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The remarkable story of how a pragmatic and innovative engineer overcame technical and financial challenges to revolutionise the transport and delivery of coal above and below ground. With extensive original research and fully illustrated, the story of how a man with no formal schooling could make such a significant contribution to the Industrial Revolution makes engaging reading for historians, engineers and anyone interested in life in the late 18th century.

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“John Curr: The Man who Revolutionised Mining, tells an extraordinary series of stories about working lives two hundred and more years ago. It is, in all senses, a well-made and well-illustrated book that will add greatly to our understanding of the industries that made the country wealthy.” – Professor Henry Woodhuysen, former Rector of Lincoln College, University of Oxford “The technical innovations introduced by John Curr for improving the efficiency of coal mines during the late eighteenth century were repeatedly acknowledged by mining engineers in the nineteenth century. Charles Dixon has completed a thorough investigation into the life and achievements of his illustrious ancestor. This book will become the standard biographical reference work on John Curr, as well as being a valuable addition to the written record of Sheffield’s industrial and mining history.” – John Hunter, mining historian

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