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Coal Mining and the Victorians
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a man is hunched over in a semi lying position in a narrow tunnel. He has a candle and a pickaxe and is working at the coalface. Add to board
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Illustration of a Victorian Getter at the Coalface

A Victorian getter at the coalface. Illustration from the Report of the 1842 Royal Commission into Children's Employment (Mines).

 

Image: © National Coal Mining Museum for England.