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| Picture No | 10504361 |
| Date | 1855 |
| Description | Exterior of Whitechapel Workhouse 1855 |
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Frozen out dock labourers wait to receive bread from Whitechapel Workhouse. Dock workers and owners of waterside premises faced starvation in the face of frost on the Thames, bringing business to a halt.
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| Source | Unattributed engraving in the Illustrated London News, 3rd March, 1855 page 210 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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