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