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Kippsbyre Colliery
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| Location: | Airdrie 10 miles [16 km] E of Glasgow |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS748669, 55° 52' 44" N, 4° 0' 6" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | John Watson Ltd. |
| 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 - No. 6 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Virgin Mine - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 0 [New mine] |
| 1896 - 33 (28 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 67 (59 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1905 - 91 (76 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1910 - 65 (53 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1915 - 82 (65 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 6 - 42 (36 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1920 - Virgin Mine - 75 (57 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1923 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Drumgray, Kiltongue, Splint, Virgin, Virtuewell |
| 1910 - Drumgray, Kiltongue, Splint, Virtuewell | |
| 1915 - Drumgray, Virtuewell | |
| 1920 - No. 6 - Virtuewell | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - Upper Drumgray | |
| 1920 - Virgin Mine - Virgin | |
| 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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Pender, Alexander, 05 Aug 1875, aged 18, Incline boy, [On Inclined Planes] Fell off before the wheels, and was run over by tubs on an engine plane. He was riding on the train against orders | |||||
| William, Paterson, 28 Aug 1874, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof. At face (Long wall) | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kippsbyre Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kippsbyre Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
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