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Shield Row Drift |
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Shield Row Drift |
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Shield Row Drift
| Location: |
Sacriston
4 miles [6 km] NW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ234475, 54° 49' 18" N, 1° 38' 9" W |
| Opened: |
1845 |
| Closed: |
May 1947 |
| Owners: |
1880's - R. Dickinson & Co. |
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1940's - Bearpark Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1902 - Shield Row - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing. |
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1914 - Shield Row - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
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1921 - Shield Row - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. |
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1930 - Shield Row - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (40,000 tons) |
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1948 - Coal: Steam. |
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1950 - Shield Row - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Coking. |
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1950 - Coal: Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
| 1902 | Shield Row | 136 |   | 119 | 17 |
| 1914 | Shield Row | 229 |   | 176 | 53 |
| 1921 | Shield Row | 289 |   | 219 | 70 |
| 1930 | Shield Row | 299 |   | 211 | 88 |
| 1940 | | 210 |   | 160 | 50 |
| 1945 | Shield Row | 142 |   | 97 | 45 |
| 1945 | | 35 |   | 28 | 7 |
| Total | 177 |   | 125 | 52 |
| 1947 | | 137 |   | 97 | 40 |
| 1948 | | 7 |  | 7 | |
| 1948 | | 39 |   | 29 | 10 |
| Total | 46 |   | 36 | 10 |
| 1950 | Shield Row | Abandoned 8/48 |
| 1950 | | Abandoned 7/49 |
| Total | 0 |  | | |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Shield Row - Shield Row |
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1921 - Shield Row - Shield Row |
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1930 - Shield Row - Five Quarter, Main, Shield Row |
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1948 - Shield Row |
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1950 - Shield Row - Shield Row [Abandoned 8/48] |
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1950 - Shield Row |
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1950 - Shield Row [Abandoned 7/49] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Shield Row Drift |
| Notes: |
1948, Aug - Shield Row 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!
| | | |  | | | Cousin, William, 17 Sep 1924, (accident: 09 Sep 1924), aged 17, Incline Attd., crushed, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley |
| | | | | | | Holling, Archibald Edward, 07 Apr 1926, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Lock, James, 08 Jul 1858, aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Rodham, Joseph, 24 Feb 1859, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Scott, J., 25 Mar 1929, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Warne, William, 06 Jun 1901, aged 43, Hewer, While filling a tub he caught his side against a plank set with a prop at one end to support roof. He continued to work and filled three more tubs, but found he could do no more. It transpired he had broken a rib, which had caused haemorrhage from lung |
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6 names found |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
contact us
with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
For those names marked we have
a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page
for further details.
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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Inspectors Remarks |
| 18 Jul 1851 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| 26 Aug 1853 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Shield Row Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Shield Row Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, 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
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