Boys being winched up a mine shaft at Halifax, Yorkshire
Two boys being winched up from a coal mine at Halifax, Yorkshire. The winch is extremely primitive with no safety features. An official investigation in 1842 revealed that children as young as seven were being apprenticed to work in mines, in some cases placed there by workhouses
Picture No
10424750
Media ID
47524568
Size
4717px x 4131px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed engraving in parliamentary report on children working in mines
Date
circa 1842
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1842 Halifax Investigation Mines Shaft Winch Winched
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