A group of workers posed outside a building at the Chyandour Smelting Works

Date:
circa 1907
Location:
Chyandour Smelting Works, Penzance, Chyandour, Cornwall
Reference:
AA67/02848
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Note the long-handled shovel for use on the smelting furnace and the sacks tied around the men's waists to offer some protection from the heat.

Content

This is part of the Collection: NMR07 NMR Accessioned Negatives - Catalogued

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Tin Works, Victorian Smelt Mill, Industry, People At Work