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Calder Colliery
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| Location: | Altham 16½ miles [26 km] W of Bradford |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD774332, 53° 47' 40" N, 2° 20' 35" W |
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| Owners: | George Hargreaves and Co. |
| Hargreaves Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial. (51,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1923 - 266 (234 below, 32 surface) |
| 1933 - 241 (203 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1940 - 306 (291 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1947 - 205 (177 below, 28 surface) | |
| 1954 - 194 (164 below, 30 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Lower Mountain |
| 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!
 | Burns, Patrick, 01 Feb 1908, aged 46, Bricklayer, Descending the shaft in a small tub attached to rope by two chains only. The engmeman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, applied the break so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out [More information ...] | |||||
| Bushell, Henry, 01 Feb 1908, aged 58, Bricklayer, Descending the shaft in a small tub attached to rope by two chains only. The engmeman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, applied the break so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out [More information ...] | |||||
| Crags, John, 01 Feb 1908, aged 63, Bricklayer, Descending the shaft in a small tub attached to rope by two chains only. The engmeman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, applied the break so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out [More information ...] | |||||
| Todd, Herbert, 01 Feb 1908, aged 30, Bricklayer, Descending the shaft in a small tub attached to rope by two chains only. The engmeman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, applied the break so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out [More information ...] | |||||
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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 Calder Colliery [LAN]
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Calder Colliery [LAN]
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Credits
Sources:
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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