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Wester Auchengeich Colliery

Location:	4½ miles [7 km] NE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS639700, 55° 54' 14" N, 4° 10' 38" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	James Nimmo and Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (200,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Industrial.
Employment:	1940 - 420 (327 below, 93 surface)
	1947 - 530 (420 below, 110 surface)
	1954 - 780 (650 below, 130 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Meiklehill Main, Wee
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

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						McAloon, John, 03 Oct 1934, badly crushed between a wagon and a post, died in the Royal Infirmary

						1 name found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us 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. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wester Auchengeich Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wester Auchengeich Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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