Coal was the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution, coal was found in coal mines, and cages were needed to transport men and supplies up and down the shafts of these mines. Play the animation ...

Underground tours exploring coal mining in West Yorkshire have resumed, after being halted for more than three months to ...

Tours at the National Museum of Coal Mining, in Wakefield, were paused in December to allow a new winding engine - which powers the mine's lift - to be fitted. The tours have now resumed ...