Chimney Sweeps In The Industrial Revolution
The continued expansion of coal as the main fuel for domestic heating ensured that the sweeping trade flourished.
Chimney sweeps in the industrial revolution. The job of a chimney sweep was essential to avoid fires erupting in the home. Home THE REVOLUTION SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY - PHOTOS Small children especially young boys were sent off by their families or in some cases their orphanage master to seek out work as a chimney sweep. Many of them found either no work or work with wages guaranteed to keep them in poverty for the rest of their lives.
Work-related health problems included. Children were widely used as human chimney sweeps in England for about 200 years and the lives of these little ones who were forced to climb chimneys were the stuff of nightmares. The air people breathed was often foggy with the smoke from the chimneys that vented the many coal fires coming from the.
In Victorian London for example every surface was coated with soot from the widespread use of coal as a heating fuel. It then introduces a quote from Walt Disneys Mary Poppins that suggests a chimney sweeps life is lucky. Many families were poor and the number of children who were looking for apprenticeships was high which meant master tradesmen had the pick of the litter so to speak.
Originally only the ruling class in England had chimneys and chimney sweeps had the filthy job of keeping them clean. For apprentice chimney sweeps the worst abuses occurred in England immediately before and during the Industrial Revolution and during the Victorian Era when thousands of people came to the cities seeking work. Because of the industrial revolution there was a huge increase in homes being built with chimneys this resulted in the Master Chimney Sweep becoming much sought after.
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution coal became the main fuel for domestic heating. Chimney sweeps had to climb up narrow chimneys with a long handled circular wire brush. They would also climb up on top of the house and stick their cleaning.
With the Industrial Revolution and ever greater demand for coal production chimney sweeps grew in numbers. New buildings being constructed of Portland stone didnt stay pristine for long. When overcrowded cities began to produce foggy smoke from chimney fires.
The chimney sweeps during this time period were treated quite poorly. The profession came about with the Industrial Revolution when more and more buildings became home to chimneys. Deformed ankles twisted kneecaps twisted spines inflammatory eye syndrome and respiratory.
They suffered many health problems because of their constant exposure to soot and because of the unnatural positions they were in so much of the time. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution the chimney sweep profession thrived. They had to climb up the narrow chimneys moving a the brush up and down above them to remove the built up soot.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BY ANGELICA BAUTISTA. Apprentices were indentured to the master sweep. In the late 1780s the famous poet William Blake published the first part of his poem in the Songs of Innocence entitled The Chimney Sweep perfectly encapsulating the sad tale of child labour replicated across the country in the age when Britain rose in strength as an industrial powerhouse.
Chimney sweeping was one of the more commonly difficult hazardous and low paying occupations of the era. This lesson includes a puzzle starter where students look at pictures to predict the topic of the lesson. The medieval City of London was gutted in the fire.
According to Owlcation apprentice chimney sweeps of the Industrial Revolution and Victorian era between 1760 and 1901 were some of the most widely and badly abused. The slides of the PowerPoint containing information should be used alongside the historical sources worksheet to challenge this interpretation. The First Industrial Disease in.
The chimney sweeps were not given any type of respiratory equipment or protective clothing. New chimneys were being built with more right horizontal and vertical. The act forbade the apprenticing of any boy under the age of 10 years and the employment of children under 14 in chimney sweeping unless they were apprenticed or on trial.
Working as a chimney sweep was dangerous as it sometimes resulted in twisted spines and kneecaps deformed ankles. Child Chimney Sweeps In The Industrial Revolution Well be looking at events that led to the recruitment of children to serve as chimney sweeps the health hazards they were exposed to and also the inhuman conditions they worked under during the Victorian Era. Chimney sweeps during this time were called master sweeps and would teach the craft to young boys and sometimes girls who were called apprentices or climbing boys The children were found at orphanages or bought from their parents for minor payments.
Hudson was a sometimes chimney-sweep because it was an itinerant occupation and their masters traditionally cast out apprentices during the warmer months usually from May 1. The Chimney Sweeps Act 1834 was enacted in an attempt to protect the children employed by the sweeping masters from cruel exploitation. The professional of chimney sweeping got its start in the 16 th century in England.
In Victorian London there were over 1000 chimney sweeps serving the area.
