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Coal storage is used to show why coal mattered to modern Hong Kong.
The episode makes a strong case that coal was not just fuel but part of the machinery that made modern Hong Kong possible. It keeps circling back to the plain fact that coal takes up a lot of space, which sounds minor until the scale of the city starts to come into focus.
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Coal storage is a surprisingly practical lens on Hong Kong's history.
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