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Architect, concreter, labourer, raw materials transporter, and master builder - this welcome swallow was a reminder of how amazing birds can be. I cannot imagine I could ever build a house just using my mouth!
M. Fuxing Rd., Shanghai
By that time, many areas of Shanghai had already turned to lockdown and the residents there were ordered to stay at home. In a week's time, all the residents in this city would see what they could never have imagined: in the name of epidemic prevention, the whole of Shanghai would be artificially turned into a dead city, with countless horrific farces, absurdities and tragedies unfolding every day: youtu.be/opvjfsRNtA8. Street labourers like the man in this picture would face an extremely difficult situation.
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
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Attapalam, iddukki district, kerala, India sept 2022
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The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fyrish), in Fyrish near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It was said that Sir Hector rolled stones from the top of the hill to the bottom, thereby extending the amount of time worked and paying the labourers for additional hours.[1]
It represents the Gate of Negapatam, a port in Madras, India, which General Munro took for the British in 1781. It is visible from almost anywhere in the parishes of Kiltearn and Alness.
Massey’s Folly was built by a former rector of Farringdon Thomas Hackett Massey who was incumbent from 1857 to 1919 and during that time took it upon himself to rebuild both chancel and rectory and then to top it all, build on a site opposite the church.
Massey himself built the building, aided only by a carpenter, bricklayer and labourer. It must have been a labour of love, for it took him thirty years to complete and when finished in 1910, stood empty for fifteen years, its purpose uncertain.
Eventually life was breathed back into the building when it was used as the village school and hall.
The Folly is now in private hands.
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In this place everything is done by hand, those shots were taken in tamil nadu state in india, Have a look at the other shots of this serie
My husband is a farm labourer for a Mennonite family. Every year in the summer the family hosts a BBQ which the employees and their families are invited to attend. The food is all homemade and always tastes amazing!! The dinner rolls are my most favourite. I’ve never had such warm, soft dinner rolls like these before. 😂 Afterwards we sat around a campfire. It was quite chilly tonight - perfect for a campfire. This is the third year that this family has hosted a summer BBQ and it never disappoints.
I hope you all had a great day!!
The nave was used by the laybrothers who looked after the day-to-day running of the Abbey, so that the choir monks could devote their lives to prayer. The laybrothers attended fewer services, although they would pray in the fields when they heard the Abbey service bell. As their work was more demanding, they had longer hours of sleep and more to eat. They often worked as shepherds or labourers on the Abbey's farms. Although the laybrothers took monastic vows, they had their own dormitory, refectory and infirmary.
Fountains Abbey, Aldfield, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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The boat that appears to be ready to sink is dredging gravel from the riverbed. Once dredged up, it's taken away by workers and piled on the beach ready to be used in construction. One can only imagine how heavy the pails of gravel must be on their heads. And they do this for 12 hours a day.
Hellfire Pass, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Hellfire Pass is the name of a railway cutting on the former Burma Railway ("Death Railway") which was built with forced labour during the Second World War. The pass is noted for the harsh conditions and heavy loss of life suffered by its labourers during construction. Hellfire Pass is named for the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by torchlight, said to resemble a scene from Hell.
Hellfire Pass in the Tenasserim Hills was a particularly difficult section of the line to build. It was the largest rock cutting on the railway, coupled with its general remoteness and the lack of proper construction tools during building.
Sixty nine men were beaten to death by Japanese guards in the six weeks it took to build the cutting, and many more died from cholera, dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion. However, the majority of deaths occurred amongst labourers whom the Japanese enticed to come to help build the line with false promises of good jobs. These labourers, mostly Malayans (Chinese, Malays and Tamils from Malaya), suffered mostly the same as the POWs at the hands of the Japanese
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Kaple Panny Marie Bolestné na Křenkově.
The chapel stands on the site called "na Krenkove". It was built in 1742 by French troops during the siege of Prague as a powder magazine. It later served to labourers in quarry as storage for material. In 1847 was building rebuilt to chapel, right after the accident at the quarry thanks owner's daughter Marie Hergetová. The chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.
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Raise: After doing research into the history of the building, brothers Lester and Norman Coloma, wanted to honour the family owned and operated furniture manufacturer that once occupied this space. They painted labourers working hard to “lift a hammer”, symbolizing the grit and determination of Hamiltonians.
