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Gillhead Colliery |
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Gillhead Colliery
| Location: |
Waterloo, Wishaw
7½ miles [12 km] NNW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS825540, 55° 45' 54" N, 3° 52' 23" 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: |
1947 - Coal: Household. (16,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1947 - 28 (24 below, 4 surface) |
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1954 - 34 (30 below, 4 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Kiltongue, Middle Drumgray |
| 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 Gillhead Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gillhead Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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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