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Thirlwall Colliery |
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Thirlwall Colliery |
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Thirlwall Colliery
| Location: |
Haltwhistle
14 miles [23 km] NNW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, OL43) NY651681, 55° 0' 22" N, 2° 32' 45" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1926 |
| Owners: |
1910's - Thirlwall Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1910's - Mickley Coal Co Ltd. |
| Output: |
1914 - Coal. |
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1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas. |
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1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1914 | | 120 |   | 90 | 30 |
| 1921 | | 57 | | 38 | 19 |
| 1923 | | 122 | | 83 | 39 |
| 1924 | | 122 | | 81 | 41 |
| 1925 | | 154 | | 122 | 32 |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Limestone Coal |
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1921 - Thirlwall |
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1923 - Thirlwall |
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1924 - Thirlwall |
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1925 - Thirlwall |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Thirlwall Colliery |
| Notes: |
1926 - Thirlwall seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thirlwall Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Thirlwall Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Industrial Locomotives of Northumberland by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1983
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)
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