Factories in Victorian times: Interiors

 I started by looking at actual interiors of Victorian factories.

After looking at examples of both Victorian and early 20th century factories I found a lot of children to be working in them. This could be an interesting aspect to include within the game to highlight one of the darker sides to Victorian life. Seemingly it was only until 1901 that the minimum working age was raised to 12! (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lesson13.htm)

Until 1842, children under the age of 10 worked in coal mines

After looking on the Durham Mining Museum website. (http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm) I saw many of the deaths were children, more than I had expected. Deaths ranged from explosions to being crushed by wagons or horses.

While this next images is from the 1930s the machinery seems very similar, the only real difference being the age of the workers.

Quarry Bank Mill

The next images are estimated to be from around 1910, so a bit later than the Victorian era but similar nonetheless.