10/99

English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English furnace woman in iron works, between c1915 and 1917. A woman stoker England in front of a furnace at an ironworks during World War I.

Molding shop at the Kasli plant, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Molding shop at the Kasli plant, 1910.

Molding of an artistic casting, Kasli Iron Works, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Molding of an artistic casting, Kasli Iron Works, 1910. People at Work: Production of Artistic Casting. Founded in 1747, the Kasli Iron Works

The Valley of Llynvi, Turning the First Turf for a New Railway, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Valley of Llynvi, Turning the First Turf for a New Railway, 1858....the first turf for this new railway was turned, near two of the principal ironworks already in operation

L Aciérie (The Steelworks), 1895. Creator: Luce, Maximilien (1858-1941)
L Acierie (The Steelworks), 1895. Found in the collection of the Musee du Petit Palais, Geneva

The Britannia Ironworks at Bedford, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Britannia Ironworks at Bedford, 1860. A...gigantic plough-manufactory...owned by Messrs. James and Frederick Howard...The total number of implements turned out of the Britannia Works in a single

Interior in the Palazzo Borghese, 1886. Creator: Josef Theodor Hansen
Interior in the Palazzo Borghese, 1886

View of Zlatoust, 1890s. Creator: Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergey Mikhaylovich (1863-1944)
View of Zlatoust, 1890s. Private Collection

Victor David House (Le Petit Salon) entrance stairway, 620 St. Peter Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Pontalba buildings, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Pontalba buildings, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Market Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Market Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

House in the Garden District, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
House in the Garden District, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

Upper story of building with wrought iron balconies, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Upper story of building with wrought iron balconies, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Upper level balconies with wrought iron on St. Peter Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Upper level balconies with wrought iron on St. Peter Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Facade of a building with shuttered doors and balcony, New Orleans or Charleston... c1920-1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Facade of a building with shuttered doors and balcony, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

A vista through iron lace, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A vista through iron lace, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

View down a street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
View down a street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Street scene in the French Quarter, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene in the French Quarter, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Royal Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Royal Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Dauphine Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Dauphine Street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

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The mesmerizing world of ironworks comes to life in this captivating collection of images. Step back in time and witness the ingenuity and craftsmanship that went into creating these magnificent structures. First, we find ourselves at Messrs Vickers Iron Foundry in Barrow-in-Furness. The air is thick with anticipation as workers labor tirelessly to shape molten iron into works of art. Every swing of the hammer echoes through the foundry, a testament to their dedication. Moving on, we arrive in Glasgow, where a vibrant color lithograph showcases the city's bustling iron industry. A modern blast furnace roars with power at Govan Iron Works, transporting us back to the 1880s when this masterpiece was captured by WD Scott-Moncrieff. Witnessing a blast furnace in action is truly awe-inspiring. Flames dance wildly as they devour raw materials, transforming them into molten metal ready for shaping and molding. This fiery spectacle reminds us of the immense power harnessed within an ironworks facility. Next, our attention turns towards Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company - Building. Here, skilled craftsmen meticulously construct mighty vessels that will conquer vast oceans. Bronze ship's eight-spoked wheels from Brown Brothers add an elegant touch to these majestic ships' grandeur. Journeying further north brings us to Lancashire Ironworks—a place where innovation meets tradition. Amidst towering chimneys and billowing smokestacks lies a hive of activity as workers forge ahead with their creations—each piece contributing to Lancashire's rich industrial heritage. But it's not all about heavy machinery; St Ives in Cornwall reveals another side of ironworks—the heroic efforts made by lifeboat crews braving treacherous waters. With hearts full of courage, they put out to sea or return triumphantly after saving lives—a reminder that even amidst industrial progress, humanity remains at its core.