Using gunpowder in a stone quarry, 1867

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Using gunpowder in a stone quarry, 1867

Using gunpowder in a stone quarry, 1867. Quarry worker tamping down a gunpowder charge before setting and lighting a fuse to blast away a section of rock. On the right is the plume of smoke from and exploding charge. From a childrens book. (London, 1867)

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