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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Standard 1915, p. 1 References Bell, David (2001). Ships, Strikes and Keelmen. TUPS. ISBN 9781901237269. Heyriès, Hubert (2005). Les Garibaldiens de...

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...

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...

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...

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...

destroying, or damaging Ships or other Vessels, and in obstructing Seamen, Keelmen, Casters, and Ship Carpenters, from pursuing their lawful Occupations....

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...

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...

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...

Humber Keels and Keelmen, (1988), Fred Schofield, Terence Dalton Ltd, ISBN 0-86138-059-2 Schofield, Fred (1988). Humber Keels and Keelmen. Lavenham: Dalton...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Swan, on the Tyne where he subdued "a spirit of insubordination among the keelmen." He broke the strike by using the men of his squadron to man the keelboats...

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...

World - Icons of Invention - Technology - 1750-1820". "Wylam Dilly and the Keelmen". Working Class Movement Library. Retrieved 26 June 2006. Smith, George...

Pieces which combined "charming poetry" political support for striking Keelmen and exploited female tailors. Little is known of Harvey's life but multiple...

colliers. The keels were manned by a close-knit group of workers known as 'keelmen'. In 1634 a charter was granted by Bishop Thomas Morton, which incorporated...