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Ford Colliery |
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Ford Colliery |
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Ford Colliery
| Location: |
Cornhill
10 miles [16 km] SSW of Berwick
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 74, 75) NT955377, 55° 37' 59" N, 2° 4' 14" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1918 |
| Pits: |
 Shaft details for Ford Colliery |
| Owners: |
1880's - Brown & Co. |
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1900's - Thomas Snowdon |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1914 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1908 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) |
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1914 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Limestone Coal (Diamond) |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ford Colliery |
| Notes: |
1919 - Diamond seam abandoned |
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 Ford Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ford Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
Related Links:
None found
Further Research:
Research Notes for Ford Colliery
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