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Table Ba4589-4591 - Average weekly hours worked in manufacturing, railroads, and bituminous coal mining: 1900-1957

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  Ba4589 Ba4590 Ba4591
Manufacturing Class I steam railroads Bituminous coal mining
Row Year Hours Hours Hours
1 1900 55.0 52.3 42.8
2 1901 54.3 52.0 41.0
3 1902 55.4 51.3 41.9
4 1903 54.3 52.3 40.8
5 1904 53.6 52.7 36.2
6 1905 54.5 50.6 38.0
7 1906 55.0 50.4 38.3
8 1907 54.3 53.7 42.0
9 1908 50.3 53.9 34.7
10 1909 53.1 51.5 37.5
11 1910 52.2 52.3 38.9
12 1911 51.7 53.1 37.8
13 1912 52.4 53.1 40.0
14 1913 50.9 54.8 41.6
15 1914 50.1 55.6 34.9
16 1915 50.4 55.1 36.9
17 1916 51.4 56.0 42.4
18 1917 51.0 55.2 43.9
19 1918 49.6 54.3 44.7
20 1919 46.1 46.8 35.2
21 1920 48.1 48.0 39.3
22 1921 45.3 43.8 26.3
23 1922 47.9 46.1 24.9
24 1923 48.9 46.2 31.1
25 1924 46.6 44.9 29.8
26 1925 47.9 45.0 33.9
27 1926 47.8 45.1 37.4
28 1927 47.4 44.7 33.3
29 1928 47.6 44.6 35.3
30 1929 48.0 44.8 38.1
31 1930 43.6 42.9 33.3
32 1931 40.2 40.7 28.1
33 1932 38.0 38.5 27.0
34 1933 37.6 38.4 29.3
35 1934 34.4 39.7 26.8
36 1935 36.4 40.2 26.2
37 1936 38.7 42.1 28.5
38 1937 37.9 42.1 27.7
39 1938 35.0 41.3 23.3
40 1939 37.3 42.1 26.8
41 1940 37.6 42.5 27.8
42 1941 40.0 44.0 30.7
43 1942 42.3 45.2 32.4
44 1943 44.1 47.2 35.8
45 1944 44.2 47.1 40.1
46 1945 42.4 46.4 38.4
47 1946 39.2 43.8 37.5
48 1947 39.2 43.8 35.7
49 1948 38.8 43.7 32.6
50 1949 38.0 41.0 27.9
51 1950 38.7 38.1 30.0
52 1951 38.9 37.9 30.2
53 1952 38.8 37.4 29.2
54 1953 38.6 37.1 29.5
55 1954 37.8 36.4 28.0
56 1955 38.5 37.1 32.4
57 1956 38.2 36.9 32.6
58 1957 37.8 36.5 31.5



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