colliers

Those extracting coal

Colliers is the plural of collier, a coal miner or a ship that transports coal.

The term is largely historical, from when coal mining and coal-powered shipping were central to industrial economies: The colliers emerged from the pit at shift's end.

Colliery is the related noun for a coal mine and its facilities.

mining

pickaxe

Pointed digging implement

shaftNarrow vertical passage
tunnelEnclosed underground route
undergroundBelow ground or countercultural

headlamp · hardhat · coalface · pithead · seam · gallery · adit · stope · cage · hewers

heritage

Victorian

Of a prim era

EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
steamHeated water's gaseous form

heritage · preservation · strikes · nationalization · working-class

coal

anthracite

Highest-grade coal variety

bituminousContaining natural tar
ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
subterraneanBeneath earth's surface

sulfur · carbon · peat · sedimentary · combustible · slack · culm · coke · dross · bunker

ships

brig

Shipboard detention quarters

cargoTransported goods
NewcastleEnglish northeastern port city
coastalOf the shoreline

fleet · tonnage · loading · unloading · docks · harbour · maritime · ballast · shipping · hull

colliers

pickaxe

Victorian

anthracite

brig

colliers

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