Picture No | 10125975 |
Date | circa 1860 |
Description | TREADMILL/COLDBATH FIELD |
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Prisoners working at the treadmill and others exercising in the vagrants' prison, Coldbath Fields. The first treadmill was installed in Brixton Prison in 1817.
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Source | Unattributed engraving in Mayhew's 'Prisons of London' Page 307 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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