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Ardenrigg Colliery
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| Location: | Plains, by Airdrie 14 miles [23 km] NNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS827656, 55° 52' 9" N, 3° 52' 29" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Jun 1963 |
| Owners: | Ardenrigg Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - No. 3 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (65,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - No. 6 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| Employment: | 1910 - 112 (98 below, 14 surface) |
| 1915 - No. 2 - 0 [Not working during 1915] | |
| 1915 - No. 3 - 80 (69 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 4 - 41 (33 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - 67 (56 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - 39 (33 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 1 - 71 (62 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 3 - 91 (75 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 4 - 33 (27 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 6 - 130 (120 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1937 - No. 6 - 225 (200 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 6 - 250 (225 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1947 - 194 (153 below, 41 surface) | |
| 1954 - No. 6 - 275 (224 below, 51 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Lower Drumgray |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Upper and Lower Druingray [Not working during 1915] | |
| 1915 - No. 3 - Lower Drumgray | |
| 1915 - No. 4 - Upper Drumgray | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - Lower Drumgray | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - Upper Drumgray | |
| 1954 - No. 6 - Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ardenrigg Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ardenrigg Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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