Coldbath-fields-oakum-room-mayhew-p301.jpg
Summary
Description Coldbath-fields-oakum-room-mayhew-p301.jpg |
English:
"Large
en:Oakum
-Room (Under The Silent System) At The Middlesex House Of Correction,
Coldbath Fields
" on p301 of
The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life
(1864) by
en:Henry Mayhew
(d. 1887) & John Binny. Prisoners were required to pick apart old ropes to make oakum, which was used to seal ships and piping. Typically they might have to do 2 pounds a day, although that might be increased to 6 pounds if sentenced to hard labour.
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Source | https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TGAJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA301 |
Author | Google scan of 1864 book by Henry Mayhew & John Binny |
Object location | 51° 31′ 31″ N, 0° 06′ 46″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.525278; -0.112778 |
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