File:Coldbath-fields-oakum-room-mayhew-p301.jpg
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"Large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakum" class="extiw" title="en:Oakum">en:Oakum</a>-Room (Under The Silent System) At The Middlesex House Of Correction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldbath_Fields_Prison" class="extiw" title="en:Coldbath Fields Prison">Coldbath Fields</a>" on p301 of The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life (1864) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mayhew" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Mayhew">en:Henry Mayhew</a> (d. 1887) & John Binny. Prisoners were required to pick apart old ropes to make oakum, which was used to seal ships and piping. Typically they might have to do 2 pounds a day, although that might be increased to 6 pounds if sentenced to hard labour.
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| current | 11:16, 3 January 2017 | | 927 × 619 (507 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | "Large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakum" class="extiw" title="en:Oakum">en:Oakum</a>-Room (Under The Silent System) At The Middlesex House Of Correction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldbath_Fields_Prison" class="extiw" title="en:Coldbath Fields Prison">Coldbath Fields</a>" on p301 of <i>The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life</i> (1864) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mayhew" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Mayhew">en:Henry Mayhew</a> (d. 1887) & John Binny. Prisoners were required to pick apart old ropes to make oakum, which was used to seal ships and piping. Typically they might have to do 2 pounds a day, although that might be increased to 6 pounds if sentenced to hard labour. |
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