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Ballast-heavers 1850s
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Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud. This was when the River was not sanitized and diseases like diphtheria, scrofula and cholera were rife. Date: circa 1850s
Media ID 23071008
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