A mortising machine or milling machine for woodworking, used for drilling mortises for ship's fittings. On the right-hand side of the workbench, precisely prefabricated, pre-drilled wooden blocks are stacked up. Historically, this setup was used, amongst other places, in large sawmills (such as the City Sawmills in London) to produce standardised ship's blocks (pulley blocks for shipping) or components for mechanical engineering, 1860, authentic, high-resolution reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the illustration unknown, historical
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A mortising machine or milling machine for woodworking, used for drilling mortises for ship's fittings. On the right-hand side of the workbench, precisely prefabricated, pre-drilled wooden blocks are stacked up. Historically, this setup was used, amongst other places, in large sawmills (such as the City Sawmills in London) to produce standardised ship's blocks (pulley blocks for shipping) or components for mechanical engineering, 1860, authentic, high-resolution reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the illustration unknown, historical

Date

Aug 05, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26H71_119

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108.4Mb (36.1Mb) / 26.3in x 16.0in / 7880 x 4808 (300dpi)

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