Stokers at work in the heat of the boiler room of a transatlantic liner. The man in the foreground is raking out clinker from the fire box while the man further along the row of is shovelling in more coal. From 'La Science Illustree' (Paris, 1892). Engraving

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Stokers at work in the heat of the boiler room of a transatlantic liner. The man in the foreground is raking out clinker from the fire box while the man further along the row of is shovelling in more coal. From 'La Science Illustree' (Paris, 1892). Engraving

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