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Fortissat Colliery
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| Location: | 12 miles [19 km] NNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS845620, 55° 50' 15" N, 3° 50' 40" W |
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| Owners: | James Scobbie and Co. |
| Baton Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (50,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 55 (50 below, 5 surface) |
| 1896 - 63 (54 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1900 - 80 (72 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1905 - 110 (95 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1910 - 161 (131 below, 30 surface) | |
| 1915 - 141 (106 below, 35 surface) | |
| 1920 - 180 (142 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1923 - 180 (142 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1947 - 262 (221 below, 41 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray |
| 1910 - Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray | |
| 1915 - Lower Drumgray, Mid Drumgray, Shotts Gas Coal, Upper Drumgray | |
| 1920 - Main Shotts Gas Coal, Upper, Mid, and Lower Drumgray | |
| 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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fortissat Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fortissat Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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