Coal Mining in Lancashire & Cheshire
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A01=Alan Davies
Author_Alan Davies
Business & Economic History
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=KNAT
Category=NL-KN
Category=NL-WQ
Category=WQH
COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
Economic Geology
Engineering & Technology
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Format=BC
History
HMM=248
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrial Archaeology
Industries
ISBN13=9781848684881
Language_English
Local & Urban History
Mining & Geological Engineering
PA=Available
PD=20100801
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€20 to €50
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PUB=Amberley Publishing
Subject=Industry & Industrial Studies
Subject=Local Interest- Family History & Nostalgia
WG=638
WMM=172
Product details
- ISBN 9781848684881
- Weight: 638g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2010
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The area of Lancashire and Cheshire can be considered one of the homes of the Industrial Revolution, and it was the abundance of coal close to the surface that literally helped fuel the great growth in cities such as Manchester and Liverpool. With poor roads, it was easier to move coal by water and so Lancashire landowners developed the first canals in Britain. Lancashire coal powered the cotton mills, the steelworks and the ironworks, it powered the locomotives that transported people and goods, and it fuelled the ships that brought raw products to the UK and exported engineering wonders to the rest of the world. This book tells the story of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coalfield, using a selection of rare and previously unpublished images showing both the industry itself and the human face of one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
Alan Davies has been interested in mining all his life and this led to a career working in the museums industry, most notably at the Lancashire Mining Museum, Salford. He has written numerous books on collieries and coal mining in Lancashire. Alan lives in Manchester.
