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Fleets Colliery
| Location: |
Tranent
10 miles [16 km] E of Edinburgh
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT404712, 55° 55' 49" N, 2° 57' 14" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Edinburgh Collieries Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Navigation, Steam. (235,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1923 - 564 (460 below, 104 surface) |
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1933 - 583 (494 below, 89 surface) |
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1940 - 675 (570 below, 105 surface) |
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1947 - 682 (560 below, 122 surface) |
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1954 - 495 (405 below, 90 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Coronation, Four Feet, Nos. 1 and 2 Diamond, Parrot Rough, Three Feet |
| 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 Fleets Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fleets Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
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