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Finchale Colliery
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| Location: | Finchale 3 miles [5 km] NNE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ293471, 54° 49' 4" N, 1° 32' 38" W |
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| Owners: | 1930's - Frankland Coal Co. (1934) Ltd. |
| 1950's - F. W. Blacklock | |
| Output: | 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1936 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (10,000 tons) | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1935 - 26 (17 below, 9 surface) |
| 1936 - 25 (17 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1938 - 26 (16 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1940 - 80 (60 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1945 - 34 (28 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1950 - 32 (27 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1955 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1935 - Low Main |
| 1936 - Low Main | |
| 1940 - Low Main | |
| 1950 - Low Main | |
| 1955 - Low Main | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Finchale Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934 - Hutton seam abandoned |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Finchale Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Finchale Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Finchale Colliery
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