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A company in this industry colloquially known as Poverty and Death operated a facility in Senghenydd (“SENG-hen-nith”) where 440 people were killed in October 1913. An alliance between workers in this industry and gay rights activists inspired the film Pride. On Vesting Day in 1947, one country nationalized this industry under the NCB. A 1973 strike in this industry prompted the Three-Day Week under the (*) Heath government. A union of workers in this industry fought the so-called Battle of Orgreave under the leadership of Arthur Scargill. (10[1])The first commercial deployment of Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine was to pump water for this industry. For 10 points, the ironclad HMS Devastation was fueled exclusively from what industry’s outputs? (10[1])■END■

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