Category:Underwood & Underwood Stereographs of Manufacturing Industries

Underwood & Underwood Stereographs of Manufacturing Industries is an Archives Collection from the Science History Institute, an institution for the history of science. Images in the collection were created and sold as a set for educational use by Underwood & Underwood, a maker of stereoscopic images and equipment. This set was produced between 1895, when the educational unit was established, and 1921, when the company was sold. This collection consists of 48 stereographs depicting various stages in the industrial manufacture of glass, steel, iron, and salt.

Topics in the collection are as follows:

Images 1-6 (Set 1) - Making 12-gallon glass carboys. Glass Works, N.J.
Images 7-13 (Set 2) - Making glass sheets from cylinders
Images 14-16 (Set 3) - Making glass tubing and pipettes
Images 17-21 (Set 4) - Making blown-glass bottles. Glass Works, N.J.
Images 22-35 (Set 5) - Making iron and steel by several processes
Images 36-42 (Set 6) - Rolling mills for steel
Images 43-48 (Set 7) - Salt-making

Media in category "Underwood & Underwood Stereographs of Manufacturing Industries"

The following 54 files are in this category, out of 54 total.

2015.028.001 Blowing a carboy and shaping its base by rolling.tif 4,506 × 2,310; 29.8 MB
2015.028.002 Blowing a 12-gallon carboy into a clay mould.tif 4,506 × 2,346; 30.27 MB
2015.028.003 Cutting a carboy from blow-pipe after leaving mould.tif 4,475 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.88 MB
2015.028.004 Adding molten glass to neck of carboy to make rim.tif 4,445 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.29 MB
2015.028.005 Finishing neck or corkage of a 12-gallon carboy.tif 4,494 × 2,358; 30.34 MB
2015.028.006 Making and fitting ground-glass stopper to a big carboy.tif 4,475 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.68 MB
2015.028.007 Row of drawing kilns on which cylinders are blown by compressed air.tif 4,445 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.29 MB
2015.028.008 Checking off cylinder after being drawn full length.tif 4,445 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.68 MB
2015.028.009 Taking down cylinder and placing on capping off-horse.tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.010 Capping off a cylinder into flattening lengths with electric capping stick.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.011 Splitting cylinders on splitting bucks ready to flatten.tif 4,445 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.29 MB
2015.028.012 Shover boy shoving cylinder into flattening oven.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.013 Taking flattened sheet of glass from lehr in the furnace.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.014 Drawing out glass tubing for chemical apparatus.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.015 Shaping special kinds of glass tubing in a great factory.tif 4,475 × 2,345, 2 pages; 30.07 MB
2015.028.016 Blowing pipettes for laboratory use, in a glass factory.tif 4,475 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.68 MB
2015.028.017 Using compressed air to blow glass into shape of a mould.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.018 Blowing and turning a bottle while in the mould.tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.019 Preparing a bottle neck for its finish.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.020 Shaping a bottle neck while it is rolled by a helper.tif 4,445 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.48 MB
2015.028.021 Finished ware entering tempering oven at glass factory.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.022 Detail view of blast furnaces showing feed buckets ascending.tif 4,445 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.48 MB
2015.028.023 Making the sand moulds for pig iron.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.024 Drawing off molten iron from blast furnace to make pigs.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.025 Cooling the pigs in the sand moulds.tif 4,442 × 2,342, 2 pages; 29.81 MB
2015.028.026 Apparatus for blowing coat of lime on moving pig moulds after use.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.027 Pig iron mix which acts as collector, and distributer pouring .tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.028 Making a bottom for a Bessemer Converter showing gas blast tubes.tif 4,460 × 2,345, 2 pages; 29.97 MB
2015.028.029 Bessemer converter in action blowing iron into steel.tif 4,475 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.88 MB
2015.028.030 Stripping moulds from ingots in Bessemer mill.tif 4,445 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.29 MB
2015.028.031 Pouring molten iron from blast furnace ladle into massive pig iron purifier.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.032 Down the line of furnaces in open hearth mill charging a furnace with molten iron.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.033 Tapping open hearth furnaces and carbonizing molten metal with charcoal or coke.tif 4,445 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.29 MB
2015.028.034 100-ton capacity ladle of liquid steel from open hearth furnace pouring into ladle.tif 4,475 × 2,285, 2 pages; 29.3 MB
2015.028.035 Moulds being taken off steel ingots as they have solidified.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.036 Steel ingot entering first rolling mill to be rolled into plates or rails.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.037 Electric machine drawing white hot billet from re-heating furnace.tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.038 Billet blooms for rails being further compressed and lengthened in rolling mill.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.039 Rolling slab into thin plate in Homestead Mill 4th stage in plate making.tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.040 Final rolling mill action forming finished steel rails.tif 4,475 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.49 MB
2015.028.041 Removing steel plate from great cutting machine front view.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.042 Drilling bolt holes in finished steel rails.tif 4,475 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.88 MB
2015.028.043 Drillers at work with compressed air drill salt mine Kansas (cropped and retouched).jpg 1,825 × 1,945; 2.43 MB
2015.028.043 Drillers at work with compressed air drill salt mine Kansas.jpg 4,256 × 2,096; 6.04 MB
2015.028.043 Drillers at work with compressed air drill salt mine Kansas.tif 4,448 × 2,312, 2 pages; 29.47 MB
2015.028.044 Powder man charging holes with dynamite sticks for blasting in rock salt mine Kansas.tif 4,470 × 2,342, 2 pages; 30 MB
2015.028.045 Salt vats where water is evaporated by solar heat Syracuse New York.tif 4,460 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.58 MB
2015.028.046 Rotary dryer for drying salt Hutchinson Kansas.tif 4,460 × 2,330, 2 pages; 29.78 MB
2015.028.047 Overlooking the extensive salt fields of Solinen Russia 20000 tons of Salt.tif 4,460 × 2,300, 2 pages; 29.39 MB
2015.028.048 A reservoir after evaporation – turning up the salt – salt fields Solinen Russia (cropped and retouched).jpg 1,916 × 1,963; 3.07 MB
2015.028.048 A reservoir after evaporation – turning up the salt – salt fields Solinen Russia.jpg 4,272 × 2,112; 10.06 MB
2015.028.048 A reservoir after evaporation – turning up the salt – salt fields Solinen Russia.tif 4,475 × 2,315, 2 pages; 29.68 MB
Salzabbau in einem Bergwerk in Kansas, USA.jpg 1,824 × 1,904; 2.18 MB
Salzernte in Solinen, Russland.jpg 1,792 × 1,872; 2.96 MB