Wet Grinding Department in a Cutlery Plant, Sheffield, England.

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Keystone View Company

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1905

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Lantern slide of grinders making cutlery at a plant in Sheffield, England. The grinders would shape, sharpen, and polish blades on a grindstone wet with water. Sheffield was the center of the cutlery making industry in the UK. Over 1,700 self-employed workers would rent a space there to work.

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