The manufacture of rope: general view of the spinning walk, showing the spinners (centre) with a supply of heckled hemp around their waists walking backwards from the wheel to which the stand they were working on was attached the plants on either side of the picture are hemp plants (Cannabis sativia). Dated 1845

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The manufacture of rope: general view of the spinning walk, showing the spinners (centre) with a supply of heckled hemp around their waists walking backwards from the wheel to which the stand they were working on was attached the plants on either side of the picture are hemp plants (Cannabis sativia). Dated 1845

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