Girl Putting a Slype
GIRL PUTTING A SLYPE In low galleries, children crawl on hands and knees for 100 to 200 metres, hauling a slype holding up to 250 kg (from the official Report)
Picture No
10040050
Media ID
47195665
Size
5502px x 1500px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
'The Condition & Treatment of the Children employed in the Mines & Collieries of the United Kingdom', page 51
Date
1842
