At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, why do we see all innovation happening around coal fields?

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Jim Wrubel · Answer 1 · 2022-03-01T09:29:40+0000

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Coal was king of the British Industrial Revolution. As coke, it provided an efficient fuel for reliably turning iron ore into iron. Cheap iron built the famous bridge across the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge in 1781. And the machinery that filled the new factories of the industrial age was built from it.

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