Difference between revisions of "Mining and Heavy Industry"

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[[Category:General Reference]]
 
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[[Image:Slate_mine_wales.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Slate Mine Wales. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy_of-2]]
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[[Image:Slate_mine_wales.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Slate Mine Wales. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy Amy]]
  
 
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*[http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/bigpit National Coal Mining Museum of Wales] - for information on the Welsh coalfields.
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*[http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/bigpit National Coal Mining Museum of Wales]  
  
 
*[http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales Coalfield Collection.]
 
*[http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales Coalfield Collection.]
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*[http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Virtual Mining Museum ]  
 
*[http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Virtual Mining Museum ]  
  
*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project] -Mining in the Durham Area Recorded by the Communities Themselves.
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*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project]  
  
 
*[http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=%20GET&db=pjc4ax&id=I00454&ti=5538 Somerset Coal Mine Ancestors]
 
*[http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=%20GET&db=pjc4ax&id=I00454&ti=5538 Somerset Coal Mine Ancestors]
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*[http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/  Cornish Mining]
 
*[http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/  Cornish Mining]
  
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk Balmaidens website] - Bal Maidens in Cornwall & Devon, Pit Brow Lasses, Women in Mining UK & Worldwide
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*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk Bal Maidens in Cornwall & Devon, Pit Brow Lasses, Women in Mining UK & Worldwide]
  
 
*[http://www.peakmines.co.uk The Peak District Mining Museum]
 
*[http://www.peakmines.co.uk The Peak District Mining Museum]
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/colliery/A%20Web%20Site/New/index.htm Coal and Ironstone Mining in North Derbyshire]
 
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/colliery/A%20Web%20Site/New/index.htm Coal and Ironstone Mining in North Derbyshire]
  
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/mines.txt Victims of the Wood Pit Explosion in Haydock 1878]
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*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/mines.txt Victims of the Wood Pit Explosion in Haydock 1878]
  
  
 
==Scotland==
 
==Scotland==
  
*[http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/index.html Scottish Mining Villages] includes details of disasters
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*[http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/index.html Scottish Mining Villages]  
  
 
*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/fifepits/ Fife Pits]
 
*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/fifepits/ Fife Pits]
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*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/DatabaseSearch.htm Searchable Database of Women at The Mines of Devon & Cornwall]
 
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/DatabaseSearch.htm Searchable Database of Women at The Mines of Devon & Cornwall]
  
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/Indexes1842.htm 1842 Commission on Employment of Children in Mines Indexes] Cornwall, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland and Forest of Dean Children
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*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/Indexes1842.htm 1842 Commission on Employment of Children in Mines Indexes]  
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/England/dieng.htm Female Mining Deaths: 1851-1913 - England]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/England/dieng.htm Female Mining Deaths: 1851-1913 - England]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/coalmain.htm Women and The Pits]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/coalmain.htm Women and The Pits]
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==Other Countries==
 
==Other Countries==
  
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mineaccidents/ Mining Accidents, USA, Canada and Australia] [[image:newthing2.jpg]]  Feb 09
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mineaccidents/ Mining Accidents, USA, Canada and Australia]  
  
 
*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Quarrying and Stonecarving in the USA]
 
*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Quarrying and Stonecarving in the USA]

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