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Manufacturing and mining industries
This collection includes books on industrial processes and their organisation from extraction of raw materials to finished products.
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The industrial archaeology of Glasgow
Blackie
1974
A guide to the industrial buildings of Glasgow.
The excavations at Sinclairtown Pottery Kirkcaldy
Fife Regional Council
1991
An overview of excavations undertaken in advance of the building of a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Consett Iron Company Limited: description of the works
Mawson, Swan, & Morgan
1893
A well illustrated history of the iron works built in Consett, County Durham. With compliments slip from Mr William Jenkins.
Dutch tiles
Merlin Press
1963
A detailed account of the change and developments of Dutch tiles from the 16th century onwards.
Fired earth: 1000 years of tiles in Europe
Richard Dennis Publications
1991
Published to accompany a touring exhibition.
The salterns of the Lymington area
Bucklands Trust
1996
A history of coastal salt production in the Lymington area.
David Dale of New Lanark: a bright luminary to Scotland
Heatherbank Press
1983
A new assessment of David Dale, the predecessor of Robert Owen at New Lanark.
Kirkcaldy potteries
Fife Publicity
2000
A history of pottery manufacture in Kirkcaldy focusing on the four main factories. Signed by the author on the title-page.
Doon Valley diary: the critical decade 1963-72
John Moore
1980
|A history of Doon Valley with a particular emphasis on the impact of pit closures.
Glasgow as it was. Vol III, Glasgow at work
Hendon Publishing Company Ltd.
1983
Published to accompany an exhibition on nineteenth and early twentieth century industry in Glasgow.
The Kenyon tradition: the history of James Kenyon & Son Ltd 1664-1964
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd
1964
A history of the Bury textile firm.
The story of Shotts: a short history of the Shotts Iron Company Limited
Shotts Iron Company Limited
1954
A history of the Lanarkshire iron company.
Nairns of Kirkcaldy: a short history of the company (1847-1956)
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.
1956
A history of the famous linoleum Fife manufacturer.
Pottery: being a simple account of the history of pottery and a description of some of the processes employed in its manufacture
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
1924
An introduction to types of pottery and the materials and techniques used to manufacture them.
The woollen mill buildings in the Hillfoots area
Forth Naturalist and Historian
1996
A survey of over two centuries of industrial activity in Clackmannanshire.
God's treasure house in Scotland: a history of times, mines and lands in the Southern Highlands
Museum of Scottish Lead Mining
1985
A reprint of an 1876 account of the social life and work of the miners in Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
The problem of the coal mines
Eyre & Spottiswoode
1945
An account of the state of the coal industry at the end of the Second World War with an emphasis on mechanisation and working conditions.
History of the Staffordshire potteries
David & Charles Reprints and S.R. Publishers Limited
1970
A reprint of an 1829 account of the development of the Staffordshire pottery industry.
Paper making in the British Isles: an historical and geographical study
David & Charles
1971
A history of the technological and economic development of paper making.
Bridgend: a Scottish colliery village
Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums
1984
A photographic record of life and times in a Scottish mining village.
Mining of alluvial deposits by dredging and hydraulicking
Mining Publications, Ltd.
1929
A guide to the recovery of minerals such as tin, gold, platinum and diamonds from alluvial deposits. With loosely inserted photographs to two mining operations.
Grand alliance: a chapter of industrial history
Published for Allied Ironfounders Limited by Chantry Publications Limited
1951
A history of Allied Ironfounders Limited from its origins as the Coalbrookdale Company.
Lectures on iron-founding
Charles Griffin and Company, Limited
1904
Based on a series of lectures at the University of Birmingham.
