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Lady Victoria Colliery |
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Lady Victoria Colliery |
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Lady Victoria Colliery
| Location: |
Newtongrange
8 miles [13 km] SE of Edinburgh
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT333638, 55° 51' 46" N, 3° 3' 57" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Lothian Coal Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (328,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1940 - 2,300 (1,650 below, 650 surface) |
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1947 - 1,329 (724 below, 605 surface) |
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1954 - 1,765 (1,360 below, 405 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Kailblades, Little Coal, Parrot, Splint |
| 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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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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.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lady Victoria Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lady Victoria Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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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