Drawer and wage tins
- PART OF:
- Wage Tins
- Made:
- 1835-1900 in United Kingdom
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Wooden drawer for wage tins from Liverpool Road Railway Station containing 40 wage tins.
Workers at Liverpool Road Station collected their weekly wages from these tins. The railway, which opened in 1830, connected industrial Manchester with the port of Liverpool. Workers at the bustling station unloaded goods like cotton and coal from wagons for Manchester’s factories. They also loaded finished products for shipment to Liverpool and the rest of the world. In 1850, warehouse workers earned a weekly wage of around £1. This sum could feed and house their families for a week.
Details
- Category:
- Liverpool & Manchester Railway
- Object Number:
- Y2000.37.1/2
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and tin (metal)
- Measurements:
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overall: 60 mm x 554 mm x 365 mm, 4 kg
