Newcastle,End for the developed underground coal mining from the late 18thC on,it was destroyed in 1984.

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Newcastle, End for the coalmines. Britain developed the main techniques of underground coal mining during the late 18th, the 19th. and early 20th century. Coal mining passed into Government control in 1947, The need to maintain coal supplies (a primary energy source) had figured in both world in the UK became a very political issue, due to conditions under which colliers worked and the way they were treated by colliery owners. Much of the 'old Left' of British politics can trace its origins to coal-mining areas, In the 1980s a face down with the miners brought their role and that of coal Mining in Britain to an end.

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