Billingham (Anhydrite)

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Billingham (Anhydrite)	Index	Billingham (Anhydrite)

Location:

Billingham
2 miles [3 km] N of Middlesbrough

Map Ref:

(Sheet 93) NZ477227, 54° 35' 50" N, 1° 15' 42" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1920s - Synthetic Ammonia & Nitrates Ltd.

1930s - I.C.I. (Fertiliser & Synthetic Products) Ltd.

Output:

1927 - Anhydrite.

1929 - Anhydrite.

1930 - Anhydrite.

1934 - Anhydrite.

1935 - Anhydrite.

1936 - Anhydrite.

1938 - Anhydrite.

1944 - Anhydrite.

1945 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

1948 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

1950 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1927	93	60	33
1927	Developing
1929	400	348	52
1930	367	308	59
1934	303	223	80
1935	294	217	77
1936	256	191	65
1938	245	175	70
1944	559	455	104
1945	677	559	118
1948	839	672	167
1950	752	580	172

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

None Found

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

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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Billingham (Anhydrite)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Billingham (Anhydrite)

Scaling operations in progress on a 20 ft. roof. The pneumatic-tyred diesel vehicle shown mounts a hydraulically-elevated Jumbo crane which may be controlled from either the platform or driving position

In the "new" working areas, a Euclid truck is shown being loaded by a Joy loader

View of the back in an area that has been roof-bolted

The Tate three-wheeled electric carriage mounting two Holman percussive drills shown in use at a face

Another view of the wheeled Jumbo crane with the platform lowered

The tracked chassis mounting the Jumbo crane is seen in its role of a mobile carriage for the shotfiring crew

The tracked chassis mounting twin bomm on which the long drill slides may be noted

The long reach obtained with the hinged jib of this carriage, enabling the scaling crew to work over the blasted rockpile, may be seen from this illustration

Another view of the tracked carriage for scaling showing the rear-mounted diesel engine

Development of electric rotary drilling continues at Billingham with the Hardypick drill and I.C.I. turntable booms mounted on an A.E.C. chassis; one boom is shown swung forward as for travelling

The 5 h.p. Hardypick rotary drill showing the push-button control devised at the mine

In this view of the rotary drill, shown mounted here on the tracked chassis, the boom and drill mount assembly is well illustrated

Mechanical loading of the tubs in the old-type mining panels is handled by scraper-loaders

View of one of the 150 h.p. rope haulages employed on the workings to the dip side of the Main West Level, which is seen in the foreground

Trolley locomotive and train of tubs seen in front of the weighbridge cabin, Main West Level

The Nortons (Tividale) automatic tub tippler, showing in the right background the discharge chute fed by conveyor from the crusher station

Loading at the face in the new-type mining areas showing the gathering end of the Joy 18 H.R. loader

The discharge end of the loader showing the boom, and the low, wide body of the truck

The 150 h.p. A.E.C. diesel six-wheeled twin read-drive Mammonth chassis, mounting a special body taking a payload of 14 tons

International TD 14 tractor with Rsuston-Bucyrus bulldozer blade in use in the new mining areas

Bulldozer cleaning up after a face blast

Bulldozer, loader and diesel truck working in conjunction in the new-type mining areas

Grader in use underground surfacing the main motor roads

Rotary drill shown mounted temporarily on a truck, when undergoing tests by the mine's research dept.

An A.E.C. diesel truck shown preparing to tip its load at the undergound crusher station

This view at the crusher station dump illustrates the chute cover shown in the raised position

Looking down into the crusher station. On the left may be seen the ventilation pipe for the removal of dust from below the crusher discharge

In the left background may be seen a train in the Main West Level, while the belt in the foreground conveys -6in. material from the crusher

A crew shown at work loading a face blast from a Jumbo crane platform

In the underground workshops, part of which is shown herem excellent facilities for major maintence are provided

This view of one of the maintenance bays shows travelling crane and strip-lighting employed

Maintenance men enjoying their meal under ideal conditions in the underground canteen

Two Electicars shown transporting personnel to their working places at the start of a shift

The projector car shown in use at a face for making up the drilling pattern

A view inside the mill showing the three Ross chain feeders

The stockpile of +1 in. anhydrite. In the left background may be seen the head frame of No. 1 shaft

The new drill carriage shown drilling near both floor and roof

The drilling equipment ready for flitting

The complete set of controls for positioning and operating the drills

Close up view of one of the drill mountings

The drills shown positioned for setting off two stalls

1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department

Kelly, Abraham, 08 Sep 1931, aged 28, Filler, killed by a fall of roof, address: Cheviot Crescent, Billingham ; left a wife and two children [More information ...]

Moses, William, 08 Sep 1931, aged 35, Filler, killed by a fall of roof, address: Roscoe Road, Billingham ; left a wife and four children [More information ...]

2 names found

	On this site
	Newspaper articles
	Pictures in the Gallery section for Billingham (Anhydrite)
	Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (December 1953) — "The Billingham Mine — Part 1"
	Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (January 1954) — "The Billingham Mine — Part 2"
	Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (February 1954) — "The Billingham Mine — Part 3"
	Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (October 1954) — "Electric rotary drilling in anhydrite"

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