The Keelmen of Tyne and Wear were a group of men who worked on the keels, large boats that carried the coal from the banks of both rivers to the waiting...
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Row" is a traditional Tyneside folk song evoking the life and work of the keelmen of Newcastle upon Tyne. A closely related song was first published in a...
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ancestor of the Norfolk Wherry, the Humber Keel and the Tyne Keel and their Keelmen. In Ireland the Howth 17 was designed by Sir Walter Boyd in 1897, and is...
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of the city, and beside the river, resided the close-knit community of keelmen and their families. They were so called because they worked on the keels...
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considerable time. A well-known group of workers on the river were the keelmen who handled the keels, boats that carried the coal from the riverbanks...
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Standard 1915, p. 1 References Bell, David (2001). Ships, Strikes and Keelmen. TUPS. ISBN 9781901237269. Heyriès, Hubert (2005). Les Garibaldiens de...
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the waiting colliers. A close-knit group of workers manned the Keels as 'keelmen'. In 1634 a market and yearly fair charter was granted by Bishop Thomas...
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aged 75 in Caprerra on 2nd June 1882." Bell, David. Ships, Strikes and Keelmen: Glimpses of North-Eastern Social History, 2001 ISBN 1-901237-26-5 Marwil...
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hunger." Charles Wilson noted, "Spasmodic rises in food prices provoked keelmen on the Tyne to riot in 1709, tin miners to plunder granaries at Falmouth...
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Venice–The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore (1834) Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight (1835) by Joseph Mallord William Turner The...
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the century before Luddism. Irregular rises in food prices provoked the Keelmen to riot in the port of Tyne in 1710 and tin miners to steal from granaries...
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Gate in 1798. In 1701 the Keelmen's Hospital was built in the Sandgate area of the city, using funds provided by the keelmen. This building still stands...
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measure of volume, or a weight of 21 (long) tons 4 cwt (21.54 metric tons). Keelmen of Tyne and Wear discusses the coal-carrying keels Shorter Oxford English...
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Poseidon at Sunion, Cape Colonna (c. 1834), Disaster at Sea (c. 1833–35), and Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight (1835). Turner would revisit marine art with...
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91.4 x 121.9 Rome, From Mount Aventine 1835 Private Collection 92 × 125 Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight 1835 National Gallery of Art, Washington...
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Humber Keels and Keelmen, (1988), Fred Schofield, Terence Dalton Ltd, ISBN 0-86138-059-2 Schofield, Fred (1988). Humber Keels and Keelmen. Lavenham: Dalton...
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Northumberland folk singer in a group called The Keelers, named after the boatmen (keelmen) who sailed the Tyne. Their mother sings in folk choirs. Rachel was married...
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destroying, or damaging Ships or other Vessels, and in obstructing Seamen, Keelmen, Casters, and Ship Carpenters, from pursuing their lawful Occupations....
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establishing a permanent Fund for the Relief and Support of Skippers and Keelmen, employed in the Coal Trade on the River Wear, in the County of Durham...
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in a similar capacity at Allendale in Northumberland. He led a party of keelmen to join the rising, and in crossing Rothbury Common met a number of Scotsmen...
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be built until 1873). Building a staithe here would require paying the keelmen to take the coal downstream of the bridge before it could be loaded into...
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dredging of Kings Meadow Island. A major force through this period were the Keelmen. The TIC deepened the river to 9.83 metres, and built the North and South...
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thoroughfare. In 1701 the Keelmen's Hospital was built in the Sandgate area of the city, using funds provided by the keelmen. The building still stands...
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players in the coal business, dealing with disputes with the Newcastle keelmen, who transported the coal by sea, and negotiating with other coal owners...
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World - Icons of Invention - Technology - 1750-1820". "Wylam Dilly and the Keelmen". Working Class Movement Library. Retrieved 26 June 2006. Smith, George...
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and Areas, and to borrow Money for these Purposes. Tyne Skippers and Keelmen (Relief Fund) Act 1788 28 Geo. 3. c. 59 11 June 1788 An Act for establishing...
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annual training was on duty for 23 days during strikes and riots by Tyne keelmen, and again for 33 days in 1831 during pitmen's strikes. While it received...
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River Tyne in 1823. This is now in Tate Britain in London. He also painted Keelmen Hauling Coals by Night in 1835, having himself rowed out into the Tyne...
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moored downstream. The men who worked these boats were known as "keelmen". The keelmen led a very precarious existence, being paid casually, and they were...
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Pieces which combined "charming poetry" political support for striking Keelmen and exploited female tailors. Little is known of Harvey's life but multiple...
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