Brownbacks was the name given to quarrymen. The photo shows a vertical-boiler steam crane used for lifting blocks of stone. Notice the wooden water barrel and the man of the left of the image with a hammer on his shoulder.
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Keywords:boilers, brownbacks, clothing, hammers, lancashire, quarries, quarrying, quarrymen, rossendale, steam cranes, steam engines, valley of stone
