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Grange Colliery |
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Grange Colliery
| Location: |
Donnington
14½ miles [23 km] E of Shrewsbury
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 127 Stafford and Telford) SJ721114, 52° 41' 57" N, 2° 24' 46" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Lilleshall Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1894 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1900 - Grange - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
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1905 - Grange - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1910 - Grange - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
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1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. (35,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1894 - 283 (223 below, 60 surface) |
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1896 - 299 (239 below, 60 surface) |
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1900 - Grange - 262 (198 below, 64 surface) |
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1905 - Grange - 244 (190 below, 54 surface) |
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1910 - Grange - 189 (156 below, 33 surface) |
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1915 - 204 (183 below, 21 surface) |
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1923 - 186 (142 below, 44 surface) |
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1933 - 141 (110 below, 31 surface) |
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1940 - 141 (111 below, 30 surface) |
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1947 - 142 (110 below, 32 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1894 - Fungous, Double Coal |
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1896 - Fungous, Double Coal |
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1900 - Grange - Double Coal, Flint, Fungous, Robinstone |
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1905 - Grange - Double, Flint, Fungous, Top |
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1910 - Grange - Double, Marquis, Top |
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1915 - Double, Marquis, Top |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Grange Colliery (SAL)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Grange Colliery (SAL)
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
- 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
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