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By 1860 the steam colliers were in demand because of their larger capacity and reliability.
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In the end the fourteen-stone collier had been glad to see the back of her.
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Kingswood colliers into Bristol or those of Bedworth into Coventry.
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Some were small colliers, to carry coal to London.
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The Earl of Uxbridge attempted to end the coal allowance of his Staffordshire colliers in 1757.
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The early style of ships used to move coal in quantity was the collier brig and the collier barque.
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There were once pitched battles and riotous football matches between colliers and tradesmen around the turn of the last century.