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Branchal Colliery
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| Location: | 9½ miles [15 km] NNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS810564, 55° 47' 11" N, 3° 53' 52" W |
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| Owners: | Coltness Iron Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (60,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1933 - 219 (179 below, 40 surface) |
| 1937 - 288 (250 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1940 - 288 (250 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1947 - 224 (191 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1954 - 366 (300 below, 66 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Kiltongue, Middrumgray |
| 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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Gordon, Alexander, 20 Jan 1958, aged 34, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof - asphysxia due to crushing and injuries to neck | |||||
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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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Branchal Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Branchal Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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