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Nelson Colliery |
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Nelson Colliery |
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Nelson Colliery
| Location: |
Cramlington
9 miles [14 km] N of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ260778, 55° 5' 38" N, 1° 35' 33" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
1934 |
| Closed: |
Jan 1958 |
| Owners: |
1934 - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. |
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1943 - Bedlington Mains Coal Co. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1956 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1957 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1934 | | 68 |   | 49 | 19 |
| 1940 | | 456 | | 334 | 122 |
| 1945 | | 438 | | 345 | 93 |
| 1950 | | 485 | | 330 | 155 |
| 1955 | | 247 | | 188 | 59 |
| 1956 | | 258 | | 195 | 63 |
| 1957 | | 258 | | 195 | 63 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1934 - Low Main, Plessey |
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1950 - Five Quarter, Low Main, Plessey |
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1955 - Five Quarter, Plessey |
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1956 - Five Quarter, Plessey |
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1957 - Five Quarter, Plessey |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Nelson Colliery |
| Notes: |
1950, Jun - Low Main seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Dixon, George Robert, 20 May 1948, aged 51, Rolleywayman, run over by full set of tubs, main and tail haulage in the Low Main Seam |
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1 name found |
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Credits
Sources:
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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.
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Contributions by members of the Public
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 1), James T. Tuck, 1993, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-08-3
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