On Sunday, July 29, 2001 at 10:28:13 AM UTC-5, Noel Jackson wrote:
Clyde in Coal refers to transport of coal from the Clyde, ie Glasgow in Scotland. 21 days is not an unreasonable sailing time under sail. Though why anyone should want to imort coal to the West Indies is another question altogether.
Noel Jackson, Ebchester, Co.Durham. UK
Maybe it is like the United States Military hauling coal from Pennsylvania to Germany.
https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/03/14/290238727/long-dead-congressmans-earmark-lives-on-in-europe
Could be pure politics.
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