Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston Moors
The distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, overseen by inspectors, in preparation for the ground being built on. In exchange for small wages, in this way the unemployed of Preston are kept from want and given useful work. There is no severe exaction of labour, and the men work cheerfully, without the need to remove their coats as navvies do
Picture No
11773258
Media ID
47683386
Size
6686px x 4758px
(6.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by a special artist in Illustrated Times, 6th December 1862, page 516 (digitally coloured)
Date
1862
Pick your License
Apr17 Digging Digs Labourers Levelling Moors Unemployed Unemployment Waste Wheelbarrows
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > MEP
