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Avonhead Colliery
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| Location: | Longriggend 14 miles [23 km] E of Glasgow |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS808695, 55° 54' 14" N, 3° 54' 19" W |
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| Owners: | Avonhead Coal Co. |
| United Collieries, Ltd. | |
| Arden Coal Co., Ltd. | |
| Avonhead Coal Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 122 (110 below, 12 surface) |
| 1896 - 100 (89 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1900 - 104 (87 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1905 - 130 (114 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1910 - 43 (36 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1915 - 39 (33 below, 6 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lady Grange, Soft, Splint |
| 1910 - Ladygrange, Upper Drumgray | |
| 1915 - Ladygrange |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Unknown, -, 25 Jun 1869, Engine out of gear and men ran down pit | |||||
| Unknown, -, 25 Jun 1869, Engine out of gear and men ran down pit | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Avonhead Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Avonhead Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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