Title

Thomas Smith Super 10 earth mover working at the Shell Plant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters

Caption

Thomas Smith Super 10 earth mover working at the Shell Plant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Thomas Smith & Sons can trace their origins back to 1820 when the company was created by a group of millwrights. By 1840 most of the machines being produced were cranes ranging from 1/2 tonne to 10 tonnes. By 1861, Thomas Smith, one of the founder David Smith, had taken control and he ran the company as a partnership with his sons until he died in 1902, His sons incorporated the company in 1918.

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Worldwide Photography

Reference

HRM19D71_187

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,0Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3697 x 4738 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England industry country shell British English industrial factory machine machinery location century Britain company digging outside digger B&W south yorkshire excavator MONOCHROME excavating Sixties Sheffield black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century TGN photograph earthmoving equipment Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd. Michael Walters Thomas Smith & Sons Thomas Smith Super 10 Walters Michael photograph