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Hilton Main Colliery |
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Hilton Main Colliery |
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Hilton Main Colliery
| Location: |
Essington
3½ miles [6 km] NNE of Wolverhampton
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 127 Stafford and Telford, 139 Birmingham and Wolverhampton) SJ941043, 52° 38' 10" N, 2° 5' 14" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
Holly Bank Coal Co., Ltd. |
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Hilton Main and Holly Bank Collieries Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (350,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1923 - 107 (31 below, 76 surface) |
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1933 - 1,268 (1,000 below, 268 surface) |
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1940 - 1,650 (1,275 below, 375 surface) |
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1947 - 1,590 (1,290 below, 300 surface) |
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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 Hilton Main Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hilton Main 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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