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Coal Mining and the Victorians
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Illustration of a Victorian Hurrier pulling a tub of coal. The boy is on all fours in a narrow tunnel. Add to board
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Illustration of a Victorian Hurrier

A Victorian hurrier pulling a tub of coal. Illustration from the Report of the 1842 Royal Commission into Children's Employment (Mines).

 

Image: © National Coal Mining Museum for England.