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Kennox Colliery |
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Kennox Colliery |
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Kennox Colliery
| Location: |
Glespin
11½ miles [18 km] SSW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale, 72 Upper Clyde Valley) NS803271, 55° 31' 23" N, 3° 53' 47" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Kennox Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1915 - 3, 5 and 6 Mines - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1920 - No. 3 Mine - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1920 - No. 6, and 6a Mine - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1920 - No. 7 - Coal. |
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1947 - Coal: Industrial. (52,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1915 - 3, 5 and 6 Mines - 122 (96 below, 26 surface) |
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1920 - No. 3 Mine - 0 [Abandoned] |
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1920 - No. 6, and 6a Mine - 98 (56 below, 42 surface) |
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1920 - No. 7 - 97 (87 below, 10 surface) |
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1923 - No. 6, 6a - 98 (56 below, 42 surface) |
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1923 - No. 7 - 97 (87 below, 10 surface) |
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1933 - Nos. 12, 12a and 12b - 139 (91 below, 48 surface) |
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1940 - Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - 162 (105 below, 57 surface) |
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1947 - 136 (101 below, 35 surface) |
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1954 - 190 (143 below, 47 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1915 - 3, 5 and 6 Mines - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Three Feet |
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1920 - No. 3 Mine - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Three Feet [Abandoned. Plan to H.O. 15/4/20] |
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1920 - No. 6, and 6a Mine - Kiltongue, Mid, Three Feet [No. 5 Mine abandoned June, 1916. Planto H.O. 15/4/20] |
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1920 - No. 7 - Kiltongue |
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1954 - Blackband, Jewel, Main, Mid, Musselband, Splint, Virtuewell |
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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 Kennox Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kennox Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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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