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Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 14,369 Year: 1900
Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 12,546 Year: 1900
Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 20,765 Year: 1900 1 Comment
Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 12,539 Year: 1900 1 Comment
Wellington Inn, Manchester, 1900
Streets, Buildings etc - Buildings
The Wellington Inn in the Old Shambles Market-place, Manchester in 1900. The elevated portion on the right of the photograph is the Old Punch House.
Views: 12,989 Year: 1900
Victorian Lady
Socialising - In the Park
Unknown - A Victorian Lady poses for a photograph in the park.
Views: 12,070 Year: 1895 3 Comments
Soup Kitchen
Work - Strikes
Revd. William Wickham serving at a makeshift 'Soup Kitchen' in Wigan during the miners' strike of 1893.
Views: 13,901 Year: 1893
Miner after work
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner kneeling down in a wash day alley, 1891.
Views: 14,064 Year: 1891 3 Comments
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
On the pit bank at Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, c1890.
Views: 14,765 Year: 1890 2 Comments
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
Surface worker at the Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, c1890.
Views: 11,514 Year: 1890
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
Surface workers at Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, posing for the camera, c1890.
Views: 11,223 Year: 1890
Rose Bridge Colliery
Work - Mining
Workers possibly taken at Rose Bridge Colliery, Wigan. c1890.
Views: 16,756 Year: 1890 7 Comments
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
A tub being weighed while another is pushed off. In the centre is the tally boy. In the weigh house are the weigh man appointed by the company, and the check weigh man chosen by the men or the union. c1890.
Views: 11,523 Year: 1890
Industrial Wigan
Work - Mining
Photo taken in Wigan, c1890. Possibly Douglas Bank Colliery.
Views: 12,812 Year: 1890
Pit Brow Lasses
Work - Mining
Women working at the pit surface. Taken in Wigan, possibly Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 13,650 Year: 1890
Miner Washing
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner has a wash at home after a long shift down the pit, c1890.
Views: 12,946 Year: 1890
Coal Tippler
Work - Mining
A coal tippler in Wigan - possibly taken at Douglas Bank Colliery. c1890.
Views: 16,093 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Wigan Drawer in the Pit
Work - Mining
A drawer pushing a tub to the main haulage. c1890.
Views: 11,641 Year: 1890
Pick Sharpener
Work - Mining
The pick sharpener's building at a Wigan Colliery, c1890.
Views: 11,557 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
Erecting wooden pit props to hold the roof down the pit, c1890.
Views: 11,646 Year: 1890
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner poses for a photograph in front of a slag heap at Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 11,953 Year: 1890
Underlooker
Work - Mining
The underlooker was was a mining official responsible for the safety of miners who would check the pit before each shift. This was taken in Wigan, possibly at Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 11,679 Year: 1890
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
Photo taken at a Wigan Colliery. Possibly a manager or mine owner judging by the clothing. c1890.
Views: 11,056 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Steam Engine 'Ince'
Work - Mining
Steam Engine 'Ince' possible taken at Rose Bridge Collieries in Wigan, c1890.
Views: 12,340 Year: 1890 2 Comments