Title

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. The woman wears a harness around her waist, passing between her legs and attached to a sledge by a chain. The boy helps by pushing the load from behind.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1848

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_238

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 18,7in x 10,4in / 5609 x 3114 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England female women woman people male boy boys child children event work industry country basket British tunnel English mining miner fuel pulling harness underground pushing location heavy Victorian century Britain sledge lady concept coal exploitation sled B&W narrow cramped dragging coal mine hardship MONOCHROME coal mining industrial revolution road Transport Coal Industry 19th century black & white black and white B W coal miner claustrophobic nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive Bolton child labour corve Greater Manchester hard labour TGN engraving Unknown engraving