Bobbin boy
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A bobbin boy was a boy who worked in a textile mill in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Description
Template:Unreferenced section In the 18th and early 19th centuries, bobbin boys worked in textile mills. The boys brought bobbins to the women at the looms when they called for them, and collected the full bobbins of spun cotton or wool thread. They also would be expected to fix minor problems with the machines. Average pay was about $1.00 per week (Template:Inflation), with days often beginning at 5:30 am and ending around 7:30 pm six days per week. The job as a bobbin boy was dangerous, and there was always an extreme risk of death.
Notable bobbin boys
The following people once worked as a bobbin boy:
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks, Governor of Massachusetts and Union general<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Andrew Carnegie, steel tycoon<ref name="Carnegie">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Robert Frost, poet<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>