Mill workers lived in small houses near factories with no initial laws protecting child workers. Factories employed children because they were cheap labor with nimble fingers ideal for dangerous work under machines, though an 1841 law prohibited children under 10 from mining. Cotton mills spun cotton into thread in factories.

1. ALL ABOUT VICTORIAN FACTORIES BY HOLLIE AND MATTHEW

2. Were did mill workers live? Mill workers lived in small houses near to the factories.

3. were there any laws for protecting working children? No. At first there were no laws to protect children. People didn’t care about the children ,they only cared about money!

4. Why did they employ children? They employed children because they were cheap, did not complain, had nimble fingers, and could crawl about under the machines. However in 1841 no child under 10 was allowed in the mines.

5. How was thread made? Cotton mills were factories were cotton was spun into thread.