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  Princes Street Drift  Index  Princes Street Drift  

Princes Street Drift


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: nr. Shildon
10½ miles [17 km] SSW of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 93) NZ222264, 54° 37' 53" N, 1° 41' 19" W
Maps: 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened: 1939
Closed: 1958
Owners: 1939 - Princes Street Colliery (Shildon) Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1940 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1955 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1956 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1957 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1958 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
1940271413
1945No. 1321
1945No. 2463511
Total493712
19501017427
1955No. 141329
1956No. 136306
1957No. 136306
1958No. 1594712
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1940 - Five Quarter, Main
1950 - No. 1 - Five Quarter, Three Quarter
1950 - No. 2 - Low Main
1955 - No. 1 - Five Quarter, Low Main
1956 - No. 1 - Low Main
1957 - No. 1 - Low Main
1958 - No. 1 - Low Main


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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 Princes Street Drift

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Princes Street Drift


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 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
  • 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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  Research Notes for Princes Street Drift


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