Auchlochan Collieries Explained

Auchlochan Collieries
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Place:Auchlochan/Coalburn
Subdivision Type:County
State/Province:South Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Products:Coal
Amount:600 tonnes per day (1948)[1]
Opening Year: (coaling began in 1894)
Closing Year:13 July
Owner:W.C.S. Cunningham (1890-1900)
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries (1905-1910)
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd (1915-1930)
William Dixon Ltd (1935-1946)
National Coal Board (1947-1968)

The Auchlochan Collieries were several collieries in Auchlochan and Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.[2] [3] Production started in 1894 - run by Caprington and Auchlochan Collieries Ltd and then by William Dixon & Company from the 1930s before the NCB took over in 1947[4] - ending in 1968 when the collieries closed.[5] They were served at Auchlochan Platform railway station, part of the Coalburn Branch of the Caledonian Railway. Eight people were killed at the collieries.[6]

Collieries

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Auchlochan Colliery, Shaft No. 6 And 7 . 14 June 2021. Canmore.
  2. Web site: The Auchlochan Collieries . 14 June 2021. Coalburn Heritage.
  3. Web site: Housing Conditions of Miners . 13 June 2021. Scottish Mining Website.
  4. Book: Hutton, Guthrie . The Scottish Coal Industry . Stenlake Publishing Ltd . 2022 . 978-1-84033-928-4 . Catrine . 14.
  5. Web site: Coalburn, Auchlochan Colliery, Shafts No. 9 And 10 . 14 June 2021. Canmore.
  6. Web site: Auchlochan Colliery . 14 June 2021. Durham Mining Museum .
  7. Web site: Auchlochan Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  8. Web site: Auchlochan No. 1 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  9. Web site: Auchlochan No. 2 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  10. Web site: Auchlochan No.6 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  11. Web site: Auchlochan No.7 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  12. Web site: Auchlochan No.8 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  13. Web site: Auchlochan No.9 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.
  14. Web site: Auchlochan No.10 Colliery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK . 14 June 2021. Mindat.org.