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Walterclough Colliery |
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Walterclough Colliery
| Location: |
Southowram, Halifax
2 miles [3 km] ESE of Halifax
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE126242, 53° 42' 52" N, 1° 48' 29" W |
| Opened: |
1905 |
| Closed: |
1980 |
| Owners: |
Brookes Ltd. |
| Output: |
1954 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
1923 - 103 (73 below, 30 surface) |
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1933 - 87 (72 below, 15 surface) |
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1937 - 90 (63 below, 27 surface) |
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1940 - 90 (63 below, 27 surface) |
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1954 - 65 (42 below, 23 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Halifax Hard Bed, Halifax Soft, Thirty-Six Yards Band |
| 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 Walterclough Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Walterclough Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1923 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
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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