A colourful account
31st January 2013
In 1843, a small party of engineers was sent from Belgium to study various British coal mines, in particular the English practice of tubbing (‘the lining of a pit-shaft or tunnel with a watertight casing’, OED). The Belgians toured the country, covering some 1500 km thanks to the ‘admirable rail network’, from London to Sheffield, […]
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