Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud. This was when the River was not sanitized and diseases like diphtheria, scrofula and cholera were rife
Picture No
12013649
Media ID
47700627
Size
5577px x 4034px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in London Labour and the London Poor', volume 2, No. 66, page 483
Date
circa 1850s
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