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Unloading a collier.

© National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: PU7770
Title: Unloading a collier.
Description: London was a huge market for coal, which was used for domestic heating and in the capital's industries. Huge quantities of coal were brought into the port by colliers from northeast England.
Creator: John Augustus Atkinson (artist & engraver): William Miller (publisher): James Walker (publisher)
Date: 1808
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London

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