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Carriden Colliery
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| Location: | Bo'ness 5½ miles [9 km] SW of Dunfermline |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT021811, 56° 0' 46" N, 3° 34' 14" W |
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| Owners: | Carriden Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (48,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 112 (86 below, 26 surface) |
| 1910 - 56 (41 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1915 - 29 (8 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1920 - 108 (89 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1923 - 61 (49 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1925 - 99 (74 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1933 - 148 (112 below, 36 surface) | |
| 1937 - 231 (191 below, 40 surface) | |
| 1940 - 231 (191 below, 40 surface) | |
| 1947 - 293 (220 below, 73 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main |
| 1910 - Smithy | |
| 1915 - Smithy | |
| 1920 - Main, Six Feet | |
| 1925 - Main, Six Feet | |
| 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!
 | Forrest, John, 30 Oct 1932, aged 22, Drawer, Knocked down by a runaway hutch | |||||
| Grant, Robert, 16 Feb 1932, aged 24, Drawer, Killed by a fall of roof | |||||
| Marshall, James, 27 Aug 1908, 5.30 a.m., aged 32, Fireman, Explosion of Fire-damp or Coal Dust | |||||
| Morgan, George, 18 Oct 1931, aged 55, Crushing Contractor, Killed by a fall of roof | |||||
| 4 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.
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 Carriden Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Carriden Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 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
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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