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Coal Mines Flashcards

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Hewer

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Mines coal

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Trapper

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Opens door (child)

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Bearer

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Carried coal to surface (women)

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Short term dangers

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Cave ins
Miners lung
Explosions
Flooding

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Long term dangers

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Ignorance (no education)
Sunlight deficiency
Back problems
Infertility

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Improvements in mines

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Ventilation shaft
Roofs held up by steel props rather than wooden ones
Davey safety lamp

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Mines acts

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1842: banned women & children from working in mines
1860: compulsory for each mine to have at least 2 exits
1872: Mine managers must hold a safety certificate

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Trains

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Advantages: quicker, cheaper, further distance (holidays)
Disadvantages: pollution, farm land disturbed, hindered hunting

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