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Whitechapel Colliery |
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Whitechapel Colliery |
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Whitechapel Colliery
| Location: |
Haydon Bridge
8 miles [13 km] W of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY806648 |
| Maps: |
 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
22 Jun 1935 |
| Owners: |
1910's - Haydon Bridge Coal Co. |
| Output: |
1921 - Coal: Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1921 | | 46 |   | 32 | 14 |
| 1925 | | 183 | | 161 | 22 |
| 1930 | | 161 | | 130 | 31 |
| 1934 | | 97 | | 76 | 21 |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1921 - Little Limestone |
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1925 - West Tyne Main |
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1930 - Little Limestone |
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1934 - Little Limestone |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whitechapel Colliery |
| Notes: |
1935, 22 Jun - Little Limestone 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!
| | | | | | | Robinson, Alexander, 09 Dec 1928, aged 31, killed by a fall of stone |
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1 name found |
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitechapel Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whitechapel Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1921 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.
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- The Times Newspaper
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