Trade & industry · 4568

The striking of the green seam

Blackdown · Enginemead

The green seam was struck at Blackdown in 4568 below ground never before kept dry; within three years an Enginemead experimental engine ran a deep pump for days on it, making the county a strategic coalfield.

Also in this age

4566 · Opening and stopping of the Walled Hole, 4566 · Horrors, Kent and the Narrow Sea
4568 · Sack of Candle Cape Station · Raid & skirmish, Over the Horizon
4568–4570 · The Green Mast Disturbance · Haunting & wonder, The High South
c. 4570–4600 · Abandonment of the grave-watch by eleven London parishes · Religious, London
c. 4570–4590 · Forming of the Sarr levels flash · Flood & weather, Sarrum and Its County
4570 · The Cambridge fodder contract of 4570 · Trade & industry, Sarrum and Its County

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When: 4568 A.C.
Age: Restored crown
Kind: Trade & industry
Region: Sarrum and Its County
Named in: Book IV

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