COLLECTION NAME:
University of Manchester History & Heritage
Record
Image Number:
JRL15040275
Reference Number:
UPC/2/597
Image Title:
Mechanics Institution Workshop
Parent Work Title:
University Photographic Collection
Date Created:
1880-1890
Description:
The interior of a workshop in the old Manchester Mechanics Institute on Princess Street (Formerly David street); The shot is angled across two long wooden topped work benches with vices attached to their front edges. Laid out on the surfaces of both of these are various tools and at their rear there is a series of narrow conical metal structures linked to pipe work that runs along the back of the tables and then up towards the ceiling. Behind the benches there is a jumble of machinery and wheels linked by drive belts to shafts on the ceiling it was by this mechanism that power was transmitted from the generators to the various mechanically driven devices in the chamber. There are two doors in the back wall and against the other visible wall in the picture there seems to be a shelf or a further bench (The picture quality is insufficient for it to be clearly seen). The old Manchester mechanics building still stands on the corner of Princess Street and Major Street.
Keyword:
Manchester Mechanics; University; Manchester.
Subject:
University of Manchester
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
Photo: 110 mm
Item Height:
Mount: 119 mm
Item Width:
Photo: 153 mm
Item Width:
Mount: 162 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Mechanics Institution Workshop
