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Birkacre Colliery
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| Location: | Birkacre 6 miles [10 km] NNW of Wigan |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD570149, 53° 37' 43" N, 2° 39' 1" W |
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| Owners: | Birkacre Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Birkacre Colliery Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 69 (62 below, 7 surface) |
| 1896 - 62 (55 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1900 - 53 (42 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1905 - 123 (82 below, 41 surface) | |
| 1910 - 229 (174 below, 55 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - 99 | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - 222 (141 below, 81 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 1 - 291 (188 below, 103 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 2 - 179 (76 below, 103 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 1 - 68 | |
| 1933 - No. 2 - 184 (113 below, 71 surface) | |
| 1937 - 184 (141 below, 43 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Bone and Smith |
| 1896 - Bone, Smith | |
| 1900 - Arley | |
| 1905 - Arley, Smith | |
| 1910 - Arley, Smith | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - Arley, Bone, Smith, Yard | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Arley, Bone, Smith, Yard | |
| 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!
 | Harrison, John, 20 Sep 1893, aged 19, Sinker, Whilst working at the bottom of the sinking pit the bogie or tram tip on which the hoppet is landed at pit top fell down the shaft | |||||
| McManus, Frederick, 15 Apr 1924, 12.50 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 26, Scufter, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...] | |||||
| 2 names 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.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birkacre Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Birkacre Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Lancashire and North Wales Division (No. 5) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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