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Ramsay Colliery
| Location: |
Burghlee, Loanhead
5½ miles [8 km] SSE of Edinburgh
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT283657, 55° 52' 45" N, 3° 8' 46" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Shotts Iron Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (68,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1933 - 280 (210 below, 70 surface) |
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1940 - 280 (210 below, 70 surface) |
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1947 - 230 (166 below, 64 surface) |
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1954 - 385 (260 below, 125 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Beattie, Blackchapel, Corbie, Flex, Gillespie, Glass, North, North Greens, South, Stairhead |
| 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
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ramsay Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ramsay Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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