On display at Caernarfon Castle.
We know that an army of unskilled labourer's were conscripted from almost every region of England to work here.
Quarrying and splitting rock, digging moats and ditches and carrying away the earth. Making space for and providing materials to build thick walls and tall towers. This hard work surely broke them as they surely broke rock Their names have not survived.
Daily wage labourers take their meals early in the morning and leave for their daily routine. After reaching their destination, they hang their food bowls on shady trees to prevent them from spoiling in the heat. After that, after working at noon, they ate their lunch and went back to work.
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Installation by Christian Boltanski (1944 - 1921)
2,393 men, women and children from 20 countries were registered as forced labourers at the Völklingen Ironworks during the Second World War. 261 of them lost their lives, including 60 children and infants.
Sintering plant at the Völklingen Ironworks, Völklingen
Saarland, Germany 14.04.2025
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Die Zwangsarbeiter
Installation von Christian Boltanski (1944 - 1921)
2.393 Männer, Frauen und Kinder aus 20 Ländern waren während des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Zwangsarbeiter in der Völklinger Hütte registriert. 261 von ihnen verloren ihr Leben, darunter 60 Kinder und Kleinkinder.
Sinteranlage der Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen
Saarland, Deutschland 14.04.2025
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In this place everything is done by hand, those shots were taken in tamil nadu state in india
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Matsuo Mine (松尾鉱山), was an iron and sulphur mine located in the village of Matsuo, Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. The area is now part of the city of Hachimantai. The mine opened in 1914 and closed in 1979 leaving a ghost town behind.
The Matsuo mine employed 1132 miners in 1920, 4145 miners in 1935, and 8152 miners in 1940. During World War II, an unknown number of conscript Korean labourers were also used. The peak number of employees was 13,594 in the year 1960.
Due to the location of the mine, the company had to create a complete city for the workers and to provide numerous welfare facilities such as elementary and junior high schools, hospitals, and music halls. In an era before government public housing, the town had apartment blocks in reinforced concrete with flush toilets and central heating. The town was publicised as a "paradise on the cloud" to secure workers and their families. After the mine closed, all wooden buildings were incinerated to prevent the possibility of fire, leaving only the reinforced concrete structures.
This old horse-drawn caravan lies on a farm in the Wimmera. These were lived in by itinerant workers who moved from farm to farm in search of work, taking their home with them.
A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof. Their style of construction is specific to the Itria Valley, in the Murge area of the Italian region of Apulia. Trulli generally were constructed as temporary field shelters and storehouses or, as permanent dwellings by small proprietors or agricultural labourers. In the town of Alberobello, in the province of Bari, whole districts contain dense concentrations of trulli. The golden age of trulli was the nineteenth century, especially its final decades, which were marked by the development of wine growing.
The Ribblehead Viaduct, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering, is a 400-meter-long, 24-arch structure on the Settle-Carlisle Railway in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. Completed in 1876, it was built by manual labourers, or navvies, in challenging conditions that led to many fatalities. Today, it remains an iconic landmark and is a popular destination for walks, offering stunning views and a visitor centre at the nearby Ribblehead Station.
on the Semmering Alpine Railway, Austria.
[Explore 21-07-2022]
The Semmering Alpine Railway was planned in the 1840s by Carl Ritter von Ghega to complete a direct connection between Vienna and Triest, Austria's one-time harbour on the Adriatic and which now lies in Italy. With its 15 tunnels and 16 viaducts it was built in only 6 years between 1848 and 1854. 20,000 labourers laid 65,000,000 bricks! The viaducts - at the time very daring with their inclinations and curves - are made of brick and stone, without the use of steel. A project that was said to be impossible - it has now been in service for almost 170 years! On account of its beautiful harmony with the landscape, the Semmering Alpine Railway has been granted the status of United Nations World Cultural Heritage.
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Black & white conversion from RAW in SilkyPix Developer Studio Pro 9, where I was able to influence the tonal range for each colour, including three different greens, which accounts for the very lively representation of the surrounding woods.
Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid; El Gobernador, Jalisco; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on 15 May.
Saint Isodorus of Madrid, pictured here on a stained glass window in St Stephen's church in Wijnandsrade, The Netherlands.