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... West Moor pit and the feeble glimmer of a horn lantern bobbing along the rutted trackway leading past the huddle of miners ' hovels called " The Three Houses ' . The lantern bearer is old Gilbert Lowerson the Killingworth ' knocker - up ...
... West Moor pit and the feeble glimmer of a horn lantern bobbing along the rutted trackway leading past the huddle of miners ' hovels called " The Three Houses ' . The lantern bearer is old Gilbert Lowerson the Killingworth ' knocker - up ...
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... West Moor is notorious for its ' blowers ' of gas which the pitmen's naked lights or the underground furnace under the upcast shaft that ventilates the mine may all too easily ignite . Under such conditions these men and boys must ...
... West Moor is notorious for its ' blowers ' of gas which the pitmen's naked lights or the underground furnace under the upcast shaft that ventilates the mine may all too easily ignite . Under such conditions these men and boys must ...
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... West Moor , High Pit , Felling and other mines in the Tyne district would one day come those muscled men , hewers , blasters and tunnellers , who drove the first iron road from Stockton to Darlington and went on to build others : the ...
... West Moor , High Pit , Felling and other mines in the Tyne district would one day come those muscled men , hewers , blasters and tunnellers , who drove the first iron road from Stockton to Darlington and went on to build others : the ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
THE BIRTH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE | 35 |
THE LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER RAILWAY | 84 |
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