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Brusselton Tower Colliery

Location:	nr. West Auckland 12 miles [19 km] SSW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ203249, 54° 37' 7" N, 1° 41' 8" W
Maps:	1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened:	1925
Closed:	1968
Owners:	1930s - Brusselton Tower Coal Co.
Output:	1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. (10,000 tons)
	1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1955 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1960 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1961 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1964 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing.
	1965 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1940 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface)
	1945 - 24 (19 below, 5 surface)
	1950 - 29 (24 below, 5 surface)
	1955 - 30 (25 below, 5 surface)
	1960 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface)
	1961 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface)
	1964 - 13 (9 below, 4 surface)
	1965 - 11 (7 below, 4 surface)
Seams Worked:	1940 - Busty, Harvey
	1950 - Beaumont, Busty
	1955 - Beaumont, Busty, Hutton
	1960 - Hutton
	1961 - Hutton
	1965 - Hutton
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Brusselton Tower Colliery
Notes:	1947, Sep - Brockwell seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Henning, William, 28 Feb 1944, (accident: 10 Feb 1944), aged 48, died from the explosion of a shot [More information ...]

						1 name found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brusselton Tower Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Brusselton Tower Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
Contributions by members of the Public
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.