Article Nº 0834 Trade, money and prices Vol. I · p. 493
Coal
Original title: Carvão de pedra
The first coal depot in Funchal, set up in 1838 by English merchants to supply steamers.
It was the English merchants Jacob Ruffy and Diogo Taylor who in 1838 set up the first coal depot in Funchal, shortly after the Royal Mail began its steamship service from England to the West Indies.
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