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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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  • 2canals and inland waterways — ▪ waterway Introduction       natural or artificial waterways used for navigation, crop irrigation, water supply, or drainage.       Despite modern technological advances in air and ground transportation, inland waterways continue to fill a vital …

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  • 3Charles Burrell & Sons — Charles Burrell redirects here. For other uses, see Charles Burrell (disambiguation). Charles Burrell Sons Ltd Former type Limited Liability Company Industry Agricultural Engineering Successor …

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  • 4mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 5Richard Redmayne — Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne KCB, MICE, MIMM, MIME, FGS (22 July 1865 ndash; 27 December 1955) was a British civil and mining engineer. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35701?docPos=3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry] ]… …

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  • 6American and British English spelling differences — Spelling differences redirects here. For other uses, see Category:Language comparison. For guidelines on dialects and spelling in the English language version of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English. Differences… …

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  • 7British diesel and electric multiple units — Multiple Unit is a term used to describe a train which does not have a separate locomotive. Typically these are passenger trains with accommodation in every vehicle and motors or engines distributed under the floor along the length of the train.… …

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  • 8china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 9China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 10List of residences in Emmerdale — This is a list of residences in Emmerdale village and its surrounding area for ITV soap opera Emmerdale .urrounding areaHome Farm Home Farm is filmed at Creskeld Hall at Arthington, near Bramhope. Home Farm was once occupied by the Tate family,… …

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