Editing Doncaster (section)

===Coal and industrial expansion===
The waterways, [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]] and Don Navigation were used to transport coal from Doncaster to the steel production centres at [[Rotherham]], [[Scunthorpe]] and [[Sheffield]].

A large number of mining jobs were lost in the late 1980s. Today coal mining has ceased.

[[Rockware Glass]] is a specialist glass manufacturer. A production facility for chemical [[polymers]] was built in Wheatley Hall Road. It changed hands during its existence, until [[DuPont]] closed it in the mid-1990s.

Steel foundries, rolling mills and wire mills were built close to the railways that brought steel from Rotherham and Sheffield. [[Bridon Ropes]] produces wire rope, including the ropes used at coal mines to haul coal and miners. It is claimed to be the largest wire rope manufacturing plant in Europe. Bridon supplied wire rope for the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]] for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireropeexchange.com/news/view/206/bridon-helps-raise-the-roof-on-the-2012-olympic-stadium |title=Bridon helps raise the roof on the 2012 Olympic Stadium |date=7 January 2010 |publisher=Wire Rope Exchange |access-date=23 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927201230/http://wireropeexchange.com/news/view/206/bridon-helps-raise-the-roof-on-the-2012-olympic-stadium |archive-date=27 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s, the town became involved in munitions manufacture.