Tag Archives: Factories

1903: Steel Mills

Posted on December 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Aaron Harry Gorson: Steel Mills – Nocturne, Pittsburgh (c. 1903-1920)

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1944: Factory

Posted on December 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederick William Elwell: A Munitions Factory (1944)

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1914: Factory

Posted on December 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Ginner: The Dressmaking Factory (c. 1914)

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1897: Steelworks

Posted on November 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lionel Walden: Steelworks, Cardiff, at Night (1897)

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2008: Factory

Posted on November 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jon deMartin: Factory by the Railroad (2008)

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1896: Steel Works

Posted on November 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Prytherch: Cyfarthfa Steel Works at Dusk (1896) The son of a Welsh ironworker, Prytherch was sent to work at the Dowlais ironworks at the age of ten, where he worked until he was twenty. When Lady Wimborne, the wife … Continue reading →

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1875: Modern Cyclopes

Posted on November 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Adolph von Menzel: Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes) (1872-1875) The elder Cyclopes—not to be confused with the shepherd Cyclopes encountered by Odysseus—were single-eyed immortal giants cast into the depths of the earth upon birth by their father, Uranus, along with … Continue reading →

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1945: The House by the Canal

Posted on September 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: The House by the Canal (1945)

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1925: The Sleeping Factory

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Daniel Vázquez Díaz: La fábrica bajo la niebla [The Factory in the Mist] (c. 1920) La fábrica dormida [The Sleeping Factory] (1925) In February 1919, after eight workers were fired for political reasons from a hydroelectric plant in Barcelona, … Continue reading →

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1943: Day Shift

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis Criss: Day Shift (1943)

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