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Risehow Colliery

Location:

Flimby, nr. Maryport
10½ miles [17 km] NNE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY026346, 54° 41' 49" N, 3° 30' 41" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1918

Closed:

1966

Pits:

No. 1 Pit

No. 2 Pit

Owners:

1910s - Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Firebrick Co. Ltd.

1910s - Risehow Colliery, Coking & By-Product Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1935 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1940 - Coal: Bunker, Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. (200,000 tons)

1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1961 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1966 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1967 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1915	34	16	18
1921	424	297	127
1925	915	720	195
1930	457	345	112
1935	522	389	133
1940	530	390	140
1945	514	361	153
1947	632	480	152
1950	679	510	169
1955	489	407	82
1960	512	402	110
1961	482	368	114
1966	474	325	149
1967	474	325	149

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1915 - Little Main

1921 - Lickbank, Little Main, Three Quarter

1925 - Little Main, Low Three Quarters, Top Three Quarters

1930 - Little Main, Lower Three Quarters, Upper Three Quarters

1935 - Allbrighton, Lower Three Quarters, Rattler Band, Ten Quarters, Upper Three Quarters

1940 - Little Main, Lower Three Quarters, Main Band, Ten Quarters, Top Three Quarters

1950 - Allbrighton, Cannel Band, Four Feet, Gypsy, Rattler Band, Upper Three Quarters

1955 - Albrighton, Cannel Band, Four Feet, Lower Three Quarters, Metal Band

1960 - Albrighton, Broughton Moor Lickbank, Upper Threequarters

1961 - Albrighton, Broughton Moor Lickbank, Upper Threequarters

1966 - Broughton Moor Lickbank, Little Main

1967 - Broughton Moor Lickbank, Gypsy, Little Main, Upper Threequarters

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Risehow Colliery

Notes:

1929, 30 May - Yard seam abandoned

1930, 01 Aug - Little Main seam abandoned

1932 - Seam unnamed seam abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Risehow Colliery

Description

Risehow Colliery is situated at the village of Flimby, which is on the coast of Cumberland and is about two miles to the south of Maryport, near the northern extremity of the coalfield. It has been in production since 1918 and at the time of the explosion produced about 500 tons of coal per day. The numbers of persons employed underground and on the surface were 450 and 140, respectively.

There were two vertical shafts, each sunk to the Lower Three Quarters Seam at a depth of 580 feet. No. 1 Shaft, 14 feet in diameter, was the downcast and was used for the regular winding of men, mineral and supplies. No. 2 Shaft, 13 feet in diameter, was the upcast and was not normally used for winding.

Mines Inspectors Report into an accident in 1957

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!

						Armstrong, Joseph Lancaster, 26 Nov 1957, 8:50 p.m., aged 50, Drifter, killed in the 1957 explosion (explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing), explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]
						Auld, John, 05 Aug 1944, aged 57, Miner, fatally gassed
						Banton, Joseph Grierson, 26 Nov 1957, 8:50 p.m., aged 42, Deputy, killed in the 1957 explosion (explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing), explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]
						Brown, John Henry, 28 Jun 1951, aged 58, a large stone slipped from the side of the working and fell on him as he was in a crouching position; address: Sea Field House, Risehow
						Clark, John, 22 Jun 1915, aged 36, Sinker, shaft accident
						Clarke, John H., 30 Jun 1939, aged 39, Deputy, gassed
						Gibson, Samuel, 29 Oct 1924, 7.30 a.m., 2ndnd hour of shift, aged 19, Trailer, he electrocuted by accidentally grasping an electric cable [More information ...]
						Hodgson, Jack, 29 Dec 1949, aged 43, Miner, killed by a fall of stone, he is survived by a widow, a daughter (aged 18) and a son (aged 16)
						Milligan, Robert, 24 Apr 1941, aged 37, Hewer, he was stacking metal underground when a lump of stone fell from the roof on to his back, died after lying in the Whitehaven Hospital for nearly five months, suffering from a fractured spine
						Moore, Richard, 09 Aug 1945, aged 39, killed by a fall of roof
						Short, James Wood, 29 Feb 1960, aged 38, Miner, died after receiving head injuries from a displaced girder, address: 6, Mosedale Crescent, Ewanrigg
						Stephens, Reginald, 12 Dec 1947, (accident: 11 Dec 1947), aged 23, Miner, injured by tubs, died in hospital the following day
						Walker, Joseph, 11 Aug 1840, Banker, fell down the shaft

						13 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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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Risehow Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Risehow Colliery

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Credits

Sources:

Mines Inspectors Report into an accident in 1957 (Cmnd 396)
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1947 The 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
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1966 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research