Tag Archives: Industry

1885: Foundry

Posted on May 5, 2020 by corvusfugit

P. S. Krøyer: The Iron Foundry, Burmeister and Wain (1885)

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1944: The Removal of Sewell Avery

Posted on November 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1942, in an effort to avoid strikes in war-related industries, Franklin Roosevelt reinstated the War Labor Board and directed it to oversee and arbitrate negotiations between unions and employers. Most unions had also agreed not to strike during the … Continue reading →

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1920: Copper Mill

Posted on October 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Hans Müller: Duisburg Copper Mill (ca. 1920)

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1937: The Building of Tidewater

Posted on September 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)

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1930: Plant

Posted on May 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin: G. I. Petrovsky Metallurgy Plant, Dnepropetrovsk (1930)

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1873: Sunset

Posted on May 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

Armand Guillaumin: Sunset over Ivry (1873)

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1907: Iron and Steel

Posted on May 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

Eugen Bracht: Hoesch Iron and Steel Works, Dortmund (1907)

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1918: Steel Works

Posted on February 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles John Holmes: A Two-Year-Old Steel Works: Erected during the War for Messrs. Steel, Peech & Tozer, Ltd, Phoenix Works, Rotherham (c. 1918)

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1893: British Gas Works

Posted on February 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Adolf von Meckel: British Gas Works on the River Spree (before 1893)

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1896: Cardiff

Posted on February 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Lionel Walden: Cardiff Docks (1896)

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