Richard Sutcliffe (engineer)
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Richard Sutcliffe (engineer)
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Richard Sutcliffe was an Irish mining engineer and inventor, active in England. He was born on a farm in County Tipperary and worked at coal mines in Ireland between 1857 and 1885. He moved to Barnsley, England in August 1885. In 1892 he invented the world's first coal cutting machine. In 1905 he invented the world's first underground conveyor belt. This invention revolutionized the mining industry by greatly reducing the amount of labour needed to transport coal. His company, Richard Sutcliffe
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2008-01-28T03:07:48Z
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2024-09-09T23:40:35Z
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