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Ravensworth Park Drift |
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Ravensworth Park Drift |
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Ravensworth Park Drift
| Location: |
Lamesley
3 miles [5 km] SSW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ242588, 54° 55' 24" N, 1° 37' 21" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
1936 |
| Closed: |
09 Mar 1968 |
| Owners: |
1940's - Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Gas. |
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1960 - Coal: Gas. |
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1964 - Coal: Gas. |
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1967 - Coal: Gas. |
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1968 - Coal: Gas. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1934 | | 16 |  | 16 | |
| 1940 | | 159 |   | 123 | 36 |
| 1945 | | 248 | | 189 | 59 |
| 1950 | | 264 | | 198 | 66 |
| 1955 | | 231 | | 193 | 38 |
| 1960 | | 221 | | 181 | 40 |
| 1964 | | 240 | | 190 | 50 |
| 1967 | | 249 | | 206 | 43 |
| 1968 | | 249 | | 206 | 43 |
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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 |
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1950 - Hutton, Low Main, Six Quarter |
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1955 - Hutton, Low Main, Six Quarter |
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1960 - Six Quarter |
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1964 - Low Main, Six Quarter |
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1967 - Low Main, Six Quarter |
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1968 - Hutton, Low Main, Six Quarter |
| Notes: |
Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Ravensworth Park Drift |
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!
| | | | | | | Hayton, John Joseph, 07 Mar 1940, (accident: 06 Mar 1940), aged 50, fall of stone, address: Millbank Street, Ouston, died at the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ravensworth Park Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ravensworth Park Drift
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
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1968 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Related Links:
| On this site |
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Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Ravensworth Park Drift
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