South Staffordshire coalfield

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The South Staffordshire coalfield is a historic coal-mining region in the English Midlands that played a major role in the area’s industrial development during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coalfield ⓘ
historic industrial region ⓘ
adjacentTo Cannock Chase coalfield ⓘ
associatedIndustry brickmaking ⓘ
foundries ⓘ
ironworks ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
contains Bilston ⓘ
Bloxwich ⓘ
Brierley Hill ⓘ
Brownhills ⓘ
Burntwood ⓘ
Coseley ⓘ
Darlaston ⓘ
Dudley ⓘ
Great Bridge ⓘ
Halesowen ⓘ
Kingswinford ⓘ
Oldbury ⓘ
Pensnett ⓘ
Rowley Regis ⓘ
Sedgley ⓘ
Smethwick ⓘ
Tipton ⓘ
Walsall ⓘ
Wednesbury ⓘ
Wednesfield ⓘ
West Bromwich ⓘ
Willenhall ⓘ
Wolverhampton ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse post-industrial urban area ⓘ
declinePeriod 20th century ⓘ
economicRole major driver of regional industrialization ⓘ
source of employment ⓘ
geologicalFeature Carboniferous strata ⓘ
coal measures ⓘ
heritage industrial archaeology sites ⓘ
preserved mine workings and museum sites ⓘ
historicalSignificance important during the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
played a major role in the industrial development of the English Midlands ⓘ
impact development of canals and railways ⓘ
landscape altered by mining subsidence ⓘ
industry coal mining industry ⓘ
laborType colliery workers ⓘ
miners ⓘ
locatedIn Black Country ⓘ
England ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
miningActivity coal mining ⓘ
namedAfter South Staffordshire ⓘ
naturalResource coal ⓘ
partOf English Midlands ⓘ
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
status largely exhausted ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ
railway lines serving collieries ⓘ
usedFor fuel supply for industry ⓘ
iron production ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
steel production ⓘ

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South Staffordshire Railway → servedIndustrialArea → South Staffordshire coalfield ⓘ
Birmingham District iron ore field → associatedWith → Birmingham District coal fields ⓘ
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
Cannock Chase District → locatedOn → Cannock Chase coalfield ⓘ
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
South Staffordshire coalfield → adjacentTo → Cannock Chase coalfield ⓘ
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
Cannock Extension Canal → hasNearbyFeature → Cannock Chase coalfield ⓘ
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield