A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West ... characters to take visitors from the early 19th Century through to the near-present.

Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...

In the 19th century mining was a very dangerous business: miners had only basic tools and worked by open candle flame. Down the coal mines there were places where there was a high concentration of ...

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining. By the early 20th century, about one in four Welsh ...

The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 ... to roll back conditions in the mines to the dark days of the 19th century mine workers must unite with workers in other industries in ...

Situated to the east of Haswell Plough, 180 metres northwest of Plough Farm in East Durham, the ruins of the former Haswell Colliery engine house are virtually the only visible sign of the area's ...