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Coventry Colliery

Location:	Keresley, Coventry 3½ miles [6 km] NNW of Coventry
Map Ref:	(Sheet 140 Leicester, Coventry and Rugby) SP325845, 52° 27' 26" N, 1° 31' 18" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
Owners:	Warwickshire Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (705,000 tons)
	1950 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 673 (495 below, 178 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 1,750 (1,350 below, 400 surface)
	1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 2,090 (1,620 below, 470 surface)
	1947 - 2,080 (1,580 below, 500 surface)
	1950 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 2,009 (1,494 below, 515 surface)
Seams Worked:	1950 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Ell, Ryder, Slate, Two Yard
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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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
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
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
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website