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Miners building a cog Victorian period
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Miners building a cog Victorian period
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This vintage photograph, hailing from The Keasbury-Gordon Photograph Archive Collection at Mary Evans Prints Online, transports us back in time to the Victorian era, specifically to a coal mine in Wales or England during the Edwardian period. The image showcases a dedicated team of miners and quarrymen, their faces etched with determination and grit, as they construct an intricate cog wheel at the mine site. The cog wheel, a vital component in the transportation of coal from the mine to the surface, symbolizes the relentless and labor-intensive process of extracting this precious resource from the earth. The miners, dressed in their traditional attire, work diligently under the dim light of lanterns, their bodies silhouetted against the smoky backdrop of the mine. The image captures the raw, unfiltered essence of the era, with the rough-hewn walls of the mine pit and the worn tools scattered around the scene. The colliery, a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance, stands proudly in the background, its chimneys belching out plumes of smoke. This photograph is a poignant reminder of the harsh living and working conditions endured by miners and quarrymen during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. It is a snapshot of a bygone era, a time when the demand for coal fueled the Industrial Revolution and shaped the world as we know it today.
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