Article ID: CBB001252202

Tunnelling in the 1740s: The Water Mine at Coleshill House (2012)

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Tunnelling involves boring and arching through various strata in a straight line from one definite point to another; and more often than not the tunnel is dug from both ends so the tunnellers meet in the middle. It is distinguished from mining, where the passage is propped rather than arched, and where the purpose is to follow the ore bearing strata wherever it leads. In this paper the state of tunnelling in the 1740s is exemplified by a water mine that was built at Coleshill House and by correspondence with the Rev. Stephen Hales, who described how air quality could be measured using a calibrated candle, and how it might be improved by use of a mechanical ventilator, both of which he had invented and used to considerable advantage in mines, ships, hospitals and so on.

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Authors & Contributors
Michael F. Roach
Begley, Justin
Dal Piaz, Giorgio Vittorio
Lawrence, Colin A.
Argentieri, Alessio
Klug, David R.
Concepts
Technology
Tunnels
Civil engineering
Natural philosophy
Engineering
Experiments and experimentation
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Gilded Age (1870s-1900)
Places
Great Britain
France
London (England)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
United States
Spain
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
Royal Society of London
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