Solway Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Solway Colliery	Index	Solway Colliery

Location:

Mossbay, nr. Workington
6 miles [10 km] N of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NX991279, 54° 38' 10" N, 3° 33' 48" W

Maps:

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

Opened:

1937

Closed:

1973

Owners:

1940s - United Steel Co. Ltd.

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

Output:

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

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

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

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

1965 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

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

1970 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.

1972 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1940	Sinking
1945	250	170	80
1947	345	246	99
1950	391	247	144
1955	212	158	54
1960	508	396	112
1965	596	491	105
1966	596	491	105
1970	542	459	83
1972	579	457	122

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1950 - Main Band, Six Quarters, Ten Quarters

1955 - Main Band

1960 - Main Band, Ten Quarters

1965 - Main Band, Slaty Band, Ten Quarters

1966 - Main Band

1970 - Main Band

1972 - Main Band

None found.

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Peascod, William, 17 Nov 1953, aged 55, Deputy, killed by a fall of coal, address: 19, South William Street, Workington

Straughton, John Steel, 21 Jul 1947, aged 49, Miner, he was injured by a fall of coal and died in Whitehaven Hospital a few hours later, address: 18, Curwen Street, Workington

2 names found

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
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1966 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian