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Using Our Peat Bogs
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Leaving Certificate Geography (Primary Economic Activities) Mapa Mental sobre Using Our Peat Bogs, criado por cian.buckley em 05-05-2013.
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Using Our Peat Bogs
5% of IRL covered in peat bogs
extracted for centuries
cooking/heating
up to 20th century only basic tools used
1964 - Bord na Mona
sped up expoitation of bogs
exploits raised bogs
deep/flat/a lot of turf
Midlands
Exploiting our Midland Bogs
Step 1 - Bogs are prepared
Drainage
In the past
bogs left because ppl could not drain them
With newer technolgy
Ditcher
digs drains to remove surplus wayer
Grader
levels the bog
Heavy Tractors
lay railway tracks
Step 2 - Peat is harvested
With newer technology
milled peat
miller scrapes 1/2 cm of bog and tears into tiny fragments
left to dry
turned over by a harrow to speed it up
ridgers
gather it into small ridges
harvesters
in the past
slean
used to cut turf sods
sods footed and left to dry
Step 3 - Peat is transported away
in the past
animal drawn carts
with newer technology
turf trains
Step 4 - Using the processed peat
in the past
sod peat used as household fuel
since bord na mona
milled peat for electricity
peat briquettes
moss peat
fertiliser
sod peat
Future Uses of Bogs
Used up/preserved?
What can we do with our cutaway bogs?
coniferous trees can be grown
swampy wetlands for animals
wind farms
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