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Balmore Colliery |
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Balmore Colliery |
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Balmore Colliery
| Location: |
Torrance, nr.Glasgow
6 miles [10 km] N of Glasgow
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS600748, 55° 56' 45" N, 4° 14' 31" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (25,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household, Industrial. |
| Employment: |
1947 - 102 (86 below, 16 surface) |
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1954 - 127 (100 below, 27 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Bannockburn Main |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Balmore Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Balmore Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
Related Links:
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