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Douglas Colliery |
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Douglas Colliery
| Location: |
Ponfeigh
5 miles [8 km] SSW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale, 72 Upper Clyde Valley) NS868355, 55° 36' 0" N, 3° 47' 48" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Coltness Iron Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
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1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
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1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (268,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 27 (19 below, 8 surface) [Sinking] |
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1900 - 337 (298 below, 39 surface) |
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1905 - 525 (447 below, 78 surface) |
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1910 - 552 (473 below, 79 surface) |
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1915 - 503 (433 below, 70 surface) |
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1920 - 614 (523 below, 91 surface) |
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1923 - 667 (575 below, 92 surface) |
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1933 - 587 (478 below, 109 surface) |
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1937 - 612 (489 below, 123 surface) |
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1940 - 612 (489 below, 123 surface) |
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1947 - 840 (649 below, 191 surface) |
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1954 - 1,031 (803 below, 228 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Back, Big Drum, Kirkrod, Robb, Skaterigg, Stoney, Wee Drum |
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1910 - Back, Big Drum, Kirkrod, Robb, Skaterigg, Wee Drum |
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1915 - Back, Big Drum, Fallowhill, Kirkrod, Skaterigg, Wee Drum |
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1920 - Back, Big Drum, Fallowhill, Kirkrod, Robb, Skaterigg, Stoney, Wee Drum |
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1954 - Back, Big Drum or Dross, Coaly Path, Kirkrod or Upper Nine Feet, Six Feet or Robb, Skaterigg or Ell, Stoney or Lower Nine Feet, Wee Drum or Smithy |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Douglas Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Douglas Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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