Record of architectural features of factory and photographs of fabrication of rock drilling bits
- Made:
- 1950-1974 in Manchester
Three photograph albums showing the exterior of the original building used by Sir Joseph Whitworth in Openshaw built in 1880 and demolished in 1973. Other photographs show the manufacturing process involved in making rock drill bits used by the oil and gas industry and group shots of employees of the company during the 1970s.
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Object Number:
- YA2003.45
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph album
- credit:
- Gift of Evelyn Gledhill
