	Woodilee Colliery	Index	Woodilee Colliery

Woodilee Colliery

Location:	Lenzie 7 miles [11 km] NE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS662727, 55° 55' 46" N, 4° 8' 30" W
Opened:	1890
Closed:	1930
Owners:	John A. McCallum
	Woodilee Coal and Coke Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Coking.
	1915 - Coal: Coking.
	1920 - Coal: Coking. Ironstone.
Employment:	1894 - 74 (65 below, 9 surface)
	1896 - 69 (61 below, 8 surface)
	1900 - 197 (183 below, 14 surface)
	1905 - 28 (19 below, 9 surface)
	1910 - 265 (226 below, 39 surface)
	1915 - 305 (244 below, 61 surface)
	1920 - 472 (374 below, 98 surface)
	1923 - 501 (412 below, 89 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Coking, Main
	1915 - Coking, Main
	1920 - Coking, Main

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!

						McDermid, Daniel, 13 Jun 1912, aged 17, Bottomer, Deceased was coming outbye with a loaded rake, consisting of 5 tubs, and, by some means, he fell in front of the first tub, which ran against, and crushed his head, causing instant death. It was no part of deceased's duty to drive the horse, but he did so voluntarily for the driver, while the latter was getting a meal

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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