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Pen grinding room, Hanks, Wells & Co's factory, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1851
Pen grinding room, Hanks, Wells & Co's factory, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1851. More than 50 women sit at individual grindstones finishing metal pen nibs. The stones are driven through belt and shafting from a central power source.
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AR921286
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4470px × 2412px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
B&W
B/W
belt and shafting
Birmingham, England, Great Britain
Black & White
Black and white
building
BUILDINGS
company
concept
England
Factory
FACTORY WORKER
Female
Grinding
GRINDING WHEEL
grindstone
Hanks
INDOORS
INDUSTRIAL
Industry
INSIDE
interior
JOB
Labor
Laborer
LADY
machine tool
Manufacturing
mass production
mechanisation
Monochrome
monotonous
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
Oxford Science Archive
pen
People
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
tedious
TGN
Tool
TRADE
Victorian
Wells & Co
west midlands
Woman
Women
Wood Engraving
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
WORKING