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West Clifton Colliery |
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West Clifton Colliery |
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West Clifton Colliery
| Location: |
Morpeth
12½ miles [20 km] NNW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NZ201831, 55° 8' 30" N, 1° 41' 5" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
30 May 1947 |
| Owners: |
1940's - West Clifton Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (13,750 tons) |
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1948 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Sandstone. |
| Employment: |
1945 - 69 (49 below, 20 surface) |
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1947 - 65 (51 below, 14 surface) |
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1948 - 65 (51 below, 14 surface) [Abandoned 1947] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1948 - Brockwell [Abandoned 1947] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Clifton Colliery |
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1929, 07 May - Beaumont seam abandoned |
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1947 - Brockwell 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 West Clifton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to West Clifton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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 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
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