Plate taken from the Illustrated London News, 4th July 1874, showing prisoners on the treadwheel in Clerkenwell Prison, London. The treadwheel was a common method of hard labour used in 19th century prisons.

Picture Reference: 10315808
Subject: SOCIETY & WARS > Politics, Government & Law > Crime & Punishment, Prison
Credit: Science Museum Library

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