British coal industry

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The British coal industry was the once-dominant sector of coal mining and production in the United Kingdom that powered the country’s industrialization and energy supply before its steep decline in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
British coal industry canonical 4
British coalfields 4
UK coal industry 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal industry ⓘ
economic sector ⓘ
extractive industry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British coal mining industry ⓘ
UK coal industry ⓘ
associatedWithEvent UK miners' strike of 1972 ⓘ
UK miners' strike of 1974 ⓘ
UK miners' strike of 1984–85 ⓘ
causeOfDecline cheaper imported coal ⓘ
closure of heavy industry ⓘ
competition from natural gas ⓘ
competition from oil ⓘ
environmental concerns ⓘ
contributedTo growth of ports ⓘ
growth of rail networks ⓘ
urbanisation in Britain ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
declineBegan mid 20th century ⓘ
developedDuring Industrial Revolution ⓘ
employed engineers ⓘ
hundreds of thousands of workers ⓘ
miners ⓘ
surface workers ⓘ
transport workers ⓘ
environmentalImpact air pollution ⓘ
landscape scarring ⓘ
spoil tips ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
exportedTo British Empire markets ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
healthIssue industrial accidents ⓘ
pneumoconiosis ⓘ
silicosis ⓘ
keyOutput coking coal ⓘ
household coal ⓘ
industrial coal ⓘ
steam coal ⓘ
keyTechnology coal washing plants ⓘ
conveyor belts ⓘ
deep shaft mining ⓘ
longwall mining ⓘ
mechanised coal cutting ⓘ
steam engines for pumping ⓘ
legacy coalfield regeneration projects ⓘ
cultural memory in mining communities ⓘ
former mining museums ⓘ
reclaimed colliery sites ⓘ
mainResource coal ⓘ
majorDeclinePhase 1980s ⓘ
majorRegion Durham coalfield ⓘ
Kent coalfield ⓘ
Lancashire coalfield ⓘ
Northumberland coalfield ⓘ
Nottinghamshire coalfield ⓘ
Scottish coalfields ⓘ
South Wales coalfield ⓘ
Warwickshire coalfield ⓘ
Yorkshire coalfield ⓘ
majorUnion National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers ⓘ
National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
Union of Democratic Mineworkers ⓘ
managedBy British Coal ⓘ
linked to: National Coal Board

National Coal Board ⓘ
nationalisedIn 1947 ⓘ
nationalisedUnder Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 ⓘ
nearEndOfDeepMining closure of Kellingley Colliery in 2015 ⓘ
opposedByPolicy Thatcher government pit closure programme ⓘ
peakPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
powered British electricity generation ⓘ
British industrialization ⓘ
British railways ⓘ
British steel industry ⓘ
privatisedIn 1990s ⓘ
regulatedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
socialImpact creation of mining communities ⓘ
development of pit villages ⓘ
occupational health problems ⓘ
strong trade union culture ⓘ
supportedByPolicy post-war nationalisation policy ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agecroft Colliery → partOf → British coal industry ⓘ
Killingworth Colliery → partOf → British coal industry ⓘ
Nottinghamshire coalfield → partOf → British coalfields ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Lancashire coalfield → partOf → British coalfields ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Yorkshire coalfield → partOf → British coalfields ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Yorkshire coalfield → partOf → UK coal industry ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Kent coalfield → partOf → British coalfields ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Kent coalfield → partOf → UK coal industry ⓘ
linked to: British coal industry
Bevin Boys Veterans Badge → associatedWith → British coal industry ⓘ