Old Mechanic's Bell Tower,East River,NYC,Goerck & Stanton,New York City,1882

Title: The Old Mechanic's Bell tower [erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Goerck and Stanton streets near the East River, N.Y.C. The tolling of the bell marked the end of a ten-hour day, an act of protest against the employers' practice of compelling artisans to work from 'dark to dark']
Date Created/Published: 1882.
Medium: 1 print : wood engraving.
Summary: Erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Goerck and Stanton streets near the East River, N.Y.C. The tolling of the bell marked the end of a ten-hour day, an act of protest against the employers' practice of compelling artisans to work from 'dark to dark'.
Notes:
Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July 1882, vol. 65, p. 231.
Reference copy may be in SSF - Bells and Bell-towers.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bells & Bell towers; Labor; Industry Shipbuilding.
Bookmark /2003671011/
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