Coal Mining
Large-scale extraction of coal from surface and underground seams to fuel steam engines, ironworks, railways, and urban industry.
Core metadata
- ID: coal_mining
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1200 (century)
- Region: England, Scotland, and continental Europe
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
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Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Coal (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: Britannica notes documentary evidence for European coal mining around 1200 and many references to coal mining in England, Scotland, and the European continent in the 13th century.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining (mining) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mining provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Mechanical Pumps (pumps) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mechanical Pumps provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Timber Framing (timber_framing) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Timber Framing provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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