Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
Tyneside coal (c. 1750)
c. 1750 — Colliers carry Tyne and Wear coal down the coast to London, which already took over 460,000 tons a year by 1700. Cheap fuel, in a country with high wages, is the combination that made labour-saving machines pay.
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