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OBSERVATIONS and I N QJJ I R I E S made upon and 

 concerning the COAL WORKS at WHITEHAVEN in 

 the County of CUMBERLAND in the Year 1793. By 

 JOSEPH FISHER, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Phyftcal 

 Society in Edinburgh. 



In the neighbourhood of Whitehaven are two coal works or 

 collieries, called Howguill and Whinguill. The firfl: lies on 

 the fouth weft part of the town, and the prefent works extend 

 from the town towards the fouth about two miles and a half, 

 reaching nearly to the valley called Sandwith, and in breadth 

 about one mile and a half, viz. from a rivulet called the 

 Powbeck on the eaft fide to about nine hundred yards under 

 the fea towards the weft, making in area about two thoufand 

 four hundred acres. This is the extent of the prefent workings, 

 and is aflerted to be the moft extenfive colliery in Great 

 Britain. 



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