Southern India

It was constructed in 1890.  This is the street entrance to Dhobi Ghat.

Just opposite the wash areas is a small one room school for the youngest that live in the Dhobis.

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The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai&#039;s hotels and hospitals.

Their biggest clients are neighborhood laundries, garment dealers, wedding decorators and caterers, and mid-sized hotels and clubs.

Working day in and day out in these conditions is hard to imagine.

Here we find an automatic washing machine.

We find a young man ironing all day long.

We discover a family lives where in the location the work is taking place.

This young man is folding laundry after it being laundered.

A group of men struggle to move these laundry bags through the tight areas on a dolly.

Taking a break

Check out this electrical handiwork.