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Hace 4 días · The four or five stage coaches which had plied daily to London from York, carrying an estimated 23,000–24,000 persons a year, had by the 1850's been replaced by 13 trains a day, carrying approximately 341,000 persons over the same route.
Hace 5 días · In Russia and Slovak countries, when someone is converted, he doesn’t speak of being saved or even born again. May 9, 2024. Play. Understanding Repentance. Two brothers ran a store where they consistently used weights that were too light. May 8, 2024. Play. The Man of God Whose Words Changed History.
Hace 4 días · Upper West Side in 1840. Image courtesy Sotheby’s. Vintage photos have an aura of mystery. It’s as if the people in them know something we don’t know. While the location is the same, the culture...
Hace 2 días · During the mid-1840’s copper mining started to become very popular in Ontonagon, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties, which became known as Copper Country. As the Upper Peninsula’s copper mining flourished, the Michigan Copper Country was the country's top producer of copper from 1845 until 1887.
Hace 4 días · 1844 Factory Act: Minimum age for working in factories reduced to 8 years old. 8 to 13 years old to work a maximum of six and a half hours on weekdays and only six hours on Saturday. 13 to 18 year olds to work a maximum of 12 hours a day and the same applied to women. Safety guards had to be fitted to all machines.
Hace 5 días · In the 1840's, the decade immediately following the arrival of the railways, the city enjoyed its most rapid recorded rate of growth—25.9 per cent.—and during the 1870's the rate of growth— 18.9 per cent.—was again markedly higher than the average for the century.
Hace 4 días · For example, from 1840 to 1854 the average number of looms per weaver went from 1.3 to 2.9. While this increased productivity, there was no increase in wages. Below are a series of extended quotes the health and working conditions of the operatives during this period.
