Uses
The thing coal is used as.
What is fuel?
A period of time when steel production, coal mining, and oil drilling became very popular.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The fuel that replaced charcoal as the primary fuel for iron blast furnaces in 1875.
What is coke?
Heat from burning coal traveled up through metal pipes to heat boiling water in a giant tank of water called this.
What is a boiler?
In big industrial cities, the smoke from coal factories was so thick that cities often had to light their streetlamps at this time so people could see while walking.
What is 12:00 PM (noon)?
Trains switched to using coke to power them instead of coal because of this.
What is "there was a lot less smoke?"
A record-breaking crew in this year manually shoveled 561 tons of coal in just 55 minutes to refuel a ship.
What is 1912?
The country where the Industrial Revolution started.
What is Great Britian?
In 1812, this city became the first city to use coke on a massive scale.
What is London, England?
The average amount of coal a locomotive burned in the past per mile.
What is 130 pounds per mile?
The century when the Industrial Revolution spread to America.
What is the 19th century?
This British inventor figured out how to use coke to smelt iron.
Who is Abraham Darby?
About this percent of coal was used to heat homes.
What is 23%
Some child workers in the industrial revolution were given this creepy job title because they had to sit alone in a dark tunnel and open and close ventilation doors.
What is "A Trapper?"
The temperature that was needed to heat coal into coke.
What is 2000ºF or 1100ºC?