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  Nettlesworth Drift  Index  Nettlesworth Drift  

Nettlesworth Drift

(See also Nettlesworth Colliery)


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street
4½ miles [7 km] NNW of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ254493, 54° 50' 16" N, 1° 36' 16" W
Maps: 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened: 1839
Closed: 27 Sep 1974
Owners: 1940's - Waldridge Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (50,000 tons)
1950 - Coal: Steam.
1960 - Coal: Steam.
1970 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial.
1971 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial.
1972 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial.
1974 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
194514811038
194715511045
195019314746
196014312716
19701189820
197112510421
19721149717
19741139617
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1950 - Five Quarter, Shield Row
1960 - Brass Thill, Hutton, Low Main
1970 - Brass Thill, Hutton
1971 - Brass Thill, Hutton, Low Main
1972 - Low Main
1974 - Low Main


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Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Nettlesworth Drift

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Nettlesworth Drift


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1947 The 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.
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1973 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1974 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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Further Research:

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