Coincident -with the rise in coal there is likely to be something of a reversion to peat as fuel, even in high places. At Haverthwaito, near Windermere, a great peat bog is about to be turned to money-making account. Machinery of great power will be laid down at the bog, and will compress blocks of peat into bright burning fuel, which, it is said, will--compete against coal in every respect.
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Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 8
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70Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 8
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