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The Old Glengowla lead mine in County Galway, Ireland, operated from 1851 to 1865. Today, an underground trip down to water level shows old equipment and and a variety of minerals, and on the surface can be...
Etna Brickworks in West Lothian was opened in 1880 and for over a century produced refractories and common building bricks using a method that remained largely unchanged. In addition to the 28-chamber kiln...
Looks at coke-making and the early history of gas lighting, and includes material on a surviving gas works at Newton Stewart in Scotland. Animation shows how coal tar collects as a by-product. Discusses...
Illustrates the methods of working early textile machines, from the flying shuttle to the spinning mule. Engravings, cartoons and actual examples from Helmshare Higher Mill Museum are used. The final section...
An archival record of the blacksmith’s shop at Chatham dockyard showing a number of craft skills: forging, chain making and testing, spring making, locksmithing, stanchion making and galvanising. The...
3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...
Illustrates the difficulties experienced in planning and cutting the Forth and Clyde Canal between 1768 and 1790. Discusses the canal today, dealing with the problems of preservation, restoration and use of...
Shows the Dinorwic slate quarry, Llanberis, North Wales, and the men and crafts associated with it and its workshops. Retired men returned to Dinorwic to demonstrate their skills for the camera. A quarryman...
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