Risehow Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

Location:

Flimby, nr. Maryport
10½ miles [17 km] NNE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY026346, 54° 41' 49" N, 3° 30' 41" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1918

Closed:

1966

Pits:

No. 1 Pit

No. 2 Pit

Owners:

1910's - Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Firebrick Co. Ltd.

1910's - Risehow Colliery, Coking & By-Product Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1940 - Coal: Bunker, Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. (200,000 tons)

1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1961 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1966 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1914	55	27	28
1914	Sinking
1921	424	297	127
1930	457	345	112
1940	530	390	140
1945	514	361	153
1947	632	480	152
1950	679	510	169
1955	489	407	82
1960	512	402	110
1961	482	368	114
1966	474	325	149

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Lickbank, Little Main, Three Quarter

1930 - Little Main, Lower Three Quarters, Upper Three Quarters

1940 - Little Main, Lower Three Quarters, Main Band, Ten Quarters, Top Three Quarters

1950 - Allbrighton, Cannel Band, Four Feet, Gypsy, Rattler Band, Upper Three Quarters

1955 - Albrighton, Cannel Band, Four Feet, Lower Three Quarters, Metal Band

1960 - Albrighton, Broughton Moor Lickbank, Upper Threequarters

1961 - Albrighton, Broughton Moor Lickbank, Upper Threequarters

1966 - Broughton Moor Lickbank, Little Main

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Risehow Colliery

Notes:

1929, 30 May - Yard seam abandoned

1930, 01 Aug - Little Main seam abandoned

1932 - Seam unnamed seam abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Risehow Colliery

Risehow Colliery is situated at the village of Flimby, which is on the coast of Cumberland and is about two miles to the south of Maryport, near the northern extremity of the coalfield. It has been in production since 1918 and at the time of the explosion produced about 500 tons of coal per day. The numbers of persons employed underground and on the surface were 450 and 140, respectively.

There were two vertical shafts, each sunk to the Lower Three Quarters Seam at a depth of 580 feet. No. 1 Shaft, 14 feet in diameter, was the downcast and was used for the regular winding of men, mineral and supplies. No. 2 Shaft, 13 feet in diameter, was the upcast and was not normally used for winding.

Mines Inspectors Report into an accident in 1957

None Found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Risehow Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Risehow Colliery

Armstrong, Joseph Lancaster, 26 Nov 1957, 8:50 p.m., aged 50, Drifter, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Banton, Joseph Grierson, 26 Nov 1957, 8:50 p.m., aged 42, Deputy, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

2 names found

1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1930 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.
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.
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1966 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Mines Inspectors Report into an accident in 1957 (Cmnd 396)



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