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Tinplate Workers, Swansea, 1900

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Tinplate workers at Swansea in the 1900s. The rolling of the sheets of tinplate was done by men, but many women were also employed to separate the sheets during rolling. This was done using sword-like tools known as hangars.

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Reproduced by permission of National Museum of Wales
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National Museum of Wales 2011
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museumwales.ac.uk/media/8625
Item uploaded:
11/11/2010
Date originally created:
1900
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