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Whitehaven Colliery Co. Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the company may own other properties etc. outside this area and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.

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Previous Companies: Whitehaven Colliery Co.


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Whitehaven "Haig"  Whitehaven  A. Kilpatrick  606  148  
Whitehaven "Ladysmith"  Sandwith  C. W. Winfield  612  228  
Whitehaven "Wellington"  Whitehaven  A. Kilpatrick  591  199  
Whitehaven "William"  Whitehaven  F. E. Buckley  548  168  


1930

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Whitehaven "Haig" & "Wellington"  Whitehaven  G. Marren  1163  308  
Whitehaven "Ladysmith"  Sandwith  A. B. Dawson  347  112  
Whitehaven "William"  Whitehaven  James Twaddle  307  66  


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: 51 Duke Street, Whitehaven
Seams Worked: Main, Bannock
Power Used: Electricty, Steam, Compressed Air. Voleage: 3,400
Annual Output:  1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Other Information: Owners of Coke Ovens and By-Products Plant
Source: 1933 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.

Company Directors

Chairman: Walker, Herbert W., Lingmell, Seascale, Cumberland
Directors: Holt, F., 8 Cook Street, Liverpool
 Jackson, R. B., Hartlands, Grange-over-Sands
 Kennedy, M. S. N., Stone Cross, Ulverston, Lancs.
 Potter, R. B., 14 Crescent Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
 Sadler, Basil, Craigmore, Lanchester, Co. Durham
 Walker, Herbert W., Lingmell, Seascale, Cumberland
General Manager: Johnson, W. H.
Secretary: Ives, E. A.
Agent: Morgan, W.
Source: 1933 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.

Links to other areas of this site

1933-08-11  Official Notice from The London Gazette
1933-08-22  Official Notice from The London Gazette
1933-08-25  Official Notice from The London Gazette


Sources
  • 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.
  • 1933 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.

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