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Dovenby Colliery |
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Dovenby Colliery |
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Dovenby Colliery
| Location: |
Dearham
10 miles [16 km] NE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NY078304, 54° 39' 38" N, 3° 25' 46" W |
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| Owners: |
1880s - Dovenby Colliery Co. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal. |
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1883 - Coal. |
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1884 - Coal. |
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1888 - Coal. |
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1890 - Coal. |
| Employment: |
1888 - 0 [Standing] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Dovenby Colliery |
| Notes: |
1932 - Brassey seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | |  | | | | Nealey, Thomas, 19 Jan 1884, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Stobart, Joseph, 03 Dec 1873, aged 22, Banksman, caught on the head by the descending cage |
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2 names found |
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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 28 Dec 1853 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 18 Apr 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down shaft in leaping from the bucket |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Dovenby Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dovenby Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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