Wages in early water-powered cotton mills, 1786–1796

dataset:early-cotton-water-frame-wages-1786-1796

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Period1786–1796

rows9

columns14

Sources2

Geography

Provenance

Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce: Insights from Arkwright's Lumford Mill, 1786-1811 The State of the Poor, volume 2, cotton manufacture report

Structure

What the table measures

Human-readable labels are shown first; original column names appear below.

description Observation Id observation_id 9 filled · 9 distinct

description Location location 9 filled · 3 distinct

description Period start period_start 9 filled · 5 distinct

description Period end period_end 9 filled · 4 distinct

description Technology technology 9 filled · 1 distinct

description Pay Basis pay_basis 9 filled · 1 distinct

description Role role 7 filled · 3 distinct

description Worker Group worker_group 9 filled · 6 distinct

measure Lower Shillings Week lower_shillings_week 7 filled · 6 distinct

measure Upper Shillings Week upper_shillings_week 6 filled · 5 distinct

description Bound bound 9 filled · 5 distinct

measure Observation Count observation_count 2 filled · 2 distinct

description Evidence Status evidence_status 9 filled · 4 distinct

description Source Locator source_locator 9 filled · 4 distinct

Preview

First 9 rows

Values are shown without transformation.

Observation Id	Location	Period start	Period end	Technology	Pay Basis	Role	Worker Group	Lower Shillings Week	Upper Shillings Week	Bound	Observation Count	Evidence Status	Source Locator
lumford-wage-distribution-sample-1788	Bakewell	1788	1788	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	—	mixed	—	—	distribution-sample	5331	author-distribution	Tertzakian-2025-figure-6-page-15
lumford-wage-distribution-sample-1796	Bakewell	1796	1796	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	—	mixed	—	—	distribution-sample	3602	author-distribution	Tertzakian-2025-figure-6-page-15
wirksworth-children-1795	Wirksworth	1795	1795	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	spinning-operative	children-age-8-14	1	5	closed-range	—	contemporary-report	Tertzakian-2025-page-15-Eden-volume-2-page-130
wirksworth-women-1795	Wirksworth	1795	1795	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	spinning-operative	adult-women	3	5	closed-range	—	contemporary-report	Tertzakian-2025-page-15-Eden-volume-2-page-130
wirksworth-overseers-1795	Wirksworth	1795	1795	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	overseer	adult-unspecified	12	12	point	—	contemporary-report	Tertzakian-2025-page-15-Eden-volume-2-page-130
quarry-bank-spinners-1789-1791	Styal	1789	1791	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	spinning-operative	mostly-piecers	1	8	closed-range	—	wage-book-transcription	Tertzakian-2025-page-17-MCL-C5-1-15-1
quarry-bank-frame-cleaners-1789-1791	Styal	1789	1791	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	frame-cleaner	adult-men	8	10	closed-range	—	wage-book-transcription	Tertzakian-2025-page-17-MCL-C5-1-15-1
quarry-bank-overseers-1789-1791	Styal	1789	1791	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	overseer	adult-men	10	—	greater-than	—	wage-book-transcription	Tertzakian-2025-page-17-MCL-C5-1-15-1
lumford-adult-women-1786-1796	Bakewell	1786	1796	water-frame	weekly-time-rate	spinning-operative	adult-women	5	6	inferred-plateau	—	author-inference	Tertzakian-2025-page-15

Dataset details

Schema: early-cotton-wage-bounds-and-sample-metadata.v2
Extraction: reviewed transcription of role-specific bounds and separate full-distribution sample metadata
Review: reviewed