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The South Staffordshire Coalfield
Nigel Chapman
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Description for The South Staffordshire Coalfield
Paperback. A history of the South Staffordshire coalfield Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; KNBC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 296.
The story of mining in South Staffordshire started a few hundred years ago and reached its peak about a century ago. Alongside the expanding canal and railway network there were a series of coal and ironstone mines fuelling the heavy industry of the area. The mines provided coal for power, for the iron and steelworks of the area and for heat in local houses. Ironstone provided ore for the iron smelters and foundries. Covering the area around Wolverhampton, Walsall and the Black Country, Nigel Chapman uses 200 old photographs to illustrate the story of this lost industry of the West ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752431024
SKU
V9780752431024
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Nigel Chapman
Nigel Chapman is an expert on the Black Country mining industry (covers the Cannock and South Staffordshire Coalfields). He is the author of 'The History of the Sandwell Park Collieries' and 'History of Coal Mining Around Halesowen
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