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Women colliers at Rose Bridge Pits, Wigan, 1865

Women colliers at Rose Bridge Pits, Wigan 1865. The 1842 Mines Act barred women and children from working underground at coal mines.

Title Women colliers at Rose Bridge Pits, Wigan, 1865
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Production Date 1865
Format Photograph
Copyright Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge University
Holding Institution TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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