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The slow, first mechanisation of the mines, as we have seen in the previous chapter, was followed from about 1955 onwards by a more rapid movement, still in progress, that was forced on the National Coal Board by the low cost of imported oil at the time.
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Potts, E.L.J., Dunham, R.K., Scott, J. (1976). The New Mechanisation. In: Coal. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02881-8_3
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