COLLECTION NAME:
University of Manchester History & Heritage
Record
Image Number:
JRL15040269
Reference Number:
UPC/2/567
Image Title:
UMIST Mechanical Engineering Workshop
Parent Work Title:
University Photographic Collection
Date Created:
c1901
Description:
The interior of the Mechanical Engineering Workshop in the main UMIST building on Sackville Street. Taken from the south west corner of the room the shot is angled north east and shows a number of different sized lathes and a large mechanised grinding stone in the foreground with similar apparatus beyond. There is a single long workbench complete with vices positioned to the south of the eastern bank of these machines and further east running the entire length of the workshop from north to south a wooden and glass partition. This does not reach to the ceiling of the chamber but stands at a height of roughly eight to ten feet from the floor and separates the workshop from the Steam Engine Laboratory beyond. The machinery in the room is attached via thick drive belts to fly wheels on the ceiling which are placed along several drive shafts which run beneath the glazed roof and were the means by which the power to run the machinery was transmitted from the generators. In the northern section of the room there is an area that has been divided off from the bulk of the workshop by means of a wooden and wire mesh partition and propped against this is a glass cabinet displaying various metal tools. The Mechanical Engineering Workshop was located centrally on floor A of the building. There is a small number ‘21’ printed in the bottom right corner of the image.
Keyword:
Mechanical Engineering; UMIST; University; Manchester.
Subject:
University of Manchester
Subject:
Engineering
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
250 mm
Item Width:
299 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
UMIST Mechanical Engineering Workshop
