'The Bottom of the Shaft', 1862. Artist: Unknown

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'The Bottom of the Shaft', 1862. Wagons of coal are being wheeled to the pit shaft, placed in a cage and hauled to the surface. From The Popular Encyclopaedia. (Glasgow and London, 1862).

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