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  • 1coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …

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  • 2Coal Cracker — Location Hersheypark Opening date 1973 (1973) Type Flume Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics Height 55 ft (17 m) Drop 49 ft (1 …

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  • 3Anderton Boat Lift — The Anderton Boat Lift near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north west England provides a convert|50|ft|m|1 vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.Built in 1875, the boat lift was in… …

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  • 4Consolidation Coal Company (Iowa) — For the much larger company that operated under the same name in the eastern United States, see Consol Energy. The Consolidation Coal Company was created in 1875 and purchased by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1880 in order to provide… …

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  • 51932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster — The Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 …

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  • 6Somerset Coal Canal — The Somerset Coal Canal (originally known as the Somersetshire Coal Canal) was a narrow canal in England, built around 1800 from basins at Paulton and Timsbury via Camerton, an aqueduct at Dunkerton, Combe Hay, Midford and Monkton Combe to… …

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  • 7Tub boat lift — Tub boats are small boats used to transport coal and other minerals, sometimes working singly, sometimes in long trains. When it is required to move them between different elevations of canal, locks, boat lifts and inclined planes have all been… …

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  • 8Poirot's Early Cases — Infobox Book name = Poirot s Early Cases title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = Margaret Murray country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 9Poirot Investigates — infobox Book | name = Poirot Investigates title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = W. Smithson Broadhead country = United Kingdom language = English series …

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  • 10Oxford Canal — The Oxford Canal as seen from Napton on the Hill in Warwickshire The Oxford Canal is a 78 mile long (126 km) narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Coventry via Banbury and Rugby. It connects with the River Thames at Oxford, to… …

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