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Parkneuk Colliery
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| Location: | Motherwell 11½ miles [18 km] ESE of Glasgow |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS751577, 55° 47' 50" N, 3° 59' 33" W |
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| Pits: | No. 1 Pit |
| No. 2 Pit | |
| Owners: | 1923 - Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1905 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. |
| 1910 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 103 (75 below, 28 surface) |
| 1910 - 251 (195 below, 56 surface) | |
| 1915 - 176 (125 below, 51 surface) | |
| 1920 - 244 (182 below, 62 surface) | |
| 1923 - 280 (230 below, 50 surface) | |
| 1933 - 195 (160 below, 35 surface) | |
| 1940 - 195 (160 below, 35 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Ell, Main, Splint |
| 1910 - Ell, Main, Splint | |
| 1915 - Blackband, Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint | |
| 1920 - Blackband, Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint, Virtuewell | |
| 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!
 | Burt, Alexander, 14 Jun 1912, aged 17, Miner, He was filling a hutch at the face of a stoop when a fall of roof took place, due to four invisible "lypes" which surrounded the stone on all sides and caused it to break over the timber, killing him instantly, and injuring another man | |||||
| Campbell, George, 02 Sep 1909, aged 22, Miner, Deceased, who had not much experience, had gone into to the working place of the miner who employed him, and had just began to fill a tub when some overhanging coal fell on him and killed him instantaneously. He had been told by the fireman that the coal was not safe | |||||
| Grier, James, 31 Mar 1939, aged 26, Miner, run down by a hutch | |||||
| 3 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Parkneuk Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Parkneuk Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
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