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Thirlwall Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Haltwhistle
14 miles [23 km] NNW of Alston
Map Ref: (Sheet 86) NY651681, 55° 0' 22" N, 2° 32' 45" W
Opened:
Closed: 1926
Owners: 1910s - Thirlwall Coal Co. Ltd.
1910s - Mickley Coal Co. Ltd.
Output: 1905 - Coal.
1910 - Coal.
1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
1905642
1905Prospecting
191015412430
1915785523
1921573819
19231228339
19241228141
192515412232
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1910 - Limestone Coal
1915 - Limestone Coal
1921 - Thirlwall
1923 - Thirlwall
1924 - Thirlwall
1925 - Thirlwall
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Thirlwall Colliery
Notes:

1926 - Thirlwall seam abandoned



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thirlwall Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Thirlwall Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Gallery Images:

Thirlwall Colliery, Haltwhistle

  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • Industrial Locomotives of Northumberland by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1983

Pictures:

  • Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)

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