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The industrial revolution

meant lots of factories needed

fuel

As time progressedit was used to producegas for street lighting

and house lighting

I

It generated steamto power railways,

ships and machines

It was usedfor heating

houses

It was the fuel of the

time

Why coalwas so

important

Due to the high demand for coal more and more pits were opening

all over the country• Create a

table to show what the main jobs in the mine were and who carried them out.

Job title JobDescription

Who mainly did

this

Trapper

Bearer

Drawer

Hewer

PoisonousGases

Fires Floods

Explosions

Roofs caved in

The Dangersof working in

the mines

Improvements in Mining

• Using Heinemann page 35 outline 5 ways in which coal mining was made safer between the 1840s and the early 1900s.

Improvements in Mining• 1842 Children under 10 not allowed to work in

the mines• An inspector appointed to make sure mine

owners following new rules• Each mine had to have safety rules• All under ground workers were no longer

allowed to work for more than 8 hours a day.• Managers had to sit a test to show that they

were competent• The Davy lamp reduced the risk of fire as did the

eventual introduction of electricity• Ventilation improved• Metal pit props were used to reduce the chance

of tunnels collapsing• Pit ponies reduced the risks to humans

Coal Mining and WW1

To power railways

To fuel homes To run ships

Iron worksto make weapons

To runfactories

Coal and WW1

The Decline of the British Coal Industry

The British coal industry faced many problems after WW1.

Cheap coal was being imported from Poland and Germany.Less coal was being exported (sent abroad).New types of fuel such as oil were being developed.Industrial action during the 1926 General Strike was unsuccessful and workers returned to work with lower pay and a longer working day.