Industrialisation & Industrial History

Covering the period from 1948 to 1996, The Times End of the Line chronologically traces the history of more than 400 long forgotten railway lines, ...

The history of an entrepreneurial family whose work influenced followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Gothic Revivalism, Art Needlework and Aes...

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm ...

A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's wonderfully illustrated guide to Victorian London, dating from 1862. Bradshaws guide to London was published in...

Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its w...

In recent decades digital devices have reshaped daily life, while tech companies' stock prices have thrust them to the forefront of the business wo...

The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess?In this maste...

In popular retellings of American history, capitalism generally doesn't feature much as part of the founding or development of the nation. Instead,...

A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power - and contributed to the worsening climate crisisThe mo...

In 1530 England was a backward economy, yet by 1780 she possessed a world empire and was just about to become the first industrialized power in th...

In this ode to Connecticuts Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the regions legendary industrial history and ponder its...

The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For over two millennia, herring have been commercially caught and its import...

Granite is the most unyielding of building materials. The great granite quarries of the North East are silent now, as are virtually all of the 100 ...

Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Yet from William Blakes dark ...

In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract Hind Swaraj, laying out his vision ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was Britain's greatest engineer, he was the man who built everything on a huge scale, he built Britain's biggest ship, some...

The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike c...

Located in the heart of Londons East End, the Thames Ironworks might be described as characteristic of the industrial and social landscape of the V...

During the second half of the nineteenth century, Barrow-in-Furness became a pioneer in iron and steel production. It went on to grow astronomicall...

We live our lives immersed in name brand products. It's hard to drive down the street without seeing a plethora of chain restaurants, car dealershi...

The Ironbridge Gorge, a cradle of the Industrial Revolution, in the late 18th century was a magnet for writers, artists and industrial spies. The l...

The area of Kings Cross has witnessed a dramatic transformation, with a new city rising above, alongside and within some of the countrys most compe...

Sunderland was once one of Britains industrial giants. Famous for its shipyards, mines and glass-making, it thrived at a time when its country need...

Women have won their political independence. Now is the time for them to achieve their economic freedom too.This was the great rallying cry of the ...

In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives. By 1986, it was shut down. In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to sa...

The richly varied lives of the Martin brothers reflected the many upheavals of Britain in the age of Industrial Revolution. Low-born and largely un...

Cycling advocates envisage a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of...

Born just as the British Empire was taking its last breaths, Martin Adeney was part of the 'twilight generation' caught between the imperial and po...

Cycling advocates envisage a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of...

Britain was the cradle of the industrial revolution. Its manufacturing prowess sustained a unique global standing in the nineteenth century, bore i...

The British fishing fleet industry was one of huge importance: it was estimated that in late 19th century there were 22,000 merchant ships in the c...

Lincolnshire today is a thriving agricultural county and home to one of the finest medieval cathedrals in the world, but not so long ago Lincolnshi...