what was the contribution of coal and iron in the growth of industrial revolution?
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During the period of the industrial revolution, as demand for coal soared thanks to iron and steam, as the technology to produce coal improved and the ability to move it increased, coal experienced a massive escalation. From 1700 to 1750 production increased by 50% and nearly another 100% by 1800. During the later years of the first revolution, as steam power really took a firm grip, this rate of increase soared to 500% by 1850.
Contribution of Coal and Iron in the growth of industries.✨
➡️Darby was the first person to use coke – a form of processed coal – to smelt iron in 1709.
➡️This advance spread slowly, largely due to the cost of coal. Other developments in iron followed, and these also used coal.
➡️As the prices of this material fell, so iron became the major coal user, increasing demand for the substance vastly, and the two industries mutually stimulated each other.
➡️Coalbrookdale pioneered iron tramways, which enabled coal to be moved more easily, whether in mines or on route to buyers.
⚜️Iron was also needed for coal using and facilitating steam engines.
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