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Tower Mine |
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Tower Mine |
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Tower Mine
| Location: |
21½ miles [35 km] SSW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS757115, 55° 22' 54" N, 3° 57' 44" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial. (87,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1937 - 0 [inc. In Gateside] |
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1947 - 162 (119 below, 43 surface) |
| 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 Tower Mine
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tower Mine
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
- 1937 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
Related Links:
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