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The Growing Importance of Coal in the Course of Early Industrialization

In: Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA

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Then it comes to the importance of the deposits and the mining of the “black gold” for the industrialization, especially for the heavy industry of the USA. In the USA, coal became known as an energy source around 1750, when bitumen, also known as soft coal, was discovered and minded in Virginia. In the last decade of the 18th century, anthracite coal was discovered in Wyoming, Schuylkill and in the Lehigh Valleys of northeastern Pennslyvania. However, these deposits could not be minded because they were too far away from usable waterways. In the 19th and 20th centuries, coal was by far the most important source of energy for power generation, and this was especially true for energy-hungry America because it was the main raw material for energy production, iron smelting and steelmaking.

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  • Eugen Wendler, 2021. "The Growing Importance of Coal in the Course of Early Industrialization," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA, chapter 0, pages 29-36, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-658-34526-6_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6_5
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