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New Rock Colliery |
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New Rock Colliery |
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New Rock Colliery
| Location: |
Stratton-on-Fosse, nr. Bath
3½ miles [6 km] SW of Radstock
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 183 Yeovil and Frome) ST649506, 51° 15' 11" N, 2° 30' 11" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
New Rock Coal Co., (F. Spencer) |
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L. B. Beauchamp |
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New Rock Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1894 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal. |
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1900 - Coal. |
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1905 - Coal. |
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1910 - Coal. |
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1915 - Coal. |
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1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (46,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1894 - 112 (88 below, 24 surface) |
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1896 - 104 (79 below, 25 surface) |
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1900 - 95 (70 below, 25 surface) |
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1905 - 82 (53 below, 29 surface) |
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1910 - 96 (70 below, 26 surface) |
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1915 - 144 (110 below, 34 surface) |
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1923 - 208 (165 below, 43 surface) |
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1933 - 222 (179 below, 43 surface) |
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1940 - 222 (179 below, 43 surface) |
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1947 - 189 (145 below, 44 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1894 - Garden Course, Small Coal |
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1896 - Garden Course, Small Coal |
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1900 - Garden Course, Small Coal |
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1905 - Garden, Small Course |
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1910 - Garden Course, Globe Vein |
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1915 - Garden Course, Globe Vein |
| 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
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of New Rock Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to New Rock Colliery
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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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