The memory of Industry lives on in these historic photographs


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Old and new, In less than a generation huge changes have taken place in Britain's industry and manufacturing.

Walkers set out at the Gunpowder Mills local nature reserve in Waltham Abbey Coal mines in Wales are now reduced from many hundreds to just a handful of working mines, most of these opencast.

Steel and coal were the principal industries in Wales for many years, the Welsh valleys have been eradicated of its pits and pit wheels leaving only the Big Pit as a heritage archive along with one or two others. This image is of Cefn Coed collery, now a museum, near Neath.

Old and new, Canary Wharf, London still under construction.

Capturing the changes in East London is somewhat of a challenge as the pace of development continues.
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Historic monument from the days of busy docks and ports

Old dockland crane at Canary Wharf, London

Situated at Canary Wharf this sepia image captures the essence of the time when this towering construction lifted tons of goods from ships that docked here.

 

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Port Talbot steel works at night

Port Talbot steel works in South Wales still working today.

artistic photo of cogs and gears

A selection of cogs and gears. Creative lighting makes this an unusual shot.

AVOB logo THE LAST 50 YEARS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY

In the last 50 years British Industry has changed beyond recognition. A Vision of Britain is collecting and archiving images from this period. If you have access to images from the past or even earlier please contact us as we would be pleased to add them to our collection and pay any royalties due on sales. Contact us...

Industry on the river Thames, London

Many of the images taken here are from the collection of images that John Price, A Vision of Britain photographer has taken while working as an industrial photographer in the 1970's - 1990's.