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East Benhar Colliery
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| Location: | 11 miles [17 km] N of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS916607, 55° 49' 39" N, 3° 43' 50" W |
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| Owners: | Barr and Thornton Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (27,000 tons) |
| 1954 - No. 2 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1937 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) |
| 1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 14 (11 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1947 - 85 (64 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1954 - No. 2 - 154 (128 below, 26 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - No. 2 - Ladygrange |
| 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!
 | Forsyth, John, 25 Jun 1883, aged 50, Runner, Struck by a snibble, with which he was attempting to stop a runaway waggon | |||||
| Gray, Margaret, 19 Aug 1878, aged 18, Pithead runner, Crushed by cage. She was examining the struts, unknown to the engineman, when the cage came down on her head | |||||
| Howie, James, 02 Oct 1886, Collier, Influx of moss shut him in | |||||
| 3 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of East Benhar Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to East Benhar Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
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