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	The average kid would not have used much technology. But many children from poor or nearly poor families were working as young as age 10. They worked for very low wages in sweatshops and factories. And this is where they experienced technology. Big, bulky, heavy mechanical machinery. Not very sophisticated technology, but pretty good at doing its job. And very dangerous to the people who used it.
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