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Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery |
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Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery |
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Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery
| Location: |
Throckley
5½ miles [9 km] WNW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ176677, 55° 0' 13" N, 1° 43' 29" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
1800 |
| Closed: |
20 Aug 1954 |
| Owners: |
1940s - Throckley Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1935 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Bunker, Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1954 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1925 | | 154 |   | 114 | 40 |
| 1935 | | 430 | | 346 | 84 |
| 1940 | | 324 | | 234 | 90 |
| 1945 | | 286 | | 196 | 90 |
| 1950 | | 386 | | 294 | 92 |
| 1954 | | 312 | | 232 | 80 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: |
1925 - Brockwell, Hutton, Main |
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1935 - Brockwell, Main, Stone, Tilley |
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1950 - Hodge, Ruler, Tilley |
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1954 - Ruler, Tilley |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery |
| Notes: |
1934, 08 Mar - Hutton seam abandoned |
Description
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!
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with  ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1925 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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