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| Picture No | 10040054 |
| Date | 1842 |
| Description | CHILDREN WINCHED DOWN |
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CHILDREN WINCHED DOWN A MINE SHAFT - children may be employed from the age of 5, girls and boys alike, working underground for shifts of 11 to as much as 18 hours a day
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| Source | 'Magasin pittoresque' (1843) adapted from official report on the Condition & Treatment of Children in the Mines |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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