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Moorside Drift |
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Moorside Drift |
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Moorside Drift
| Location: |
Lamplugh
5½ miles [9 km] ENE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89, OL04) NY055215, 54° 34' 47" N, 3° 27' 44" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Mar 1950 |
| Owners: |
1940's - Dean Moor Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1934 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
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1948 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1949 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1950 - No. 4 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1934 - No. 1 - 0 [Developing] |
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1934 - No. 2 - 71 (52 below, 19 surface) |
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1945 - No. 4 - 58 (43 below, 15 surface) |
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1948 - No. 4 - 58 (40 below, 18 surface) |
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1949 - No. 4 - 57 (40 below, 17 surface) |
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1950 - No. 4 - 56 (38 below, 18 surface) [Abandoned 3/50] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1934 - No. 2 - Yard |
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1948 - No. 4 - Anthony |
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1949 - No. 4 - Anthony |
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1950 - No. 4 - Anthony [Abandoned 3/50] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Moorside Drift |
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1944, Mar - Abandoned |
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1950, Mar - Anthony 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 Moorside Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Moorside Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
Related Links:
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