The Transportation Revolution and the English Coal Industry, 1695–1842: A Geographical Approach

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Robert Allen, University of Oxford

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Coal price files.doc application/msword 12 KB 09/26/2023 06:32:AM
Coal prices and transport routes.doc application/msword 26.5 KB 09/27/2023 11:23:AM
Transport input prices and TFP.doc application/msword 30.5 KB 09/26/2023 03:26:AM
coal prices 1695.csv text/csv 2.8 KB 09/26/2023 06:23:AM
coal prices 1795.csv text/csv 2.4 KB 09/26/2023 01:45:AM
coal prices 1842.csv text/csv 5.1 KB 09/26/2023 02:03:AM
coal prices and transport routes 1695.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 39 KB 09/27/2023 11:13:AM
coal prices and transport routes 1795.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 47.5 KB 09/26/2023 06:49:AM
coal prices and transport routes 1842.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 77 KB 09/27/2023 11:12:AM
transport input prices and TFP.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 178.1 KB 09/26/2023 01:25:AM

Project Citation: 

Allen, Robert. The Transportation Revolution and the English Coal Industry, 1695–1842: A Geographical Approach. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-09-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E193944V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Cross sections of coal prices in England for 1695, 1795, and 1842 are used to infer transportation rates by sea, river, canal, and road. The effectiveness of monopolies, the degree of market integration, and the patterns of regional supply of each mining district are then established. The growth rates of productivity in sea, river, and road transport from 1695–1842 are computed and combined with a social savings assessment of canals to measure the overall growth in the productivity of shipping coal. Productivity growth was substantial but had a surprisingly limited impact on the geography of production and consumption.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms coal; transportation; productivity
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage England
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1695 – 12/31/1868 (industrial revolution)
Universe:  View help for Universe coal trade in England during the Industrial Revolution
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; geographic information system (GIS) data; observational data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source prices that were observed by contemporaries or institutions
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) record abstracts
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation prices paid or observed in town markets
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit towns and mines

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