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Blackrod Colliery

Location:	Blackrod, Chorley 4 miles [7 km] NE of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD618109, 53° 35' 35" N, 2° 34' 34" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1930
Pits:	No. 1 Pit, closed: 1905
	No. 4 Pit, locn: (Sheet 109 Manchester) SD627081, opened: 1895
	No. 5 Pit, locn: (Sheet 109 Manchester) SD623090, opened: 1898
Owners:	William Woods and Sons
Output:	1894 - No. 11 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1894 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1894 - No. 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - No. 1 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - No. 1 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - No. 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 1 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - No. 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - No. 11 - 288 (184 below, 104 surface)
	1894 - No. 2 - 176
	1894 - No. 5 - 72
	1896 - No. 1 - 246 (157 below, 89 surface)
	1896 - No. 2 - 133
	1896 - No. 4 - 5
	1900 - No. 1 - 172 (75 below, 97 surface)
	1900 - No. 2 - 40 [Abandoned]
	1900 - No. 4 - 98
	1900 - No. 5 - 137
	1905 - No. 1 - 123
	1905 - No. 4 - 233 (133 below, 100 surface)
	1905 - No. 5 - 116
	1910 - No. 4 - 158
	1910 - No. 5 - 427 (335 below, 92 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - No. 11 - Cannel, King
	1894 - No. 2 - Yard
	1894 - No. 5 - Arley, Bone
	1896 - No. 1 - Cannel, King
	1896 - No. 2 - Yard
	1896 - No. 4 - King
	1900 - No. 1 - Cannel, King
	1900 - No. 2 - Yard [Abandoned]
	1900 - No. 4 - King
	1900 - No. 5 - Bone, Ravine
	1905 - No. 1 - Cannel, King
	1905 - No. 4 - King
	1905 - No. 5 - Bone, Ravine
	1910 - No. 4 - Bone or New Yard
	1910 - No. 5 - Bone
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

6th

Oct

1836

Explosion, 11 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Anderton, Alice, 06 Oct 1836, aged 10 [More information ...]
						Anderton, Margaret, 06 Oct 1836, aged 16 [More information ...]
						Benson, T., 02 Mar 1860, aged 26, Engineman, Caught by the flywheel at No. 2 pit, apparently whilst cleaning the engine when in motion
						Bentham, Edward, 06 Oct 1836, aged 56 [More information ...]
						Challender, Thomas, 06 Oct 1836, aged 36, Fireman [More information ...]
						Dobson, John, 11 Nov 1914, aged 40, Dataller, The night fireman had found the roof of a cross gate-road in a dangerous condition. He sent deceased and another man to repair and timber it. From the positions these men were found in they were engaged in setting a prop when a heavy fall occurred, which killed Dobson, and injured the other man. They were both experienced men [More information ...]
						Gore, James, 06 Oct 1836, aged 72 [More information ...]
						Grayson, James, 06 Oct 1836, aged 16 [More information ...]
						Grayson, Sarah, 06 Oct 1836, aged 20 [More information ...]
						Hart, W., 26 Jun 1860, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof in the Cannel mine
						Marsden, John, 06 Oct 1836, aged 17 [More information ...]
						Moor, William, 06 Oct 1836, aged 38 [More information ...]
						Moss, Thomas, 06 Oct 1836, aged 60 [More information ...]
						Sherrington, Ellin, 06 Oct 1836, aged 18 [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, Catherine, 06 Oct 1836, aged 16 [More information ...]
						Wright, Henry, 31 Oct 1937, aged 28, Pump attendant, Found dead alongside pump with motor running

						16 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1860 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Lancashire, North Wales and Ireland Division (No. 4) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report