Sujet
Interior, Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1890. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Interior, Thomas Firth & Sons Norfolk Works, Sheffield, c1890. Twelve men, each with a work station facing a window, hand-cutting files from blanks of crucible steel. On the outside of the building were louvred shutters to regulate the natural light. The company was founded c1840 by Mark Firth and his father Thomas; they were joined by his brother Thomas Firth junior in 1842. In 1852 they moved to the Norfolk Works and expanded to become leading iron and steel producers, supplying guns and large forged steel items such as crankshafts for steam engines for ocean liners.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1890
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_434
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,0Mo (1,7Mo) / 34,9cm x 21,5cm / 4124 x 2539 (300dpi)