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Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
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Baggeridge Colliery
Colliery in Sedgley, West Midlands, England
Baggeridge Colliery was a colliery located in Sedgley, West Midlands England.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coal mining
Process of getting coal out of the ground
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Black Country
Area of the West Midlands, England
The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs, with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the City of Wolverhampton. The 14-mile (23 km) road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 2
Day of the year
March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)