Roof tiling industry, 19th century. Illustration of workers using a machine to manufacture terracotta roofing tiles in the Montchanin area of France.

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Roof tiling industry, 19th century. Illustration of workers using a machine to manufacture terracotta roofing tiles in the Montchanin area of France. Artwork from volume 6 (1874) of a republication of 'Les Grandes Usines', a multi-volume work on French industry by journalist and author Julien Turgan (1824-1887).

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