Also anyone know what kind of things were being made at the factories? Anything big involving metal?
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12 to 15 hours a day. The English industrial revolution was brutal beyond belief, The factories turned out all sorts of commercial/indusrial and consumer goods, and killed their workers in the process. Foundries, turning out large metal objects like steam engines for other factories, were not common but there were some.
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maybe about 10-12 hours including children. Remember there weren't any child labor laws back then.
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You may be interested in the information on this website: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm On 16th March 1832 Michael Sadler introduced a Bill in Parliament that proposed limiting the hours of all persons under the age of 18 to ten hours a day. David Rowland worked as a scavenger at a textile mill in Manchester. He was interviewed by Michael Sadler's House of Commons Committee on 10th July, 1832. Question: At what age did you commence working in a cotton mill? Answer: Just when I had turned six. Question: What employment had you in a mill in the first instance? Answer: That of a scavenger. Question: Will you explain the nature of the work that a scavenger has to do? Answer: The scavenger has to take the brush and sweep under the wheels, and to be under the direction of the spinners and the piecers generally. I frequently had to be under the wheels, and in consequence of the perpetual motion of the machinery, I was liable to accidents constantly. I was very frequently obliged to lie flat, to avoid being run over or caught. This may also interest you. Life in the Towns: The Industrial Revolution 1780 - 1880 http://members.allstream.net/~max-com/BIFHSGO.town.2006.html
