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Step into the smog-choked streets of the 19th-century industrial city, where childhood ends early and survival begins at dawn. In this haunting tableau, we witness the quiet struggles of children worn down by soot, cold, and endless labor. As factory chimneys belch smoke into the sky and cobblestones glisten with runoff, life continues—unnoticed and unkind.

This video is part of a series exploring the overlooked human cost of the Industrial Revolution, told not through grand events but through the quiet suffering that filled tenements, alleys, and factory floors.

Let the silence speak louder than history books.

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