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111Tunnel pit — Tunnel Tun nel, n. [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See {Ton}.] 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or… …
112The Price of Coal — is two linked television plays from 1977, scripted by Barry Hines and directed by Ken Loach.They are set in a Yorkshire coal mine. The miners and the manager are played by Yorkshire club comedians (including Duggie Brown).The two plays have the… …
113open pit — open pits N COUNT An open pit is a mine where the coal, metal, or minerals are near the surface and underground passages are not needed. [AM] Syn: strip mine (in BRIT, use opencast mine) …
1142007 Shandong coal mine flood — Infobox News event caption= date= start date|2007|08|28 time=1:50GMT place=Xintai, Shandong, China casualties1=172 181 deadEnglish Aljazeera. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia pacific/2007/08/2008525135547815568.html English Aljazeera] .… …
115List of disasters of the United Kingdom and preceding states — is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war but including acts of terrorism) which relate to the United Kingdom since 1707, the states that preceded it (including territory that later became the Republic of Ireland), or involved UK… …
116Rock Springs massacre — An illustration of the massacre from an 1886 issue of Harper s Weekly. Location Rock Springs, Wyoming …
117Benslie — is a small village in North Ayrshire, in the parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. Map reference NS 336 429. History This village, previously Benislay (1205),Eglinton Country Park archive.] , Beinslay (Timothy Pont 1604 08),Pont, Timothy (1604).… …
118coalpit — noun a mine where coal is dug from the ground • Syn: ↑coal mine • Hypernyms: ↑mine • Part Holonyms: ↑colliery, ↑pit * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology …
119Gas lighting — For other uses, see Gaslight (disambiguation). Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before… …
120Borken, Hesse — Infobox Ort in Deutschland Name = Borken Art = Stadt Wappen = Borken.jpg lat deg = 51 |lat min = 02 lon deg = 09 |lon min = 16 Lageplan = Bundesland = Hessen Regierungsbezirk = Kassel Landkreis = Schwalm Eder Kreis Höhe = 205 Fläche = 82.3… …
