Mining in the United Kingdom - 1926 United Kingdom General Strike, British Quarrying and Mining Narrow Gauge Railways, UK Miners' Strike (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: 1926 United Kingdom general strike, British quarrying and mining narrow gauge railways, UK miners' strike, Mining in Cornwall and Devon, Mining archaeology in British Isles, Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, Camborne School of Mines, Ian MacGregor, Battle of Orgreave, Cheadle Coalfield, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Bevin Boys, Mining in Roman Britain, National Union of Mineworkers, Joe Gormley, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, Black Friday, Richard Budge, Holman Brothers, Mining Association of the United Kingdom, John Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley, North Staffordshire Coalfield, Union of Democratic Mineworkers, Will Lawther, Sough, John Basset, Triple Alliance, British Association of Colliery Management - Technical, Energy and Administrative Management, National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, Paddy mail, Pit village, Jon Lloyd, National Association of Mining History Organisations, Durham Miners Heritage Centre, North East England Mining Archive and Resource Centre, Mining Exchange, Smitham, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Excerpt: British industrial narrow gauge railways are narrow gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are listed by the primary industry they served. Many of the cement works and their associated chalk pits had narrow gauge railways, particularly those in the South East of England. The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. (APCM, (Blue Circle Industries), now part of Lafarge) was the major producer of cement in the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century and many of their plants used railways. In Britain large deposits of Kaolinite (...